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Overview
This course will inform nurses about the causes and treatment of ototoxicity and guide them in how to recognize and prevent ototoxicity in patients.Goals and Learning Outcomes
Many common medications can cause ototoxicity. The onset of toxicity can be subtle, but the impact of this quiet damage on patients’ well-being can be profound. Drug-induced ototoxicity can produce anything from mild hearing loss to bilateral deafness, and it can cause balance problems severe enough to prevent employment. This course will help the reader understand ototoxicity, its causes, and the appropriate nursing care.
The goal of this course is to inform nurses in the acute care setting about the causes and treatment of ototoxicity and to educate them to recognize and prevent ototoxicity in patients.
All drug-related information cited in this course was obtained from the manufacturer package inserts accessed on February 18th, 2023, unless otherwise noted.
- Identify the signs, symptoms, and risk factors of ototoxicity.
- Determine the different classes of ototoxic medications, common medications within those classes, and household substances that can contain ototoxic chemicals.
- Recall nursing interventions for the prevention of ototoxicity as well as instructions to give these patients upon discharge.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 7/1/2023
REL-ACU-0-ROO
Course Author
PharmD
RN, BSN
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.