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Digital Seminar

The Immune System in Detail


Speaker:
Angelica Dizon, MD, MSN, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN, NP-C
Duration:
6 Hours 34 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jan 14, 2014
Product Code:
POS075380
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

  • The Immune System Revealed
    • Explore the inner workings of the immune system, like you’ve never heard it before!
  • Inflammation: The Center of Attention
    • How the inflammatory response works and what you can do to assess and treat complications
  • Inflammation Out of Control
    • Sepsis, allergies, organ rejection, and anaphylactic reactions: the symptoms and how to treat the complications
  • Common Immune Disorders
    • Treat and Prevent Autoimmune disease, HIV, and antibiotic resistant bacteria

If you could master only one concept during your career, it should be the inflammatory response.

  • Do you care for patients with:
  • Cardiac disorders?
  • Respiratory disorders?
  • Gastrointestinal disorders?
  • Neurological disorders?
  • Infection, cancer, or immunosuppression?

Inflammation is responsible for many of the disease processes that we treat; it is the primary response for healing and protecting the body from injury. In order to provide extraordinary care for your patients, you must understand the inflammatory response.

Although the inflammatory response is incredibly complex, the results of inflammation can be broken down into three major events: 1) vasodilation, 2) capillary permeability, and 3) clotting. The results of these events are what cause the problems we associate with many different conditions such as septic shock, ARDS, atherosclerosis, and many others. But, the lack of a response can be just as devastating – exposing the body to a myriad of deadly infections.

Learn how to manage patients with inflammation, and those whose inflammatory response is inhibited, by mastering the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of inflammatory and immune responses.

If you’ve had trouble with these concepts in the past, then this is the program for you! You will get the detail you need – explained at a level that you will fully understand.

 

Credit


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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

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Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  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 profession's standards.  

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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.

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Speaker

Angelica Dizon, MD, MSN, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN, NP-C's Profile

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Angelica Dizon, MD, MSN, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN, NP-C, is a physician, advanced care practitioner and a registered nurse, with more than two decades of experience in clinical practice. Angelica serves as the director of clinical services in one of the leading home healthcare agencies in Maryland. She has extensive past experiences both in the acute care and long-term care settings as well. Her diverse experiences provide her with unique perspectives on the importance of an in-depth understanding of pathophysiology. As a clinician, she sees complicated patient cases that require a keen understanding of overlapping disease processes. Angelica enjoys sharing her expertise and excels at putting complex topics into a plain English approach. As such, she is a sought-after presenter, sharing her vast knowledge with experienced interdisciplinary audiences across the country.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Angelica F. Dizon is a faculty member for Radians College. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Angelica F. Dizon has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Outline

Immunity: Overview and Definitions

  • Self versus nonself
  • Role of antigens (Immunogens)

The Immune System

  • Lymphoid (Immune) system
  • Structure and function
  • Biological role of C system

Major Histocompatibility Complex

  • Classes of MHC antigens
  • Role of MHC antigens in transplants and autoimmunity
  • Autoimmunity

The Immune Response: Putting it all together

  • Afferent limb
  • Efferent limbs
  • Goal of afferent and efferent is to react with the immunogen and render it inactive
  • Primary response
  • Secondary responses
  • Types of immunity
  • Hypersensitivity reactions
  • Immunodeficiency disorders

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Organ-Specific Autoimmune Disease

  • Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Addison’s disease
  • Type I Diabetes Mellitus
  • Good pasture syndrome

Systemic Autoimmune Disease

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Progressive Systemic
  • Sclerosis (scleroderma)

Serum Sickness

  • Exposure to penicillin and sulfonamides

ABO Blood Group Antigens

  • Blood typing
  • Rh factor

Diagnostic Tests

  • Urine studies
  • Radioisotope studies
  • CT and MRI
  • Biopsies
  • Laboratory studies

Inflammatory Reaction

  • Gross features of acute inflammation
  • Fluid aspects of inflammation
  • Cellular aspects of inflammation
  • Mediation of inflammation
  • Types of leukocytes

Patterns of Inflammation

  • Acute
  • Chronic
  • Noncellular exudates
  • Cellular exudates

Factors Affecting Inflammation and Healing

  • Impaired circulation
  • Decreased leukocytes in the circulating blood
  • Drug inhibitory effects
  • Malnourishment
  • Poor approximation of wound edges

Shock and Multi-organ Dysfunction

  • Definitions (Exhibit A)
  • Stages of shock
  • Treatment measures for shock

Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms

  • Organisms develop resistance to classic agents and newer agents
  • Genetic and biochemical mutations to evade pharmacology
  • Inappropriate use of antibiotic is a major factor contributing to resistance

 

 

Objectives

  • Identify mechanisms of the first line of immune defense.
  • List several types of leukocytes and their functions.
  • Explain the function of immunological memory.
  • Describe the three main components of the inflammatory response.
  • Summarize inflammatory response to major illness.
  • Discuss patient care needs associated with selected immune disorders.

 

Target Audience

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physician Assistants

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