Getting Certified: Issues for the New and Practicing NP
Margaret Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP Certified FNP, Founder and President, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc.
Are you a newly graduated NP preparing for certification? A practicing NP now set to sit for this examination? This session is designed with the needs of new and practicing NP in mind and is presented by a NP who has helped thousands of NPs achieve this important professional credential. Purchase Lessons

Vaccine Update for Retail Clinicians
Dr. William Atkinson, Medical Epidemiologist, CDC
Vaccines are recommended for persons of all ages, and many of these vaccines are not utilized to their full potential. Retail clinicians may have access to many adolescents and adults who need vaccines. This session will review the recommendations for vaccines that could be utilized in a retail setting, such as tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap), influenza, and pneumococcal vaccines. Purchase Lessons

Antimicrobial Update: The Latest Guidelines in the Treatment of Respiratory Tract Infections
Margaret Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP
Certified FNP, Founder and President, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc.
What factors influence the development of resistant pathogens? How do certain patient characteristics increase risk of infection with a resistant pathogen? In this age of resistant pathogens, what are the latest treatment recommendations for the treatment of common respiratory bacterial infections? When should you prescribe a first-line product? When is more aggressive therapy indicated? Find out about the latest in this case-based session.  Purchase Lessons

Treating Ear Infections – An Integrative Approach
Seema Khaneja, MD, FAAP, Integrative Pediatrics
Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common conditions treated by nurse practitioners. In an era of growing antibiotic-resistance, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued guidelines in 2004 regarding observation without the use of antibacterial agents in a child with uncomplicated AOM. Currently, there are limited options for symptom relief during this Wait and See period (WASP). Dr. Khaneja is a board-certified pediatrician and mother who has found homeopathic medicines to be highly effective in treating many children with ear infections. Learn about an integrative approach to treating AOM using common remedies from the world of homeopathy! Purchase Lessons

Drug Update: What is Hot, What is Not
Margaret Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP
Certified FNP, Founder and President, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc.
What is the latest in drug therapy? What are the latest new uses and cautions for use of established medications? What products have recently gone generic? Learn the answers to these and other questions in this informative session. Purchase Lessons

Identifying Warning Signs: COPD; Diabetes, Cardiovascular
Wendy L Wright, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP, FAANP
The nurse practitioner and physician assistant working in a retail setting is faced frequently patients who have diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and COPD. It is imperative the retail clinician be able to detect warning symptoms in these groups. The goal of this session is to educate the retail clinician regarding warning symptoms in the individual with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and COPD. Purchase Lessons

Identifying and Treating Urinary Tract Infections
Janet DuBois, DNP, AARNP, FAANP, Regional Manager, Tampa, The Little Clinic
This session discusses the pathology of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) as well as the signs and symptoms associated with the disease. Appropriate differential diagnosis’ and testing will be covered and antibiotics used to treat the common UTI will be discussed for both adult and pediatric populations. The recent FDA warning about Floroquinolones will be mentioned and special concerns for treatment of women and children will be described. Purchase Lessons

A Practical Approach to Billing and Coding
Barbara Pierce, CCS-P, ACS-EM, Barb Pierce Billing and Coding LLC
This session will review the overall billing process from start to finish (from seeing the patient to being reimbursed) -- discussing the guidelines and tips to appropriately bill E/M visit codes; determining other important coding issues, including diagnosis coding and the proper use of modifiers; and reviewing a sample note, utilizing the Documentation Guidelines and an appropriate audit tool. Purchase Lessons

Kids Cough and Cold
Patricia Jackson Allen, MS, RN, PNP, Professor, Yale School of Nursing
Coughs and colds are common occurrences in children and a source of worry and frustration for both parents and pediatric providers. In the otherwise healthy child, should cough and cold symptoms be treated with pharmacological therapies? What are the current recommendations of the FDA’s Nonprescription Drugs Committee and the Pediatric Advisory Committee regarding OTC cough and cold preparations? This presentation will answer these important questions and help guide the practitioner’s safe management of these symptoms in children Purchase Lessons

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