Managing Peripheral Artery Disease

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.