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Total Contact Hours: 1 including 1 ANCC Approved
RN, CNS, LPN/LVN, NP
This Nursing Grand Rounds webinar will provide nursing personnel with an overview of managing patients experiencing Alzheimer’s disease in the inpatient psychiatric care setting. The symptom presentation and diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease will be described. Key strategies for applying the nursing process in caring for a patient experiencing Alz-heimer’s disease will be discussed. The importance of safe and effective management of Alzheimer’s disease for the psychiatric patient and healthcare team will be emphasized. The critical role nurses play within the mental health multi-disciplinary team in managing Alzheimer’s disease in the inpatient-psychiatric-care setting will be highlighted.
This program prepares the learner to:
Contact Hours: 1
MED-ED, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
MED-ED, Inc. is an approved provider by the following State Boards of Nursing: Florida/FBN 50-1286 and California #CEP10453.
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Lisa is an associate professor and the associate director of the baccalaureate nursing program at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant. For 20 years, she has taught psychiatric-mental health nursing, focusing on both the theory and clinical aspects of coursework. She has been a psychiatric staff nurse for over 30 years at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, where she has been awarded for nursing education excellence. In this setting, she is involved in leadership committees and the nurse residency program, achieving gold level status for its professional nursing recognition program. Lisa has also functioned in the ARNP role at Optimae LifeServices in Mount Pleasant for nearly 20 years. In addition, she has served as president and board member for the Iowa chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) and has presented on its behalf at the state and national levels.
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