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Overview
Overview
Of persons age 50 and older, one in two women and one in four men will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture. The impact of osteoporosis is particularly severe as people age. Each year, osteoporosis contributes to about 2 million fractures that may cause permanent disability, disabling pain, loss of independence, or death. This number is expected to increase to more than 3 million by 2025. This continuing education course will focus on normal bone physiology and the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, diagnosis of osteoporosis, risk factors and their modification, treatment of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures, and the nurse’s role in primary and secondary prevention strategies aimed at stopping this epidemic.
Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The purpose of this continuing education program is to inform nurses about how to prevent and manage osteoporosis. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
  • Explain the economic impact and personal consequences of osteoporosis
  • Describe the pathogenesis of bone loss and identify methods to diagnose osteoporosis
  • Compare and contrast unchangeable and modifiable risk factors for osteoporosis
  • Describe universal recommendations for osteoporosis prevention and management
  • Describe the role of pharmacologic agents in osteoporosis therapy
  • Identify people at highest risk for falls and describe fall prevention strategies that nurses can teach
  • Explain principles of rehabilitation to reduce disability for people with osteoporosis
  • Describe significant nursing roles in osteoporosis prevention and management

 

Please note: The Orthopaedic Nurses Certification Board has designated this educational activity to receive 6.0 contact hours in Category A and 0 contact hours in Category B toward recertification.
 
Details
Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 1/1/1998

60216

Course Author

Dorothy Roberts

EdD(c), MSN, MACI, RN, OCNS-C, CMSRN, CNE

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.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 1.50 CE contact hour(s).