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Overview
This course discusses guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia. It is applicable to lab, pharmacy, and radiology; physicians; dieticians; and nurses.Goals and Learning Outcomes
Recent changes in clinical practice guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) suggest that the previous guidelines that recognized healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) as a distinct category of pneumonia that develops in non-hospitalized with exposure to healthcare (e.g., long-term care facilities, hemodialysis, home infusion and/or wound care, etc.) was defined too broadly. Thus, many of these patients received inappropriate antibiotic therapy. This has contributed to the problem of antibiotic resistance and patient harm. Recently published guidelines for CAP) include new and revised recommendations to address this problem and clarify factors to be considered when selecting empiric antibiotic therapy in patients who develop CAP. This course discusses changing clinical practice guidelines for the management of pneumonia that develops in non-hospitalized patients. It is applicable to interdisciplinary professionals including, clinical laboratory personnel, pharmacy professionals, physicians, radiology professionals, dieticians, and nurses.
- Discuss clinical practice guidelines recommendations and rationale for diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia developing in non-hospitalized patients.
- Describe etiology, risk factors, signs and symptoms, and complications associated with community-acquired pneumonia.
- Describe nursing and nutrition interventions for patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
- List the differential diagnosis in a patient with suspected HCAP
- Review the organisms associated with HCAP
- Review the organisms associated with HCAP
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 1/1/2020
REL-ACU-0-CE3000
Course Author
MEd, RDN, CSSD, LDN, CDCES, FAND
MD, PhD
II, RPh
MS,RT(R)(M)
MT(ASCP)
MS, RD, LD
MD, MBA
MBA, RN
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.
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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.