Education Workshop: Essential Gerontological Nursing for Advanced Practice Nursing

Sep 30, 2015

Collection: Annual Conference 2015

Type: Session

Speakers:

• Melissa Kramps, DNP, GNP-BC, NP-C, Portfolio Advisor, Columbia University
• Melodee Harris, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN
• Laurie Kennedy-Malone, PhD, GNP, FAANP, FGSA, Professor of Nursing, UNC, Greensboro

Tags: atypical presentation of illness comorbidities common conditions in the elderly geriatric syndromes index of independence falls delirium urinary incontinence pressure-ulcers geropsychiatric

Delirium - for the Nurse Practitioner

Collection: Neuropsychiatric Syndromes (NPS) in Dementia: Development of Foundational Primers for Nurse Practitioner Providers and Caregivers

Type: Session

Speakers:

• Melodee Harris, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN

Tags: delirium benzodiazepines Neurocognitive disorders cognitive changes somnolence hyperactive delirium Confusion and Assessment Method Delirium superimposed on Dementia Algorithm

Delirium - for the Caregiver

Collection: Neuropsychiatric Syndromes (NPS) in Dementia: Development of Foundational Primers for Nurse Practitioner Providers and Caregivers

Type: Session

Speakers:

• Linda J. Keilman, DNP, MSN, GNP-BC, FAANP, Associate Professor, Michigan State University College of Nursing

Tags: delirium mental status benzodiazepines Neurocognitive disorders memory changes orientation