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Overview
The goal of this course is to update nurses and respiratory therapists on the mechanisms of dyspnea and its evidence-based assessment and management.Goals and Learning Outcomes
Identifying and treating the primary cause of dyspnea is the favored approach to alleviating the symptom, but it persists in many patients despite optimal therapy. Clinicians need to have knowledge of the latest evidence-based assessment and management of dyspnea. Clinicians will benefit from this course, as it covers classifications of dyspnea, the mechanisms that cause dyspnea, and evidence-based updates on the assessment and treatment of dyspnea.
- Describe the characteristics, common causes and underlying mechanisms of dyspnea
- Discuss the evidence-based assessment of dyspnea with emphasis on clinical indicators in different conditions and patient populations
- Explain the evidence-based management of dyspnea
- Recall the characteristics, common causes, and underlying mechanisms of dyspnea.
- Recall the evidence-based assessment of dyspnea.
- Identify the evidence-based management of dyspnea.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 10/1/2022
REL-ACU-0-EMD
Course Author
MSN, RN, CCRN, CNL
MSN, RN-BC
EdD, RRT, RCP
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
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.