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Current Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Influenza
Continuing Education Credits for Healthcare Professionals
Credits
1 Contact Hour

Event Type
HomeStudy

Release Date
Friday, August 05, 2011

Expiration Date
Monday, August 05, 2013

Target Audience
Nurse, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician

Program Cost
$2.00 - Free For Members



Program Overview
This program will provide pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and nurses with an understanding of current prevention and treatment strategies for influenza. After completing this program, pharmacists and nurses will be able to describe the epidemiology of influenza and identify the various pharmaceutical options for the prevention of influenza to include the ease of use, comparative efficacy, and contraindications of vaccines. Pharmacists and nurses will also be able to describe the pharmacist’s role in the prevention and treatment of influenza. Pharmacy technicians will be able to describe the signs and symptoms of the flu and identify the medications used to treat the flu.   

Nurse Educational Objectives
  • Describe the epidemiology of influenza
  • Identify the various pharmaceutical options for the prevention of influenza to include ease of use, comparative efficacy, and contraindications of vaccines.
  • Describe the pharmacist’s role in the prevention and treatment of influenza.
Pharmacist Educational Objectives
  • Describe the epidemiology of influenza
  • Identify the various pharmaceutical options for the prevention of influenza to include ease of use, comparative efficacy, and contraindications of vaccines.
  • Describe the pharmacist’s role in the prevention and treatment of influenza.
Pharmacy Technician Educational Objectives
  • In general describe the signs and symptoms of the flu.
  • Identify the medications used to treat the flu.

Activity Type
Knowledge

Accreditation
Nurse N-683
Pharmacist 0798-0000-11-053-H01-P
Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-11-053-H01-T
PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing education. In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation. Attendees may immediately print their Statement of Credit or leave them stored on this website.
Pharmaceutical Education Consultants, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education for nurses by the Maryland Nurses Association which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Faculty
Ruben Julian Rucoba , MD
Freeland Medical Writer and Editor, Wellness Partners
Click Here For Curriculum Vitae


Financial Support By
Pharmaceutical Educational Consultants, Inc.

Program Documents
Homestudy PDF: Influenza Monograph