Efficient Vaccine Consultations to Reduce Influenza’s Impact in Older Adults – Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning – Nurse

CAN-eng

$0

free

Infectious Disease, Geriatrics

1.25 Credits

Course Description

Course Details

Expiry Date: 2019-08-29

Professions: Physician

Faculty

Stefan Gravenstein (MD, MPH), Donald B. Middleton (MD), Barbara Resnick (PhD, RN, CRNP), William A. Fisher (PhD, FCAHS)

Accreditation

Learning Objective(s)

Upon successful completion of this continuing education program, the clinician will be better able to:

  1. Discuss the impact of influenza on older populations
  2. Review influenza vaccine options for older patients
  3. Identify the steps required to improve influenza vaccine uptake in older patients
  4. Apply a structured approach to offering, recommending, and immunizing individuals with the influenza vaccine
  5. Manage common patient issues linked with declining influenza vaccination