COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
11 Hours of Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Selecting medications for your patients with Type 2 Diabetes
- Discuss the new treatment guidelines for therapy of Type 2 Diabetes
- Obesity Management Update
- Discuss the role of food plans,new medications and surgical interventions for weight reduction
- Managing disorders of calcium metabolism
- Discuss regulation of calcium metabolism and the new guidelines for managing hyperparathyroidism
- Managing Thyroid Disease
- Discuss guidelines for treatment of subclinical thyroid disease and management of thyroid nodules
- What is happening in Osteoporosis
- Discuss the individualization of therapy for patients with different manifestations of the disease
- Using Insulin Effectively
- Discuss the differentiation of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and the role of new insulins and monitoring technologies in improving primary care
- Challenging Endocrine Problems you will see in your practice
- Discuss evaluation of incidental adrenal and pituitary masses ,identifying eating disorders management of adrenal and pituitary insufficiency and hirsutism
- Updates in the Treatment of HIV
- Recognize the DHHS preferred and recommended treatment options for HIV
- When provided with a patient case, select the most appropriate treatment option considering other medical and health conditions
- Recognize what medications are newly approved for HIV treatment and those in development along what their role in treatment for HIV
- Advancements in HIV PrEP and PEP: Where are we now and where are we going?
- Utilizing the 2021 CDC guidelines, recognize which individuals are eligible for HIV PrEP and PEP
- Utilizing a patient case, recommend an appropriate regimen for prevention of HIV
- Recognize what medications are currently approved for HIV PrEP and what medications are currently in the pipeline
- DOXY-PEP: A new frontier for sexual health
- Utilizing recent evidence, understand the role of doxycycline for post-exposure prophylaxis of sexually transmitted infections
- Utilizing a patient case, determine what individuals may be candidates for Doxy-PEP
- Apply principles of antimicrobial stewardship to outpatient management of sexually transmitted infection
- Barriers and Facilitators to Access for HIV Treatment and Prevention
- Recognize the role of social determinants of health on access to HIV treatment and prevention
- Understand frameworks such as minority stress and intersectionality and their effects on access to care
- Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy: Updates for Non-Specialists
- Recognize what treatment options are available for gender-affirming hormone therapy
- Understand how to interpret information and data regarding care for transgender and gender-diverse patients
- With a patient case, develop a treatment plan and monitoring recommendations for a transgender patient
- Understanding interactions between gender-affirming hormone therapy and antiretrovirals
- Recognize potential drug interactions with gender-affirming hormone therapy as well as antiretroviral medications
- With a patient case, develop a treatment plan to navigate drug interactions
- Managing HIV in an aging population: Considerations for chronic disease state management
- Recognize chronic diseases that may be affected by HIV infection and treatment
- Develop recommendations for prevention and treatment of chronic disease states in people living with HIV
- Identify gaps in literature for the management of chronic diseases in people living with HIV and understand how to navigate the literature that exists currently