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About Course

This advanced continuing education activity is designed for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) practicing in primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, telemedicine, urgent care, and community health settings. The course provides evidence-based education regarding prevention, diagnosis, treatment, pharmacologic management, and longitudinal care of common chronic diseases encountered in adult primary care practice. 

 

What you'll learn

  • Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Apply evidence-based strategies for management of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome.
  • Differentiate stable chronic disease from high-risk clinical deterioration requiring escalation of care.
  • Develop individualized pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment plans for adult primary care patients.
  • Recognize complications associated with uncontrolled chronic disease.
  • Apply medication safety principles and deprescribing strategies in complex patients.
  • Utilize preventive screening and cardiovascular risk reduction strategies in primary care practice.
  • Integrate telemedicine safety standards into chronic disease management.
  • Apply clinical reasoning and differential diagnosis principles to complex patient presentations.

Course Content

Advanced Primary Care & Chronic Disease Management for APRNs

  • Course Completion Requirements
  • Course Overview
  • Clinical Case Scenario
  • Learning Modules
  • Course Evaluation and Learner Attestation
  • Certificate of Completion