On-site posters are located in the portico across from registration.
NCPD Posters: 0.5 contact hours may be earned for poster viewing of nursing continuing professional development posters listed as P01 through P17.
Non-NCPD Posters: No contact hours are awarded for viewing posters GLI1, GLI2, GLI3, GLI4, non-NCPD01, non-NCPD02, and non-NCPD03.
Nurse practitioners (NPs) are witnessing the harmful effects that climate change is having on our patients – from exacerbated lung conditions due to poor air quality due to storms and wildfires, increases in mosquito and tick-borne illnesses related to hotter and wetter weather, extreme heatwaves, and droughts causing illness, exacerbations of chronic diseases, displacement, deaths, and psychological trauma.
NPs need to understand and be ready for the effects of climate change, especially the effects of extreme heat on patients at substantial risk for heat-related illness: the old and very old.
After attending this presentation, NPs will be able to:
• Summarize critical steps in the evaluation of patients affected by hot temperatures related to climate change.
• Formulate a plan for management of a hyperthermic older adult.
• Critically appraise the role of nurse practitioners in evaluation and treatment of patients suffering from ecological grief related to climate change disasters.
• Describe needed changes in practice, teaching, and research that will encompass climate changes that affect our older and vulnerable patient population.
This presentation will discuss:
• Climate-related events and effects on health of the older adult and briefly describe the effect of urban heat islands and how NPs can advocate for mitigation efforts to include green islands for the elderly
• Respiratory effects of climate change: increased wet seasons, exacerbation of asthma and allergies due to longer growing seasons, and increase in pollen
• Cardiovascular and renal effects of hotter climates: pathophysiology of climate change on the CV on renal system
• Psychological effects of climate change disasters, fires, floods, hurricanes, and the incidence of ecological grief on the elderly displace by disasters
• Why climate change needs to be included into nursing curricula and research in order to mitigate the harmful effects on the planet and our patients
• Why NPs need to become activists for climate change mitigation in their communities, local, state, and national arenas in order to advocate for the health of their patients of all ages
Research has shown that sex matters not only in the pathophysiology of aging and the presentation of many chronic diseases, but also in the metabolism of medications. This presentation will describe the current research into the differences in aging and presentation of chronic diseases between men and women including Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and metabolism of statins.
NPs need to be aware of these differences when assessing, diagnosing, and treating their male and female patients.
NPs need to be aware of, and advocate for the inclusion of women in research and clinical trials when chronic diseases and metabolism of medications are being studied.
Objectives
After attending this presentation, NPs will be able to:
• Summarize the differences in the presentation of common chronic diseases between men and women.
• Describe the differences in adverse effects of statins between men and women.
• Critically appraise the role of nurse practitioners in evaluation and treatment of male and female patients in regard to differences in drug metabolism.
• Describe needed changes in practice, teaching, and research that will include the differences between men and women in clinical trials for medications and the study of diseases based on sex differences.
This presentation will discuss current research on the following topics:
• Twice as many women have Alzheimer’s disease as men.
• The effects of cardiovascular disease are different for men vs. women: sex differences in the vasculature show that microvascular disease is a greater contributor to cardiovascular disease in women than in men, whereas obstructive coronary artery disease is a greater contributor in men than in women.
• Women experience adverse drug reactions (ADRs) twice as often as men, yet the role of sex as a biological factor is poorly understood. Most drugs were based on clinical trials with men, highlighting that the practice of prescribing equal doses to both men and women neglects sex differences in pharmacokinetics and dimorphisms in body weight, risking overmedication of women, and contributes to female-biased adverse drug reactions. Therefore, NPs need to be aware of the differences in pathophysiology of chronic diseases and drug metabolism between their male and female patients in order to treat appropriately.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the post-licensure nursing students’ indicators and barriers to assessing and reporting elder abuse by correlating the following variables: 1) years of nursing practice, 2) specialty practice, 3) reported work and personal experiences, 4) and perceived elder abuse knowledge.
Rationale: Identifying barriers to assessing and reporting elder abuse among nurses will help inform practice and academia on designing targeted educational trainings.
Supporting literature: Elder abuse is a global public health problem that requires urgent attention. Elder abuse is hidden, under-reported, and often unrecognized by healthcare providers. Older adults experiencing abuse suffer from comorbidity and increased mortality (Phelan, 2018). Nurses have the legal responsibility as a mandated reporter to assess elder abuse, follow the appropriate reporting process, and ensure appropriate responses are undertaken to mitigate the situation (Phelan, 2018).
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was used. A convenience sample of 107 nursing students was drawn from the post-licensure undergraduate and graduate nursing programs at an ethnically diverse urban university. Students voluntarily completed a 46-question online survey in spring and fall 2021. Inferential statistical analyses including ANOVA and t-test were conducted to investigate significant predictors of perceived elder abuse assessment and reporting knowledge deficits.
Result: Overall, nursing students’ assessment knowledge scores on elder abuse ranged between 32 to 68 points (on a possible scale of 17-68 points), with an average of 50.3 points (SD: 7.4 points). Their reporting knowledge scores ranged between 14 to 28 points (possible scale of 7-28 points) with an average of 20.1 points (SD: 2.6 points). Having professional or personal experiences and previous knowledge with elder abuse was significantly associated with both increased assessment and reporting knowledge (p