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Digital Seminar

Antiseizure Medications: Prescribing for Effectiveness


Speaker:
Filissa Caserta, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNRN
Duration:
2 Hours 09 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Feb 15, 2022
Product Code:
POS078440
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

Join Filissa M Caserta MSN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, for an important antiseizure medication update. The purpose of this class is to increase your competence to: manage patients that have a known seizure disorder who are on antiseizure medications, identify patients at risk for seizures and understand the impact of concurrent conditions (co-morbidities) on seizure frequency and antiseizure medication effectiveness.

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

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.



* Credit Note - **

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Program content is reviewed periodically per accrediting board rules for currency and appropriateness for credit. Credit approvals are subject to change. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. 
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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.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


* Credit Note - ---

Earn up to 2.0 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by state and profession. 


Nurses - Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners

This self-study program offers 129 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 2.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement. 


Nurses - Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists - ANCC

PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses completing these self-study materials will earn 2.0 contact hours. Expires: 02/15/2025.


Nurses - California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 2.0 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.


Nurses - Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 2.0 self-study contact hours.

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Nurses - 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 2.0 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Physicians - Physicians

PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This activity was originally recorded on 02/15/2022. It was last reviewed on 03/07/2022 and is valid until 03/07/2025.

 

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. You are required to successfully complete and submit a post-test prior to receiving a certificate of completion.


Physicians Assistants - Physician Assistants

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME such as PESI. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 2.0 hours for completing this self-study program. This activity was originally recorded on 02/15/2022. It was last reviewed on 03/07/2022 and is valid until 03/07/2025

 

PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 2.0 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Speaker

Filissa Caserta, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNRN's Profile

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Filissa M Caserta, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, is certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Neuroscience Registered Nurse who works in endovascular neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She has worked in the field of neurosciences, specifically neuro-critical care and endovascular neurosurgery in various capacities for most of her 34-year nursing career. In addition to her role as a Nurse Practitioner, Filissa has held positions as nurse manager, adjunct faculty at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, and program director for nursing practice.

She instituted the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program for The Johns Hopkins Hospital Neuroscience Critical Care Unit. Filissa has contributed to a wide variety of academic publications on neurocritical care and advanced practice nursing. She has shared her specialty expertise through national and international lectures.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Filissa Castera has an employment relationship with the John Hopkins University. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-Financial: Filissa Caserta is a member of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN) and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

 

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Objectives

  1. Evaluate the pharmacology of the most common antiseizure medications. 
  2. Choose the most appropriate first line antiseizure medication for focal onset seizures. 
  3. Plan for the most common side effects of antiseizure medications.  
  4. Determine which antiseizure medications require therapeutic monitoring. 
  5. Assess the impact of pregnancy on seizure frequency.  

Outline

Antiseizure Medications  

  • Classification  
  • Pharmacology 
  • Side effects  
  • Interactions  
  • Toxicities 

Recommended Medications by Seizure Type 

  • Focal onset  
  • Generalized 

Special Considerations 

  • Therapeutic monitoring 
  • Alcohol consumption 
  • Non-adherence  
  • Geriatric patients 
  • Women (contraception and pregnancy)  
  • Driving  

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians
  • Physicians Assistants

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