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Program Schedule * April 24-26, 2024
Session Description
Transformational leadership through a racial equity lens seeks to provide insight and tools for effective leadership during times of change and challenge. Participants will explore the foundations of transformational leadership, learn the language of healthcare and racial equity, and engage in self-reflection and discussion. Leaders will be inspired to take steps toward creating more equitable work environments, healthcare policies, and systems for diverse organizations and marginalized communities.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives
Credits: CE: 1.5
View evidence-based poster presentations and earn 1 credit after completing the session evaluation on the Continuing Education tab.
CE credits: 1
Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) is the leading cause of death in this country and currently affects one in three Americans (including healthcare providers). CMD is an ominous condition that leads to broad systemic upheaval and a clustering of cohort conditions (glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, adiposopathy, high blood pressure, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and CKD). This important session will address emerging insights regarding risk; diagnostic biomarkers; and effective, wide-ranging treatment strategies for this deadly disease.
Credits: CE 1.5; Rx 1.5.
Vaccine hesitancy is at a historical high. Following the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine, parents and families have more concerns than ever about vaccine safety and efficacy. As the most trusted professions, nurses and NPs have the education and training to give credible information and effective counsel to parents and families engaging in effective decision making. This session will equip NPs to implement specific strategies in response to vaccine hesitancy.
Credits: CE: 1.5; Rx 0.5
In the wake of the opioid crisis, it is incumbent on providers to consider alternative options to pain management. This presentation discusses multiple interventions-with a focus on peripheral nerve blocks- that can limit the use of opioids as well as offer more effective means to manage pain in the post-operative and post-injured patient.
Credits: CE: 1.5; Rx 1.5
Highlights of this session include information that will help you hone your prescribing skills in the older adult. Focused on the Beers and START/STOPP criteria as well as recommendations from deprescribing.org, this talk will fill you in not only on what drugs should be avoided but also how to prioritize medications for addition or discontinuation.
Credits: CE: 1.5; Rx: 1.5
This session focuses on cases in which patients have required medication for lipid management. Cases range from the least complicated to the more complex patient, and medication selection aligns with current guidelines.
Join us for an engaging session about the latest updates and guidelines for concussion assessment and treatment. Discussion points incorporate both sports-related concussion and other common causes of this mild traumatic brain injury. Did you know that evidence supports aerobic exercise as a treatment for post-concussion syndrome? This presentation reviews both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment.
Aging is associated with increased risk factors for a number of diseases including dementia. Screening for clinical competency is important for safety as well as disease management. This presentation explores clinical evaluation, common profiles, and common cognitive assessment tools for dementia. Driving and medication administration considerations will also be discussed.
Most mental health concerns first present in primary care, placing the primary care nurse practitioner in a visible and critical position to screen, diagnose, and treat common mood disorders. This session will focus on major depression, anxiety, bipolar, and somatic symptom disorders, in a primary care setting, providing an overview regarding screening, diagnostic, and intervention recommendations.
Credits: CE: 1.5; Rx: 0.5
This session will review the 12-Lead ECG with specific details regarding acute changes that need immediate attention.
The art of safe prescribing begins with understanding the importance of a medication's pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic profile. This program highlights the importance of the drug's pharmacokinetic profile, including absorption, distribution, elimination, drug bioavailability, biotransformation, T ½, clearance, steady state, Tmax, and AUC, on the selection of a medication. The importance of a medication's pharmacodynamic profile on disease management is highlighted.
Credits: CE credits: 1.5; Rx credits: 1.5
In this interactive experience, you will explore the clinical profile, efficacy, and safety of a once-daily GLP-1 RA treatment for adults with T2D on your own phone or device. Lead your team to victory as you collect data blocks to
evaluate mean change in glycated hemoglobin (A1C) results from a monotherapy trial in adult patients with T2D and
evaluate proper administration and storage instructions. Finally, review dosing instructions to better understand scenarios for your appropriate adult patients with type 2 diabetes.
