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Overview
Overview
In adults, human growth hormone is responsible for tissue repair and maintenance rather than height-associated growth. The aging process is now believed to be the result of declining HGH secretion rather than a cause. As HGH levels diminish with age, tissue integrity and function decline. Deficiency and the treatment of specific disorders (Turner syndrome, adult short-bowel syndrome, and muscle wasting associated with HIV/AIDS) remain the only approved indications for HGH replacement therapy among adults. However, the use of HGH to avoid aging, to reduce weight, and for other reasons has gained widespread attention through online direct-to-consumer marketing and importation, despite these practices being deemed illegal by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This course will increase understanding of the approved uses, potential adverse effects, and nursing implications associated with care of individuals using HGH.
Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The goal of this continuing education program is to help nurses understand the use of human growth hormone (HGH). After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
  • Discuss scientifically supported benefits of HGH use
  • Identify potential adverse effects and complications resulting from HGH use
  • Describe nursing implications associated with the use of HGH
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Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 2/10/2003

CE306-60

Course Author

Susanne J. Pavlovich-Danis

MSN, ARNP-C, CDE, CRRN

Michael G. Danis

BSN, RN, CCRN

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.