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Overview
Overview
This course will discuss types of bariatric surgery and the psychosocial, metabolic, and physiological issues that may occur before and after bariatric surgery.
Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes

Extensively studied, obesity is a contributing factor to a variety of medical comorbidities, including stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, renal disease, respiratory issues, osteoarthritis, infections, and specific cancers. According to the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the likelihood of a patient with moderate obesity achieving and sustaining a normal body weight is less than 1%. Bariatric surgery has provided many patients struggling with obesity a chance to improve their health and overall quality of life. To provide optimal care for patients who are considering or have undergone bariatric surgery, nurses need to be aware of up-to-date information regarding bariatric surgery and its related nursing considerations.

The goal of this course is to equip nurses in the acute care setting with knowledge of the different bariatric surgical options and the psychosocial, metabolic, and physiological issues that patients may encounter before and after bariatric surgery.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Recall the different bariatric surgical options available for patients with obesity.
  • Identify psychosocial and quality-of-life issues affecting patients before bariatric surgery.
  • Recognize metabolic, physiological, and psychological changes that can occur in patients after bariatric surgery and the role nurses have in their care.

Course Termination Date: Not yet determined

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/25

Course Originally Released On: 12/01/22
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Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 12/1/2022

REL-ACU-0-UBS

Course Author

Andrea Powell

RN, BSN

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.

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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.