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Digital Seminar

Medication Side Effects and Dangerous Adverse Reactions


Faculty:
Cathy Weitzel, MSN, APRN,
Duration:
1 Hour
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Dec 30, 2015
Product Code:
ONL020524
Brochure Code:
ONLNDRAD-1
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.

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Description

Increase your knowledge of dangerous adverse medication events and reactions to satisfy Best Practice Guidelines!
Theoretically medications get better over time to target symptoms while minimizing side effects. The reality is that practitioners MUST remain cognizant of medications' side effects and dangerous adverse reactions. This becomes especially complex when polypharmacy is the norm. Did you know that more than 1000 OTC and prescription compounds can cause or exacerbate extrapyramidal side effects? You will recognize several of these medications, some of which are currently being implicated in class-action lawsuits around the country. This webinar will also explain reasons for the FDA Black Box Warning (BBW) for medications that induce suicidal thinking and others that dangerously prolong the QTc Interval. If you are involved at all in the prescribing, administering, dispensing, or teaching of medications, it is the standard of care that you maintain current knowledge of these issues.

 


Course Content

PHARMACOKINETICS
EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SIDE EFFECTS (EPSE)

  • Medications implicated
  • Categories of EPSE
  • High risk categories

SEROTONIN SYNDROME

  • Symptoms and treatment

NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME

  • Symptoms and treatment

CASE STUDY
ANXIETY/AKATHISIA
FDA BLACK BOX WARNING FOR SUICIDALITY

  • Medications implicated
  • Symptoms

STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME

  • Medication implication
  • Symptoms

QTc PROLONGATION

  • Definition
  • Medications implicated

METABOLIC SYNDROME

  • Parameters
  • Treatment

Credits

Faculty

Cathy Weitzel, MSN, APRN, Related seminars and products


CATHY WEITZEL, MSN, APRN, BC, is an ANCC board certified lecturer and clinical instructor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing at Wichita State University. As co–owner of Advocates for Behavioral Health, PA, Ms. Weitzel has prescriptive authority and sees adults and older adults for psychotropic medication management. She has over 25 years of experience working in settings such as ED assessment/triage, inpatient acute care locked units, medical detox, and utilization review. She has published articles on the topics of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, Serotonin Syndrome, and Suicide Assessment. Her professional memberships are extensive and include the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and the American Association of Suicidology.


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Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive) Access never expires for this product.

Target Audience

Pharmacists, Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists, Counselors, Drug and Alcohol Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical Long-Term Care Staff

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