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Overview
The goal of this course is to inform nurses about how heart disease affects women, its etiology, and its risk factorsGoals and Learning Outcomes
The goal of this course is to inform nurses about how heart disease affects women.
- Identify the incidence of heart disease as a cause of death for women
- List two risk factors for heart disease that cannot be changed
- List five risk factors for heart disease that can be changed
- Identify normal and abnormal blood lipid levels
- Explain the value of exercise and weight control in preventing heart disease
- Discuss the role of hypertension in heart disease
- Describe how diabetes affects heart disease
- Describe psychological factors that contribute to heart disease
- Explain labs, diagnostic tests, and common procedures for diagnosing heart disease
- Describe common medical and surgical treatments for heart disease
- Identify the role of the government in heart-related research
- List modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for heart disease among women.
- Describe significant outcome disparities among women related to cardiovascular treatments and interventions (e.g., percutaneous intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, STEMI treatment).
- Identify cardiovascular conditions that are more likely to impact women than men.
- Compare acute coronary syndrome and STEMI symptomology patterns among women to those of men.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 3/1/2021
Course Expiration Date : 12/31/2027
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Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC 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.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.