West Virginia APRN Bundle

Course Overview

Course Outline

1. Hypertensive Agents
2. Controlled Substances: A comprehensive review
3. Tirzepatide for Type 2 Diabetes and Weight Management
4. Semaglutide and Type 2 Diabetes
5. Medication Assisted Treatment
6. West Virginia Drug Diversion
7. Constipation Management and Treatment
8. Spinal Cord Injury: Bowel and Bladder Management
9. Pressure Ulcer Prevention, Staging and Treatment
10. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (Wound Vac)
11. Nutritional Interventions to Promote Wound Healing
12. Ostomy Management
13. Diabetes Management: Nursing Updates
14. Hospice Vs. Palliative Care: Whats the difference?
15. Navigating Difficult End of Life Conversations

Accreditation Statement

Nursing CE Central LLC is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

In this course, we will discuss topics related to APRN’s in West Virginia. It will take the average learner 1,620 minutes to complete and awards contact hours of continuing education.

Course Outcomes

After completing this course, the learner will rate a 4 out of 5 on the Likert Scale for their ability to:

1. Identify hypertension treatment clinical practice guidelines.
2. Describe commonly prescribed opioids for pain management and understand their side effects and indications of use.
3. Understand the drug classification of tirzepatide
4. Describe the action of non-insulin injectable diabetes medication semaglutide.
5. Explain how medication-assisted treatment works and why it has only recently gotten widespread attention.
6. Describe best practices for managing patients who display drug seeking behaviors and diversion.
7. Discuss signs and symptoms of constipation. 
8. Identify ways nurses can help patients with spinal cord injuries start a bowel and bladder regimen. 
9. Identify the six stages of pressure injuries based on National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel guidelines. 
10. List types of wounds that negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) may be used to treat. 
11. Identify nutrient deficiencies that will impact wound healing. 
12. Understand the different types of ostomies and their care techniques. 
13. Define the 2 main types of diabetes and the preferred approach used to treat each of the identified disease processes.  
14. Differentiate between hospice and palliative care. 
15. Define important stages of the dying process. 

Target Audience

• Registered Nurses (RN)
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)

Requirement for Completion

1. Enrollment in the course by the learner
2. Read and learn all course materials
3. Complete the course evaluation
4. Attest and testify learning of the course materials

Accreditations + Approvals

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

Nursing CE Central nor any of the authors, planners, content experts, or any contributors have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.