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Overview
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Overview
Overview
Respiratory care professionals need to be equipped with the knowledge required to master aerosol delivery and appropriately match medications and delivery devices to optimize patient outcomes. Aerosols and their uses, underlying scientific factors, and hazards are presented in this course. Jet nebulizers, ultrasonic nebulizers, and mesh nebulizers are also discussed, along with their operational properties, benefits, and drawbacks. The most common types of metered-dose inhalers are also reviewed, along with their characteristics. Various pharmacological agents that have specific requirements for safe and effective aerosolization are discussed. Examples of appropriate patient education are also included in this course.

 

Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The goal of this course is to educate respiratory care professionals in various care settings about aerosol delivery devices and considerations for their use.
 
After taking this course, you should be able to:
  • Explain the use of each type of aerosol generating device, including less common devices, and the benefits and drawbacks of each.
  • Explain methods for effective and efficient aerosol delivery.
  • Identify medications requiring special safety precautions for aerosol delivery.
Details
Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 8/30/2021

CE809

Course Author

Paul Teelin

MSN, RN-BC

Accreditations
Accreditations

NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

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Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.