Course Description
3-hour continuing education course on HIV/AIDS training for nursing, occupational therapy, and other health professions. This online CEU covers HIV etiology and epidemiology, risk factors for transmission, HIV testing and counseling, clinical manifestations, antiretroviral therapy, patient care management guidelines, and preventive and control measures.
Course Learning Objectives
| 1) Discuss HIV and the epidemiology of HIV infection in the United States. |
| 2) Explain HIV/AIDS etiology. |
| 3) Summarize the risk factors for transmission of HIV. |
| 4) Describe HIV testing and counseling. |
| 5) Describe the clinical manifestations of HIV. |
| 6) Identify antiretroviral therapy and patient care management guidelines for HIV/AIDS. |
| 7) Summarize preventive and control measures for HIV/AIDS. |
Course Professions
| Nursing |
| Occupational Therapy |
| Physical Therapy |
Course Summaries
Nursing:
3-hour continuing education course on HIV/AIDS training for nursing, occupational therapy, and other health professions. This online CEU covers HIV etiology and epidemiology, risk factors for transmission, HIV testing and counseling, clinical manifestations, antiretroviral therapy, patient care management guidelines, and preventive and control measures. |
Occupational Therapy:
3-hour continuing education course on HIV/AIDS training for nursing, occupational therapy, and other health professions. This online CEU covers HIV etiology and epidemiology, risk factors for transmission, HIV testing and counseling, clinical manifestations, antiretroviral therapy, patient care management guidelines, and preventive and control measures. |
Physical Therapy:
3-hour continuing education course on HIV/AIDS training for nursing, occupational therapy, and other health professions. This online CEU covers HIV etiology and epidemiology, risk factors for transmission, HIV testing and counseling, clinical manifestations, antiretroviral therapy, patient care management guidelines, and preventive and control measures. |
Special Accreditation
N/A
Course Statements - Nursing
| Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. |
| Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12300. |
Course Statements - Occupational Therapy
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course Approval ID# 07505. This independent distance learning activity is offered at 3.00 CEUs, xxx aotaEdLevel xxx, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Course Statements - Physical Therapy
| Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is a Continuing Competency Approval Agency recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California. |
| Approval of physical therapy continuing education credit varies by state. Confirm approval with your state's licensing agency before you take the course for CE credit. See Physical Therapy CE Approval for more information. |
Course Notes - All Professions
WASHINGTON STATE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Take the 7 CH WA version of this course.
Course Notes - Nursing
WASHINGTON STATE NURSES: Take the WA version of this course
Course Notes - Occupational Therapy
WASHINGTON STATE OTs/OTAs: Take the WA version of this course
Course Notes - Physical Therapy
WASHINGTON STATE PTs/PTAs: Take the WA version of this courseFLORIDA PT: This course is not approved for PTs/PTAs in Florida.
Course Categories
| 1) Discuss HIV and the epidemiology of HIV infection in the United States. |
| 2) Explain HIV/AIDS etiology. |
| 3) Summarize the risk factors for transmission of HIV. |
| 4) Describe HIV testing and counseling. |
| 5) Describe the clinical manifestations of HIV. |
| 6) Identify antiretroviral therapy and patient care management guidelines for HIV/AIDS. |
| 7) Summarize preventive and control measures for HIV/AIDS. |
Authors
Judith Swan
MSN, BSN, ADN
Judith Swan has been in the healthcare field for over fifty years, beginning as a medic in the U.S. Air Force. As an RN, she has worked in mental health, emergency, orthopedics, hospice, and medical/surgical. She holds an MSN as a family nurse practitioner. Judith's experience in nursing education includes teaching psychiatric, long-term, and dementia nursing care and as director of a nursing assistant college program. She has written ancillary educational materials for nursing textbooks, curricula for nursing assistant programs, online health articles, and continuing education courses since 2012.
Copyright
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