Since 2015, more data has been published surrounding GLP-1 agonists and their potential benefits for patients with and without diabetes. There are studies showing that these agents can cause significant weight loss, improve cardiovascular outcomes, have positive renal effects, and even lower the risk of stroke. It is important for nurse practitioners to be educated on these drugs as their popularity and use increases in practice.
Credits: CE 1.5; Rx 1.5
Hot off the press! New international guidelines are available for identifying and staging CKD patients in your practice. More than 1 in 7 US adults (35.5 million people), or 14%, already have CKD. The scarier part is that 9 in 10 adults who have it don't know that they do! Join this session to find out all the newest guideline-directed treatments that can slow progression of CKD. We now know that we as providers can make a difference, but only if we identify these patients and intervene early. One in 3 of your patients is at risk for CKD; do you know who they are?
Credits: CE 1.5; Rx 1
About 1.9 million brain cells die every minute while a stroke goes untreated, making stroke treatment algorithms critical to shaving off time to treatment to save lives. Attendees will be taken on a compelling journey empowering them to develop timely, efficient, and effective stroke treatment algorithms to reduce time to diagnosis and treatment in service of improving outcomes.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is therapy that is 92% to 99% effective in preventing HIV and is an important primary care strategy to end the HIV epidemic. Many NPs are not familiar or comfortable with prescribing PrEP when it is requested by a patient or indicated by the patient's sexual history. The purpose of this session is to illuminate the role of the NP in prescribing PrEP to patients. This session provides an opportunity for practicing clinicians to improve their knowledge and skills related to the provision of PrEP and non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP). A case study approach is used to meet the educational objectives.
Pharmacotherapy is often the central intervention used to improve symptoms or delay the progression of dementia syndromes. The available agents vary with respect to their therapeutic actions and their level of evidence-based support for efficacy. This session will review various medications, their mechanisms of action, and their effect on behavior and health. Join as well for a discussion about when it is best to refer your patients.
We are hearing more about infectious diseases than ever before; as NPs, we are expected to have answers for our families and our patients. What are the risk factors for contracting these infectious diseases? How can you protect yourself, your loved ones, and your patients from these threats? Learn the latest information and treatment options in this important session.
Credits: CE credits: 1.5; Rx credit: 1
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease with a worldwide prevalence of 32%. It is increasing at an alarming pace and is becoming the number one reason for liver transplantation. Please join us for a case-based, practical, very interactive, and fun seminar through which you will acquire the clinical tools needed to diagnose and treat your patients with NAFLD.
Credits: CE 1.5; Rx 0.5
Explore the dynamic intersection of nutrition and systemic health in this course. Delve into the core concepts of the nutrition-health connection, where cutting-edge research has uncovered crucial nutrients for health promotion. Investigate how cultivating a healthy diet through food synergy and diet diversity can enhance immune health. Gain insights into the latest scientific findings regarding the profound impact of whole foods on health, equipping you with effective communication tools for both patients and clients. This course will bridge the gap between nutrition research and practical applications, empowering NPs to promote positive nutritional and systemic health outcomes.
Credits: CE 1.5
Invasive fungal infections are responsible for around 1.5 million global deaths each year and pose unique diagnostic challenges for clinicians. Patient survival often hinges on early identification and initiation of antifungal treatment. This session will focus on how to identify host risk factors that place patients at risk for invasive fungal infections. The common presentations of and treatment for several fungal infections will be covered along with a discussion of the growing world of antifungal therapy.
Credits: CE: 1.5; Rx 1
Author of the Annual APRN Legislative Update, Dr. Susanne Phillips, takes you on a journey through years of professional practice advancement. This session will provide a look back into our practice history, bringing you up to speed on the latest practice authority accomplishments across our nation.
This lecture focuses on empowering healthcare providers with strategies to address the challenge of caring for patients whose symptoms persist despite normal lab results. The session covers the utilization of a functional medicine lens to identify and manage elusive health conditions within a primary care framework.
In this session, we'll discuss the differential diagnoses for cough including but not limited to GERD, COPD, cancer, pneumonia, fungus, and infection.
