Course Description
Course Description:
As healthcare professionals, we frequently work with pediatric clients who may require presription medications for a range of conditions. The chldren we treat might range from the high risk neonates to older chidren with cardiovascular disease, ADHD or epilepsy. Or they may have a range of other clinical conditions, which require medicatons such as antibiotics, corticosteroids or analgesics. As a result, we must be empowered with information regarding the effects of each child's medications, to include understanding the benefts versus the risks of common drug classes.
This course will focus on some of the more common pediatric medications, to equip the healthcare professional with an understanding of the actions and effects of such drugs. Evidence-based practice will be shared to include the risks of adverse drug events as well as the drugs' methods of action to achieve the desired clinical outcomes.
Contact Hours: 3
Target Audience:
Instructional Level: IntermediateAccreditation Information:
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Course Outline:
Hour 1
- Introduction: The need to be cognizant of a medication's effects
- Evidence of adverse effects in pediatrics
- Actions and effects of antibiotics in Children
Hour 2
- Understanding steroids and corticosteroids
- Central Nervous System stimulants and non-stimulants to treat children with ADHD
- Pharmacology for gastroesophageal reflux in children
Hour 3
- A review of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)
- Common medications for cardiac conditions
- Common medications for respiratory/pulmonary conditions
- Pain medications for children
- Summarizing points
Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional on methods of action, potential adverse reactions and benefits of multiple medications within several drug classes.
Professional Objectives:
- Identify the challenges for obtaining a new drug’s approval for use in children and adolescents.
- Select the common circumstances of adverse drug events in pediatric settings.
- Select the advantages and potential adverse events of antibiotic classes for children.
- Identify the advantages and adverse effects of steroids & corticosteroids for children.
- Identify the benefits and risks of stimulants & non-stimulants to treat ADHD in children.
- Recognize the actions and side effects of proton pump inhibitors and Histamine H2 Antagonists to treat children with gastroesophageal reflux.
- Identify the actions and effects of Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs)
- Select the actions and side effects of medications used to treat cardiac and respiratory conditions in children.
- Recognize the indications and safety issues with pain medications for children in the US.
Disclosures:
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Contact Hours: 3 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Speech Language Pathologist
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved
This course is offered for 0.30 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Lisa Milliken is employed by Select Rehabilitation and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service
Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact Anne Osborn by email Anne@HomeCEU or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.
Authors:
Lisa Milliken, MA, CCC-SLP, FNAP, CDP
Lisa Young Milliken, MA, CCC-SLP, FNAP, CDP has served as a practitioner, regional manager, vice president, consultant, compliance director and education specialist. She has lectured at the state and national level with over 300 professional education courses on topics of importance to the healthcare professional. She is a Certified Dementia Practitioner, and has mentored team members in senior retirement communities for their development of effective non-pharmacological strategies and dementia program management. She also volunteers with community programs in the Houston area to support caregivers of family members living with multiple disorders. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, where she currently serves as a State Advocate for Medicare Policy for Texas. She is Vice President of Professional Services for the Texas Speech-Language and Hearing Association and also serves on the Financial Advisory Committee and the Publications Board of this organization. She is a Distinguished Fellow of Public Policy for the National Academies of Practice where she serves as the Co-Chair of the Forum Planning Committee and is a prior board president of the Louisiana Speech-Language and Hearing Association and an alumnus of the Council of State Association Presidents. Finally, she is a member of the Kingwood-Humble Aggie Mom Board and lives in Houston, Texas.
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