Course Code: REL-ACU-0-MPAD
Hours: 1.25
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Identify risk factors and complications related to PAD.
Discuss two assessment findings and tools used to diagnose PAD.
Describe two disease management and education techniques for patients with PAD.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Complications
Overview of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
Risk Factors
Symptoms
Claudication
Complications of PAD
Review
Summary
Section 3: Assessment and Diagnosis
History
Physical Assessment
Diagnostic Tools and Advanced Imaging
Review
Summary
Section 4: Treatment and Management
Goals of Treatment
Pharmacologic Therapies
Non-Pharmacologic, Non-Invasive Therapies
Revascularization
Review
Summary
Section 5: Patient Education
Importance of Patient Education
Components of Patient Education
Motivational Interviewing
Review
Summary
Section 6: Clinical Vignette
Case Study
Section 7: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
References
Instructor: Ashley M. Coffey, RN
Ashley Coffey, RN, BSN, BA is a SME nurse writer for Relias with a focus in Acute Care. She holds three bachelor's degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill: in English Literature, Linguistics, and Nursing. With over ten years of nursing experience in critical care, post-surgical care, and post-anesthesia care units in university and community hospitals across the United States, she fosters a particular passion for balancing time constraints with necessary, engaging education for nurses.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Medical Providers; Nursing Personnel; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.