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Infection Control for Nursing Licensure in Puerto Rico - 60039
Infection Control for Nursing Licensure in Puerto Rico by Karen Galanowsky, RN, BSN, MPH and Christine Johnsen, RN, MS, MPH, ANP-BC, PMHCNS-BC and Mary Ann Magerl, RN, MA, MT, CIC and Kathleen McMahon, RN, MEd, MA and Linda E. Moody, RN, PhD, MPH, FAAN and Denise C. Murphy, RN, DrPH and Larry Niler, RN, PHN and Roger Wetherbee, MD
60039 l 3.00 contact hrs

Price: $ 20.00
Free for Unlimited CE Subscribers

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Objectives:
The goals of this program are to update nurses' knowledge about the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB); hepatitis A, B, and C; and HIV/AIDS; and to review basic principles of prevention and infection control. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —
  • Describe the precautions and isolation practices used in caring for patients with infectious disease and the rationale behind these procedures.
  • Summarize the disease processes in TB and MDRTB; hepatitis A, B, and C; and HIV/AIDS.
  • Describe how TB and MDRTB; HIV/AIDS; and hepatitis A, B, and C spread and describe strategies for preventing transmission.
  • Identify risk factors for TB and MDRTB; hepatitis A, B, and C; and HIV/AIDS.
  • Identify methods to assess patients with TB and MDRTB; hepatitis A, B, and C; and HIV/AIDS.
  • Identify appropriate treatment and follow-up measures for TB and MDRTB; hepatitis A, B, and C; and HIV/AIDS.

This course will be updated or discontinued on or before 9/11/2013


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