Dementia: Create a Positive Wave of Change for our Patients - Community Osteopathic - September 9, 2024

September 9, 2024

Staff caring for patients living with dementia have difficulties with managing some of the challenging behaviors that may present with this disease. There are deficits in knowledge about types of dementias and its effects on the brain/ brain pathophysiology. Techniques taught in this class have been shown to decrease agitation and upset in patients living with dementia, thus improving the environment of care for our patients.

Target Audience

Registered Nurse 

LPN/LVN

CNA

MD

PA

Social worker(s)

PT/OT

Learning Objectives

Describe the brain changes that cause unusual behaviors in the person living with dementia.

List two techniques that they will try with patients.

Demonstrate the use of the techniques to assist persons living with dementia.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/09/2024
Course expires: 
11/30/2024
Event starts: 
09/09/2024 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/09/2024 - 10:00am EDT
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Staff caring for patients living with dementia have difficulties with managing some of the challenging behaviors that may present with this disease. There are deficits in knowledge about types of dementias and its effects on the brain/ brain pathophysiology. Techniques taught in this class have been shown to decrease agitation and upset in patients living with dementia, thus improving the environment of care for our patients.

UPMC Community Osteopathic
Harrisburg, PA
United States

Maryalyce McCormick, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, ONC, CNRN, SCRN

Dawn Hippensteel, MS, BSN, RN, GCNS-BC

Aubrey Carberry, MSN-ED, RN, CMSRN
 

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.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.0 contact hours.

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

  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 Attendance
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