Respiratory Education Series: Common Diagnoses and Medical Management
This course was designed to provide education on respiratory viruses because clinical teams do not always effectively communicate the differing treatment modalities for various respiratory diagnoses. This can lead to miscommunication and confusion among care providers and poor communication with patients and families about expected disease progression and treatment modalities
Target Audience
Registered Nurses
Physicians
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the learner will be able to:
- identify the symptoms associated with bronchiolitis and croup
- identify 1 difference in the treatment modalities between bronchiolitis patients and croup patients.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 Attendance