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Overview
Overview
Discusses the threat of mercury poisoning in humans in the U.S. and around the world, including signs and symptoms and prevention strategies.
Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The presence of mercury in the food chain from environmental pollution is the most significant pathway for mercury exposure throughout the U.S. and the entire world. Methyl mercury can cause serious morbidities, particularly in children. It is important for healthcare providers to offer informed counseling about the risks of eating fish, the safety of vaccines, and handling small mercury exposures in the home.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Recognize the risks of methyl mercury and state at least five signs and symptoms of methyl mercury poisoning.
  • List two ways to assess for exposure to mercury and three prevention strategies.
  • Identify two treatments for methyl mercury poisoning.

Course Termination Date: 08/03/24

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/24

Course Originally Released On: 08/01/21
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Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 8/1/2021

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Course Author

Julie Stefanski

MEd, RDN, CSSD, LDN, CDCES, FAND

Dana Bartlett

RN, MSN, MA, CSPI

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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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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.