One Stop Shopping: Jurisprudence, Ethics, Geriatrics, Emerging Trends In Infectious Disease, and Controlled Substances And The APRN”

PRE-REGISTRATION CUT-OFF DATE IS: February 12, 2016

OBJECTIVES: 

1. Describe the Texas Nursing Practice Act, including the Texas Board of Nursing's role in enforcement.
2. Discuss the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) rules to include Board Rule 217.11.
3. Describe the Peer Review/License Investigation related to nursing practice.
4. Review the Texas BON Position Statements.
5. Discuss the Principles of nursing ethics.
6. Discuss Professional Boundaries.
7. Apply interventions to decrease the nurse's risk of legal liability and/or adhere to legal mandates.
8. Distinguish between dementia and delirium in older adults.
9. Explain challenging behaviors among persons with dementia by recognizing common causal or contributing factors.
10. Identify evidence-based person-centered interventions likely to produce desired results in modifying behavior issues.
11. Discuss the pathophysiology of Emerging Viral and Bacterial Infections.
12. Identify presenting symptoms associated with emerging viruses and bacterial infections.
13.  List risk factors that contribute to drug resistance among antibacterials and antivirals.
14. Select antivirals and antibacterials for treating emerging viruses and bacterial infections.
15.  Discuss Emerging viral infections I
16. Discuss Emerging viral infections II
17. Discuss Emerging bacterial infections
18. Discuss regulatory requirements for the prescribing of Controlled Substances by APARNs.
19. Identify upcoming changes in Controlled Substance Registration.
20. Discuss the ordering and prescribing of Schedule II drugs.
21. Identify alternatives to Schedule II drugs for patients with acute and chronic pain.
22.  Compare and contrast the BON and the TMB Pain Rules.