Course Summary
This Geriatric Care course is designed to provide nurses with a specialized understanding of the unique challenges and considerations involved in caring for elderly individuals. The course curriculum covers a spectrum of topics, including nursing assessment and management age-related health issues, cognitive disorders, and the psychosocial aspects of aging. This course prepares nurses to gain evidence-based knowledge, develop best practice standards, geriatric assessment tools, and strategies for promoting the overall well-being of older adults. The course emphasizes a holistic approach, addressing not only medical conditions but also the emotional and social needs of geriatric patients. This course prepares nurses to develop the skills required to provide safe effective, compassionate, and person-centered care. This course fosters a comprehensive understanding of gerontology and enhancing nurse’s ability to meet and provide quality care specific to the healthcare needs of the elderly population.
Course Overview
The focus of this continuing nursing education course is to examine the public health need for elderly care of the elderly population over 65 years of age. This course suits nurses to acquire knowledge of health needs of elderly and care of the aging population. This continuing nursing education course is centered on knowledge of health care systems, public health, and the nursing role critical to addressing the needs encompassing the aging population. This course examines the nursing role central in the assessment and planning of care of the aging individual. In this course nurses are able develop a knowledge base and understanding of collaborative work in the safe and effective delivery of elderly care in compliance with best practice, ethical and evidence-based nursing standards of care.
Target Audience
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Licensed Practical Nurses (LVN/LVN)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)
Requirements for Completion
- Student must enroll in the course
- Student must read and learn all course materials
- Student must answer all questions in the course and complete all course activities
- Student must complete the course evaluation
- Student must attest and testify that they have learned all of the course materials and will be able to incorporate this knowledge into their nursing practice.
Course Delivery:
Format: Online chapters with interactive presentations, quizzes, and self-reflection.
Duration: Most students complete this course in 3 hours. You will receive 3.0 CE hours for this course.
Assessment: Evaluation quizzes and self-reflection are used to gauge understanding and proficiency of this material.
Conclusion:
By the end of this course, nurses will have a comprehensive understanding of elderly population over 65 years of age.
Course Objectives:
Understanding the implications of the nursing role of health need of elderly care of the aging population
Identifying the needs and evidence-based practice in the nursing care of the elderly adult related to chronic and complex health needs of the elderly population
Describe aging related changes to physical fitness and endurance related to the aging process
Recognize nursing assessment and nursing health management promotion of healthy aging process for the elderly population.
Describe health organization health and social systems readiness strategies in response to demographic change.
Understand the nursing essential function in the assessment and planning of care of the aging individual
Describe healthcare institutional systems development in response of aging population mobility societal roles nursing role contribution in best practice in delivery of elderly care.
Common mental health disorders in geriatric adults
Recognize economic impact associated with dementia care.
Course completion requirements:
Course enrollment
Completion of all course materials and activities
Completion of self-knowledge validation questions
Completion and submission of the course evaluation
Completion of attestation verifying student- self has completed all of the course materials and activities.
