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Overview
Poor medication adherence has been called \\"America's other drug problem.\\" It leads to unnecessary disease progression and complications, reduced functional abilities, lower quality of life and even death. Behavioral, social, economic, medical and public policy factors contribute to the problem of medication nonadherence and affect virtually every aspect of the healthcare system. This urgent issue has attracted significant attention over the past few years, resulting in major reports and action plans, such as the World Health Organization's Adherence to Long-Term Therapies, the National Council on Patient Information and Education's Educate Before You Medicate and the U.S. National Medication Adherence Campaign's Script Your Future. Nurses can favorably impact medication adherence across the healthcare continuum during hospitalization, following discharge, in clinics, in provider offices and in the community.Goals and Learning Outcomes
- Discuss the importance of medication adherence and the significance of failure to adhere to medication regimens
- Describe four factors that prevent medication adherence in the community
- Name four methods to improve medication adherence
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 3/25/2013
CE679
Course Author
RN, BSN
MPA, 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.
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.