North Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association
“Improving Health Care Through Education and Service”

Avoiding Polypharmacy Pitfalls in Symptom Management

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1.0 contact hour (0.75 pharmacology)
Completion Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Available Until
December 31, 2024
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Overview

Specialties
Oncology
Subspecialties
Cardiovascular, Neurology, and Pain Management
Clinical Topics
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Breast Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder, and Pain

• Define the factors contributing to polypharmacy based on literature
• Use the defined factors to discuss polypharmacy medication issues in
the following areas:
• Cardiovascular
• Pain
• NeuroPsych
• Alimentary
• Review polypharmacy avoidance strategies by examining specific
tools
• Apply tools and knowledge gained to a case study

Speakers

Lisa Grate
Lisa Grate PharmD, MS, BCOP, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

CE Information

This activity offers 1.0 contact hour (0.75 pharmacology) to attendees.

Accredited by Pacific Lutheran University Center for Continued Nursing Learning (PLU CCNL) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation..

Disclosures

None of the planners or presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.

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Avoiding Polypharmacy Pitfalls in Symptom Management

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