This session provides a review and update of identification, evaluation, and treatment regimens for common geriatric dermatoses seen and evaluated by advanced practice nurses.
Contact hours available until 10/3/2017.
Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.
Faculty, Planners, Authors, and Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Faculty, planners, authors, and speakers have no disclosures to declare.
Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.
Accreditation Statement:
This educational activity has been co-provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. and GAPNA.
Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number, CEP 5387.
Objectives:
1. Differentiate between chronologically aged and photo-aged skin.
2. Identify common lesions of the aged skin: cherry angiomas, solar lentigines, seborheic dermatitis , seborrheic keratosis, Grover's disease, and xerosis.
3. Describe the appearance and management of common skin neoplasms, such as keratoacanthoma, Bowen's disease, and basal cell cancer.
4. Compare and contrast the lesions of Favre-Racouchot, pemphigus, pemphigoid, and psoriasis in the older adult.