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Full Program
11/2/2021
11/3/2021
11/4/2021
11/5/2021
Friday
November 5, 2021
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
400 - Getting Ready for the NP Boards
Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP, Founder/Family NP, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, LLC, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence, MA
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400 - Getting Ready for the NP Boards
CE Credit: 1.5; Rx Credit: 0
Are you getting ready for the NP Certification Exam? NP Certification Expert Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald offers her insight and answers your questions.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
Learn how the exams compare and find out about recent changes from the AANP and ANCC.
Discover the best practices for preparing for certification.
Find out what to expect on the exams.
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
401 - Good Grief - Instilling Hope and Empowering Patients to Overcome Loss
Jason Gleason, MS, FNP-C, USAF Lt Col (RET), Family Nurse Practitioner, Montana VA Health Clinic, Great Falls, MT
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401 - Good Grief - Instilling Hope and Empowering Patients to Overcome Loss
CE Credit: 1.5; Rx Credit: 0
Loss runs so deep that it’s something one rarely gets over, but they can get through it! This interactive, innovative, and compelling session will take attendees on an incredible, heart-warming, knowledge- building journey through bereavement and how NPs can utilize psychosocial and pharmacological modalities to instill hope and empower patients to overcome their greatest loss.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
Identify grief-related terms, stages of grief, the incidence and impact of grief and bereavement.
Consider screening tools used for depression and anxiety.
Synthesize psychosocial coaching and counseling modalities and resources NPs in Primary Care can utilize to assist patients through the bereavement journey.
Describe pharmacological options for treating grief related depression and anxiety.
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
402 - Pediatric Dermatology: The Challenges and Treatment Paradigms of Our Youngest Clients
Victor Czerkasij, MA, MSN, FNP-C, Skin Cancer and Cosmetic Dermatology, PC, Cleveland and Chattanooga, TN
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402 - Pediatric Dermatology: The Challenges and Treatment Paradigms of Our Youngest Clients
CE Credit: 1.5; Rx Credit: 1.5
Itchy nights, growing warts, blistering acne, balding scalps, crusty growths, and even bugs on and under the skin can create headaches and stress for parents, providers, and the children that come for help. Additionally, the presentations are not always textbook perfect: What are the differentials to a reddish round patch? Is yellow crusting always impetigo? Are there danger signs we should be aware of? This fast-paced presentation will include many photos and illustrations to help our primary care providers improve their assessment and treatment skills.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
Discuss differential diagnosis of common dermatologic conditions.
Identify danger signs.
Improve assessment skills and treatment regimes.
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
403 - Acute/Urgent/Emergency Care: Pain in the Acute Care Setting
Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, RN-BC, ANP-BC, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Stanford Healthcare, Division of Pain Medicine, Redwood City, CA
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403 - Acute/Urgent/Emergency Care: Pain in the Acute Care Setting
CE Credit: 1.5; Rx Credit: 1.5
Millions of patients each year suffer from acute pain because of trauma or illness.? Pain is the most common reason for admission to the emergency department (ED). The prevalence of acute pain is similarly high among patients undergoing surgery. In the United States, over 73 million surgical procedures are performed annually, and most patients report a high degree of poorly managed post-operative pain. Studies indicate that treatment of acute pain remains suboptimal due to attitudes and educational barriers on the part of clinicians and patients. The opioid crisis, insurance restrictions, and the release of the Joint Commission updated 2018 pain assessment and management standards, makes it more important than ever to adjust the way acute pain is managed. This presentation will review the differences between acute and chronic or persistent pain, while providing the audience with a multimodal treatment approach for the acute care setting.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
Discuss importance and challenges of managing pain in the acute care setting.
Explain the treatment options unique to the acute care setting.
Evaluate the use of pharmaceuticals and multimodal analgesia.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
404 - Break/View Posters
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM ET
405 - Hypertension Management Challenges: The Latest Treatment Options
Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP, Founder/Family NP, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, LLC, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence, MA
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405 - Hypertension Management Challenges: The Latest Treatment Options
CE Credit: 1.5; Rx Credit: 1.5
Hypertension is a complex disease that can result in target organ damage when untreated or poorly controlled. Dr. Fitzgerald will help you learn how to diagnose and choose the best treatment option for patients with difficult to control hypertension and special considerations in chronic kidney disease.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
Identify the use of select antihypertensive medications in patients with particularly difficult to control hypertension.
Define hypertensive urgency and hypertensive emergency.
Describe the appropriate plan of care for a person who presents with hypertensive urgency or hypertensive emergency.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM ET
406 - Obesity: Why are we Losing the War?
Bruce D. Askey, ANP-BC, Sayre Weight Loss Center, Sayre, PA
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406 - Obesity: Why are we Losing the War?
CE Credit: 1.5; Rx Credit: 0.5
Obesity has long since reached epidemic levels in the United States and is blossoming in developing countries. It has been classified as a chronic disease for several years. As many chronic diseases are caused or worsened by the presence of obesity, taking obesity out of the mix would go a long way toward improving the health of our world. This session provides an understanding of why obesity is so prevalent and gives the participant practical diet and exercise information that they can use in their clinic.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
Verbalize the appropriate macronutrient composition for a weight reduction diet.
Explain the pathophysiology of insulin resistance as it relates to weight gain.
Understand the role of weight reduction medications. .
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM ET
407 - Acute/Urgent/Emergency Care: OSA and Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome in the ICU and Beyond: Are We Sleepwalking into Disaster?
Daria C. Ruffolo, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, Assistant Professor-Loyola University Chicago, Graduate School of Nursing; Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Maywood, IL
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407 - Acute/Urgent/Emergency Care: OSA and Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome in the ICU and Beyond: Are We Sleepwalking into Disaster?
CE Credit: 1.5; Rx Credit: 0.5
This is a session that will review the APRN’s role in identifying risk factors and clinical features for OSA or hypoventilation in their patients. Included will be the most current evidence-based guidelines for screening and intervention in this population. There will be a comprehensive review of the pathophysiological risk these disease states place on the patients under their care.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
Describe the anatomical and physiological features that place a patient at risk for OSA or OHS.
Identify the current evidence-based guidelines for screening and interventions.
Discuss the significant pathophysiological risk for patients with untreated OSA and/or OHS.
