Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certification Review/Clinical Update Live Course

This program has been approved for 22.5 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 12 hours of pharmacology) by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID0803130.

• 3 full DAYS with not one, but TWO outstanding faculty experts!

• 12 hours of pediatric & adolescent content PLUS

• 12 hours of adult & gerontological content!

• 22.5 contact hours of CE (certificate)

• Extensive Course Manual

• 12 hours of Pediatric content

• 12 hours of Adult content

• 12 hours of pharmacology credit

• Total course run time 24 hours

• Individual attention from the faculty

• Small classroom environment

• Morning coffee service & afternoon soda break in most cities

• Special unpublished hotel rates for course attendees (when available)

• Test-taking and Study Strategies for Success

• Clinical Management
  • Standards of advanced practice
  • Clinical guidelines
• Pharmacotherapeutics
  • Prioritize (cost, availability interaction)
  • Plan (metabolism, half-life, pharmacotherapeutics)
  • Prescribe (dosing, scheduling)
  • Education (patient, family)
  • Evaluation (effectiveness)
• Clinical Therapeutics
  • Non-pharmacologic modalities, diet, exercise, alternative therapies
  • Management, education, evaluation
• Clinical Decision-Making
  • Prioritizing
  • Diagnostic reasoning
  • Diagnostic testing
  • Consultation/collaboration
  • Referrals
• Documentation
• Safety
• Theory Application
  • Health belief model, theory or reasoned action, theory of planned behavior, stress appraisal theory, coping, family systems theory, transtheoretical model, teaching/learning models, pathophysiologic theories
• Professional Role and Policy
  • Healthcare/public policy (medicaid, medicare)
  • Reimbursement
  • Laws and regulations
  • Consent (minority/majority), advocacy
  • Scope of practice (nurse practice acts, regulation of practice, management of care, consultation/collaboration)
  • Access to care/coordination of care
• Nurse Practitioner and the Patient Relationship
  • Cultural competence
  • Therapeutic communication
  • Teaching/coaching/advocacy
• Assessment of Acute and Chronic Illnesses
  • Epidemiological/disease control
  • Anatomy/anatomical variants
  • Physiology
  • Psychosocial implications
  • Diagnostic reasoning (analyze clinical data, establish diagnosis)

• Research
  • Research process/utilization
  • Continuous process improvement/outcomes evaluation
• Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • Epidemiology/risk analysis (psychosocial, physiological and environmental risk factors)
  • Genetics
  • Risk reduction and health behavior guidelines (educational counseling, lifestyle modifications)
  • Growth and development across the lifespan
  • Screening (history, physical, labs, clinical guidelines, risk, benefits, cost)
  • Wellness assessment (violence, abuse, neglect, substance use, nutrition, exercise, tobacco use)
• Life Span Areas (non age-specific, aging adult, adult, adolescent, child, infant, child-bearing woman)
• Extensive Review of System-Specific Health Problems
  • HEENT
  • Respiratory
  • Cardiovascular
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Renal/genitourinary
  • Male reproductive
  • Female reproductive
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Neurological
  • Endocrine
  • Hematopoietic
  • Immune
  • Integumentary
  • Lymphatic
  • Allergies
  • Psychosocial/behavior/cultural
  • Communicable/infectious diseases
  • Emergencies
  • Functional limitations
  • Normal and abnormal development
  • Learning disabilities
  • Nutrition
  • Oncology
  • Violence
  • Dependency

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