2-contact-hour CEU course on metabolic syndrome for nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and other healthcare professionals. Covers assessment and management in patients. Identify prevention strategies and complications such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.

1) Describe the group of patient characteristics defining metabolic syndrome.

2) Identify parameters for the key characteristics for metabolic syndrome.

3) Discuss the criteria used to diagnose metabolic syndrome.

4) Review current treatment guidelines and management strategies for patients.

5) Identify other diseases and health problems associated with metabolic syndrome.

6) Explain the recommended lifestyle changes for controlling risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome.

7) Identify serious comorbidities associated with metabolic syndrome and interventions utilized for their effective treatment.

8) Discuss strategies for the prevention of metabolic syndrome.

 
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12300.

Course Availability: Expires November 1, 2023. You must score 70% or better on the test and complete the course evaluation to earn a certificate of completion for this CE activity. Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., provides educational activities that are free from bias. The information provided in this course is to be used for educational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional healthcare.

Sheryl M. Ness, MA, BSN, ADN, RN

Sheryl Ness has been an RN since 1985, working in the areas of transfusion medicine, endocrinology, neurology, and oncology. She achieved assistant professor of oncology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and has a master's in transcultural nursing. She has worked for over a decade in the field of oncology education, teaching nurses, allied health staff, and patients. She is published in the Oncology Nursing Forum, the Journal of Transcultural Nursing, and the Journal of Cancer Education. Since 2009, she has written for nursing textbooks and designed curriculum for medical residents, nursing students, and other allied health professionals.

Michael Jay Katz, MD, PhD

Michael Jay Katz has taught anatomy, physical diagnosis, and scientific writing in the medical school of Case Western Reserve University for more than twenty-five years. He has written sixteen books and eighty papers and essays. He is currently the anatomy and physiology consultant for Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 

Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12300, for 2 Contact Hours. CE Broker Approval Number 50-2174. Florida nursing licensees must retain this certificate for at least 4 years. Do not forward to Florida Board of Nursing.

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