Healthcare costs continue to soar for patients with multiple chronic conditions and patients with chronic pulmonary disease account for an exceptionally large proportion of hospital readmissions. Healthcare providers can help reduce readmission rates, as well as improve the quality of life, for persons with chronic pulmonary disease by providing vital education and facilitating the development of disease self-management skills.
The PDE Course will be held at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL.
This program was designed to provide the necessary pulmonary disease management information health care providers need to improve long-term pulmonary disease care and improve patient quality of life. The live course, which focuses on pulmonary function technology, tobacco cessation, pulmonary rehabilitation, patient education, and many other vital areas of effective pulmonary disease management, includes a complimentary supplemental online course that focuses on the key components of pulmonary disease education for COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, pulmonary hypertension, and cystic fibrosis. The participant can earn 11.88 live CRCE in addition to 5.0 non-traditional CRCE in the supplemental online course.
The course is open to all health professionals who wish to learn more about effective pulmonary disease education and make a difference in the lives of our patients.
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Ohio Nursing Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. ONA approval #18375, contact hours 11.66.
This live activity, Pulmonary Disease Educator, with a beginning date of March 19, 2016, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 12.00 Elective credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
