AGE015 - Aging and Perioperative Care

$42.00
SKU
012-AGE015

Unique challenges can arise when performing perioperative care for older surgical patients. This course reviews the challenges of performing such care that all members of a patient’s health care team should be aware.

Unique challenges can arise when performing perioperative care for older surgical patients. This course reviews the challenges of performing such care that all members of a patient’s health care team should be aware. To successfully complete this course, you must attain a minimum score of 80 percent on the final exam and complete the course training survey.


Learning objectives:

  1. Describe the continuum of preoperative, surgery and postoperative surgery in the care of elderly patients; 
  2. Explain the importance of preoperative evaluation for the elderly, including informed consent, history and nutritional status, mental status, and physical exam; 
  3. Explain the risks of surgery for the elderly; 
  4. Identify the barriers to recovery after surgery for the elderly; 
  5. Explain the postoperative problems and predictors of those problems for the elderly; 
  6. Explain the importance of pain management, discharge planning and family conferences for the elderly following surgery.


Continuing education: 1.0 Category 1 CPE credits by the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification (BOC); 1.0 contact hour by the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC); VGM Education is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

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