Exploring the Nurse Practitioner Continuum of Care in Assessing, Diagnosing, and Managing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Course Information
Release date: November 30, 2023
Expiration date: November 30, 2024
Estimated time to complete activity: 60 minutes
PROVIDER STATEMENT

   

This CME activity for ACCME credit is provided by Integrity Continuing Education, Inc.
This CE activity for ANCC and AANP credit is jointly provided by Global Education Group and Integrity Continuing Education, Inc.

DISCLOSURE OF COMMERCIAL SUPPORT

This activity is supported by educational grants from Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc., a Janssen Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson and Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

An orphan disease with a poor prognosis, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) presents in patients in the prime of their lives, inevitably causing right-heart failure and premature death, typically within 3-7 years.

Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are uniquely situated to help ensure earlier diagnosis and treatment initiation for improved outcomes in patients with PAH. This program is therefore designed to provide critical education to NPs and other clinicians on the frontline of cardiopulmonary care to address these shortcomings in practice through improved knowledge and competence of strategies for earlier identification and diagnosis of PAH and implementation of effective treatment regimens.

Learning Objectives
TARGET AUDIENCE

This educational activity has been designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants in primary care and specialty settings.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Delineate signs, symptoms, and risk factors that should raise the index of suspicion for PAH
  • Identify patients who would benefit from referral to a cardiopulmonary specialist or PH/PAH specialty center to facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment
  • Design treatment plans that utilize current and emerging therapeutic regimens, including dual and triple combinations, and consider appropriate delivery mechanisms of individualized care of patients with PAH
Faculty Information and Disclosures
FACULTY CHAIR
Martha Kingman, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner
Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. and Global Education Group requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified relevant financial relationships are thoroughly vetted by Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

The following faculty/planners reported the financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they have with ineligible companies related to the content of this CE/CME activity:

Martha Kingman, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Consultant/Advisor: Aerami, Aerovate, Bayer, Gossamer, Janssen, Liquidia, Merck, United Therapeutics

The Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. and the Global Education Group planners and managers do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with ineligible companies.

Accreditation Information
DIRECTIONS TO LEARNER

There are no fees for participating and receiving CE/CME credit for this activity. During the period of November 30, 2023 through November 30, 2024, participants must:

  • Read the learning objectives
  • Complete the pretest
  • Study the educational activity
  • Complete the posttest and the evaluation form

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed posttest with a score of 60% or better and a completed activity evaluation form.

ACCREDITATION

Physician Continuing Education

Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION

Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurse Practitioner Continuing Education

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) through the joint providership of Global Education Group and Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. Global Education Group is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 110121. This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour (which includes 0.0 hour(s) of pharmacology).

Nursing Continuing Education

Global Education Group is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This educational activity for 1.0 contact hour including 0.0 pharmacotherapeutic contact hour(s) is provided by Global Education Group. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For information about ACCME accreditation of this activity, please contact Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. at (855) 835-4004 or cme@integrityce.com.

For information about AANP or ANCC accreditation of this activity, please contact Global Education Group at (303) 395-1782 or cme@globaleducationgroup.com.

DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. and Global Education Group do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of any organization associated with this activity. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimers and Technical Requirements
MEDIA

Internet

PRIVACY POLICY

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MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Processor: Intel Pentium 4, 2.33 + GHz (or equivalent)
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10, and Mac OS
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DISCLAIMER

The information provided at this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

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