At the completion of the session the nurse should be able to discuss pharmacokinetics in relation to drug distribution, metabolism, and renal elimination
At the completion of the session the nurse should be able to discuss pharmacodynamics in relation to drug absorption, bioavailability and changes related to ageing.
At the completion of the session the nurse should be able to discuss the types of and the impact of adverse drug reactions, as well as, identify and reduce adverse drug reactions common in the elderly.
At the completion of the session the nurse should be able to discuss and introduce nursing activities to identify the development of adverse drug reactions in clients receiving diuretics, antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, and anticoagulants.
At the completion of the session the nurse should be able to discuss and introduce nursing activities to identify the development of adverse drug reactions in clients receiving diuretics, antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, and anticoagulants.
Can you recognise the symptoms? Do you know how to identify the supportive interventions for repetition, memory loss, aphasia, ‘invasive’ behaviour etc, for each client with dementia?
Necessary for participating in listening and speaking in ‘live” sessions and also useful in pre-recorded programs to block out any background noise and so as to not disturb others.
With the focus of many care plans being funding driven, often required care for residents with heart failure is not included.
Remember, if it is not written it is not done!
The nursing authority is interested in your practice, not the amount of funding you receive.
Content includes:
• overview/refresher of pathophysiology of heart failure
• the various presentations of heart failure
• hospital avoidance with staff management or self management!
• when nurses fail to notice a change
• the role of medication for heart failure in 2012
• palliation in end stage heart failure
At the completion of this session the registered & enrolled nurse should be able to detail contemporary clinical practice in the assessment and management of incontinence in the older adult with or without a dementia syndrome.
There have been suggestions that some ENs have been practicing outside of their scope with RNs covering up the fact, and organisations encouraging both activities relating to assessment and care plan development!
The participant will be able to discuss the myths, definitions and causes of constipation; identify types of constipation; list all the elements of a professional assessment and, know which aperient is appropriate for each type of constipation.