Fulfills IL and RI Alzheimer's and dementia training requirements. 1-contact-hour course on Alzheimer's disease. Discuss diagnosis, stages, and medical and pharmacological treatments for cognitive and memory-related Symptoms. Learn about providing appropriate care and management of the AD patient and managing challenging behaviors.

1) Describe the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
2) Discuss pharmacologic and medical treatments.
3) Outline management and care for individual’s with AD.
4) Identify effective communication strategies for patients with AD.

Nursing
Mandatory
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy

Mandatory, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy:
Mandated for IL and RI: Diagnosis, management, care and communication strategies for patients with Alzheimer's disease. Includes pharmacologic and medical treatments.

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.

 
Occupational Therapy:

Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course Approval ID# 08180. This independent distance learning activity is offered at 0.1 CEUs, Introductory, Foundational Knowledge, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.


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.

 
State-Mandated:
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.

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.

Occupational Therapy:
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course Approval ID# 08180. This independent distance learning activity is offered at 1.00 CEUs, xxx aotaEdLevel xxx, Foundational Knowledge, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

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.

Mandatory:
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.

Clinical Application
Abuse, Neglect & Violence
Case Management (CCMC-Approved Courses)
Elder Health (Gerontology)
Hospice (Death and Dying)
Clinical Application
Foundational Knowledge
OT Service Delivery

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.

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