This program provides clinicians with information relevant to the evaluation and management of common fluid and electrolyte disorders encountered in the adult and geriatric population in a primary or acute care setting. Topics discussed include recognition of common electrolyte disorders, calculation of fluid deficits, and selection of the correct IV fluids for replacement.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
Credits: CE credit: 1.5; Rx credit: 1
Formally classified as a disease more than a decade ago, obesity continues to in prevalence and incidence throughout the nation. Conventional thinking-such as "eat less and move more"-has been woefully ineffective in staunching the flow. Part of the problem lies in the fact that "eat less" and "move more" are poorly defined. In this session, the participant will gain an understanding of how many calories, how much protein, and how many carbohydrates constitute the correct amount for a given patient. These principles can then be applied to any diet one chooses. Basic exercise recommendations are examined, and the utility, as well as the pitfalls, of anti-obesity medications are also discussed.
Through his session, NPs will be able to correctly identify features specific to diagnosing and treating patients with Parkinson disease (PD) and manage them according to the stages of the PD continuum through an interdisciplinary approach.
The purpose of this session is to review the latest sepsis research and recommendations from the guidelines.
Do you know how to prescribe physical activity in practice? The benefits of regular physical activity are well studied and documented, but many healthcare providers report receiving little to no education on the subject during their education. This presentation explores the underlying physiology of exercise and its beneficial effects on health; it also reviews the guidelines/recommendations for regular physical activity and describes personalized exercise prescriptions.
Cervical cancer prevention has changed significantly in recent years, with less frequent screening requirements and the advent of HPV testing as a standalone test in addition to the previous option of co-testing with both a Pap and HPV test. This session reviews the appropriate use of Pap testing, the rationale for HPV plus Pap testing (co-testing) in women ages 30 years and older, and the use of HPV testing as a primary screen (standalone test) in women ages 25 years and older. This session includes a review of two FDA-approved HPV tests , the new American Cancer Society guidelines for screening, and a the 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines. These guidelines are a shift from results-based to risk-based management relative to the risk of an existing CIN 3 (pre-cancer), Insight into management of abnormal screening and subsequent follow-up is provided through case studies.Learning Outcomes/Objectives
This lecture covers safe and appropriate opioid prescribing as well as some commonly used (and not so commonly used) analgesics for pain management. Attendees will gain a new understanding of prescribing analgesics according to pain and medication mechanism, not simply according to mild/moderate/severe pain ratings.
Get up-to-date adult immunization guidelines in this course presented by expert clinician, Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald. Learn about the latest schedules and recommendations, and the best way to ensure that your patients are immunized.
This informative session will provide the essential components of a complete preparticipation physical examination, or sports physical. Key areas of every pre-sport assessment-including, for example, evaluation for heart murmurs and orthopedic examination-will be covered.
Credits: CE credits: 1.5
Pituitary tumors occur within 14% to 22% of the general population; often presenting a confused clinical picture, delaying diagnosis and treatment. This session offers expert tips to identifying, evaluating, and initiating referral for Pituitary impairment.
Credits: CE credits: 1.5; Rx credits: 0.5
This session will update participants on current NAMS guidelines about hormonal and non-hormonal therapies for common menopausal symptoms. It will address commonly misunderstood menopause issues and intervention options, providing the practicing clinician with tools to help individualize patient care.
Unlike the traditional view that treats chronic illnesses as separate entities, this session will examine how all chronic illnesses share a common origin: chronic inflammation. By embracing this groundbreaking concept, our approach to health is revolutionized, centered on the understanding that addressing chronic inflammation at its root is crucial for effective disease management. This presentation is an enlightening learning experience that empowers us to unravel the mysteries of chronic illness.
Shock is one of the most challenging and potentially deadly preventable conditions in healthcare today. Oftentimes, shock goes unrecognized in the outpatient and inpatient settings, or it isn't treated quickly or effectively, contributing to the condition's high mortality rate. This session reviews the four types of shock, exploring how to diagnose them quickly, order evidence-based diagnostics and pharmacologic interventions, and manage complications properly to ensure that your patients have the best possible chance for a good outcome.
