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1. Assess neuroanatomy as applicable to complex neurologic patients.
2. Breakdown neurologic assessment strategies and changes associated with pathologic conditions.
3. Choose between head injury types, associated mental status, and cognitive changes.
4. Communicate the latest strategies for timely recognition and treatment of stroke syndromes.
5. Specify the clinical presentation and treatment recommendations for seizure types.
6. Correlate increased intracranial pressures with expected causes and critical care management.
7. Evaluate post-op management of neurosurgical patients.
8. Breakdown essential management strategies for patients with neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disorders.

Neuro Assessments: Identifying the RED Flags

• Challenging Mental Status Exams
  • The Patient with Existing Dementia
• The Down-n-Dirty Cranial Nerve Assessment
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• Identifying Red Flags
• Effectively Communicating Changes

Neuro Trauma: The Latest Evidence-Based Strategies

• Blunt & Penetrating Injuries
• Symptom Management for:
  • Hypoxemia
  • Hypotension
  • Prophylactic Hypothermia
  • Nutrition Replacement
  • Normoglycemia
  • Hyperventilation
• Surgical Emergencies & Post-op Care
  • Craniotomy & Craniectomy
• Associated Mental Status & Cognitive Changes

Managing Increased Intracranial Pressure

• Early & Late Symptoms
• Non-invasive vs. Invasive Monitoring
• ICP Waveform Analysis Made Easy

Neuro Pharmacology: New Thoughts on Old Therapies

• Steroids
• Osmotic Diuretics
• Hypertonic Saline
• Anti-Seizure Prophylaxis
• DVT Prophylaxis
• Thrombolytics & Anticoagulation
• Reversal Agents
• Infection Prophylaxis
• Anesthetics, Analgesics & Sedatives

Timely Recognition and Treatment Recommendations for Stroke Syndromes

• Acute Ischemic Stroke
• Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Hemispheric Findings
• NIH Stroke Scale
• Clinical Presentation & Management of Seizures
• Differentiation of Seizure Type
• Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES’s)
• Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)

Neurodegenerative & Neuromuscular Disease

• The Patient with Alzheimer’s Disease
• Assessing Altered Mental Status
• The Patient with Pre-Existing Dementia
• Tips to Spot Subtle Clues
• Differentiating Diagnosis by Symptom Onset

The Patient with Multiple Sclerosis

• Physical Assessment Challenges
• The Patient with Muscle Weakness & Wasting
• Key Criteria for Assessing Baseline

The Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

• Anticipating Complications
• Early Recognition of Life-threatening Symptoms
• What equipment is a MUST have at the bedside?
• Difficult Airway Management

The Patient with Parkinson’s Disease

• Symptom Management Challenges
• Interventions for the Agitated Patient
• Strategies for Effective Patient Compliance
• Team Approach: Role of the Interdisciplinary Team & Family

Sean G. Smith, MSc, FP-C, C-NPT, CEN, CFRN, CTRN, TCRN, CPEN, CCRN-CMC (Adult), CCRN-K (Neonatal), CCRN-K (Pediatric), is a humanitarian/flight nurse-paramedic who is triple board-certified in neonatal, pediatric, and adult critical care and emergency medicine. He brings 30+ years of education and team/leadership experience to his presentations from a career that includes global health, tropical medicine, research molecular neuroendocrinology, nuclear engineering technology, US Navy aviation/NASA manned space flight support, and high-performance teams/high yield pedagogy, dozens of national/international conference presentations and various awards and honors. Author/co-author/review credits include a best-selling laboratory medicine textbook, a chapter on shock in Nursing Core Curriculum a section in the newly released Resuscitation Crisis Manual, numerous other industry standard textbooks, and several professional association critical care/emergency medicine curriculums and board certification review courses (AACN, ANN, ENA, SCCM, etc.). Additionally, Sean routinely consults on clinical, legal, and certification matters for numerous high-profile hospital systems (Yale, Mayo, etc.). He holds a MSc in Pharmacy/Forensic Science, bachelor’s degrees in business administration, nursing, and molecular biology, and post graduate certificates in Forensic Death Investigation, Legal Consulting, and Tropical Medicine. In addition to being active in a number of professional associations (SCCM, AACN, WADEM, etc.), Sean is a life member of Mensa, The Emergency Nurses Association, and the Air Surface Transport Nurses Association. He has served on the executive committees and in various leadership roles of numerous charities and professional associations and has led/participated in 50+ medical missions (Dominican Republic, Honduras, Morocco, Liberia, Nepal, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Haiti). Sean served as a clinician and educator during the largest Ebola and Cholera outbreaks in recent history and is currently active building sustainable neonatal-pediatric cardiac critical care capacity in Iraq, as well as serving as part of a national level multidisciplinary child sexual assault forensics team in Guyana, South America. Hobbies include Scuba diving and vintage science kits, tube amplifiers and motorcycles. Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Sean Smith is an independent contractor. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Sean Smith is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 6/7/2020
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.3 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners
This self-study program offers 120 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 2.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
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Nurses, Physician Assistants