Assessment Technologies Institute®, LLC

Course Description:

In today’s safety-conscious health care environment, it is imperative that older adults’ medication regimens be as low-risk as possible. Learn how you can help this vulnerable population, with simple, tried-and-true strategies focused specifically on safe and effective medication therapy for older adults.

Objectives: 

• List the major contributing factors to altered pharmacokinetics in older adults.
• Determine the essential risks to identify when reviewing the effectiveness of an older patient’s medication regimen.
• Construct an appropriate plan for safe administration or self-administration of medications to older adults.
• Identify the specific interventions recommended for administering medications by various routes to older adults.

Passing Requirement: A 75% passing score and completion of a course evaluation is required in order to receive a certificate of successful completion.

Provider Statements:

Assessment Technologies Institute^®, LLC (OH-257/7-1-10) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Assessment Technologies Institute^®, LLC is an approved provider of continuing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 14580 for 2.2* contact hours for this CE activity.

Disclosures:

Those involved with the development of the content of this educational activity disclose to participants that they receive no commercial support nor have significant financial interest or other relationship with manufacturers of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services presented in this educational activity.

The information presented in this continuing education activity for nurses does not necessarily reflect the views of Assessment Technologies Institute. These materials may discuss therapeutic products that have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, off-label uses of approved products, and/or other complementary/alternative/therapeutic modalities. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product discussed. Readers should verify all information and data before implementing practices described in this educational activity.

*based on a 60-minute contact hour