Course Code: REL-CHC-0-GSAPC
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2029
Learning Objectives:
Identify appropriate screening guidelines for common cancers, chronic diseases, and sexually transmitted infections based on age, risk factors, and health status.
Recall how to apply team-based strategies and communication tools to support adult preventive care, including screening, documentation, and patient education.
Outline:
Section 1: Preventive Health
The Importance of Preventive Health
Meet John
Screening Tools
Taking a Medical History
Educating and Counseling Patients
Documenting Care
Knowledge Check
Screening and Risk Reduction in Chronic Disease
Cardiovascular Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Obesity
Type 2 Diabetes
Osteoporosis
Vision Screening
Knowledge Check
Key Takeaways
Section 2: Screening for Cancer and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Cancer Screening and Early Detection
Breast
Colorectal
Cervical
Lung
Prostate
Bladder
Melanoma
Knowledge Check
STIs Guidelines
Understanding STIs
Chlamydia
Gonorrhea
Genital HPV
Syphilis
Hepatitis B
HIV
Knowledge Check
Key Takeaways
Section 3: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Information
Course Contributors
References
Writer: Meredith Moyers MS, RD, LDN
Meredith earned a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from The University of Akron and a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from Eastern Michigan University. After completing her internship with The Detroit Medical Center, she began working in various academic medical centers in Ohio and North Carolina. She completed a Certificate of Training in Weight Management and Advanced Training in Metabolic Adaptations. She also holds the Google Project Management Professional Certification. During her tenure working in direct patient care, she was a certified specialist in oncology nutrition and founded an oncology teaching garden at the SECU Family House for patients and their families undergoing cancer treatment. Meredith has experience in providing nutrition therapy in both acute and ambulatory settings in areas of oncology, cardio-thoracic transplant, renal, and general medicine.
Subject Matter Expert: Tameka N. Warren MSN, RN, CLC
Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC, earned her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from Indiana University School of Nursing at IUPUI, and her Associate of Science in Nursing from Ivy Tech College. She has over 20 years of nursing experience in public health, regulation, home health, leadership, education, maternal child community health, and long-term care environments. Tameka has served as a leader in home healthcare practices, quality improvement, and education as a community health nurse and a Public Health Nurse Surveyor (Home Health & Hospice) certified by CMS for a State Agency. She has served as a maternal and infant mortality advocate in managing home visiting services, supporting legislation to improve maternal child care in diverse communities, and as an ALPP Certified Lactation Counselor. She has also served as an Adjunct Clinical Professor to further awareness about the importance of community health nursing. Tameka’s passion is to serve the most vulnerable populations affected by health disparities and to inspire a new generation of nurses to do the same successfully.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Advanced Practice Nurses; Medical Providers; Nursing Personnel; Pharmacists; in the following settings: Ambulatory Care, Clinics: Primary Care, Clinics: Rural Health, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.