142 - Advanced Assessment of the Older Adult

This session unveils an upcoming module for advanced practice nurses on the comprehensive geriatric assessment, focused on the frail individual with multiple conditions. Specific topics include the critical role of function, atypical presentations, and geriatric syndromes.

Contact hours available until 9/24/2018.

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:

Planning Committee: Midge Bowers discloses that she is a member of the speakers’ bureau (training only) for Amgen.

There are no other 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.

Learning Outcome:
After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to define the clinical presentation of frailty syndrome and interactions of multiple chronic conditions in older adults, identify emerging signs and symptoms of atypical presentations of illness in older adults, and describe the benefits of functional assessments in older adults compared to a systems-based assessment approach.