Palliative Care Board Reviews

Ace the Geriatric Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine Boards with this Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine from Oakstone Publishing, LLC and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

The course covers the full range of geriatric subjects.

Topics include:
Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders, Prognostication of Chronic Disease, Falls, Hazards of Hospitalization, Frailty, Palliative Care in Neuro-Degenerative Disease, Geriatric Nephrology & Renal Palliative Care and scores of others.

After reviewing Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, you will be better able to:
• Describe the latest evidence-based geriatric and palliative medicine
• Recognize the promises and pitfalls of new treatments for older adults
• Identify major geriatric syndromes and effectively manage these syndromes
• Identify psychosocial and ethical issues as they pertain to older adults and formulate a treatment approach
• Practice for the ABIM geriatric and palliative medicine board exams
• Assess and guide medical interventions to improve a patient’s quality of life

Target Audience:
Physicians who are taking the geriatric medicine and/or hospice and palliative medicine certification(s) or recertification in geriatric medicine. Additionally, this course is for those physicians and other healthcare professionals who want to update their clinical knowledge in geriatric and palliative medicine.

Topics covered by the GRS9 Audio Companion – 9th Edition include:
Assessment, Multimorbidity, Caregiving, Cultural Aspects of Care, Physical Activity, Pharmacotherapy, Perioperative Care, Palliative Care, Pain Management, Nursing Home Care and many others.

At the conclusion of the GRS9 Audio Companion – 9th Edition, you will be better able to:
• Describe the general principles of aging and the biomedical and psychosocial issues of aging
• Discuss legal and ethical issues related to geriatric medicine
• Evaluate the financing of health care for older persons
• Identify the basic principles of geriatric medicine, including assessment, geriatric pharmacotherapy, prevention, exercise, palliative care, rehabilitation, and sensory deficits
• Use state-of-the-art approaches to geriatric care while providing care in hospital, office-practice, nursing-home, and home-care settings
• Diagnose and manage geriatric syndromes, including dementia, delirium, urinary incontinence, malnutrition, osteoporosis, falls, pressure ulcers, sleep disorders, pain, dysphagia, and dizziness
• Apply relevant information from the fields of internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, and gynecology to the care of older patients
• Adjust patient care in the light of evidence-based data regarding the particular risks and needs of ethnic, racial, and sexual patient groups
• Use quality indicators to assess and improve the care of older adults in their own practices

Target Audience: Primary care providers who work with older adults.

Topics covered by Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry: Oakstone Board Review include:
Addictive Disorders, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Neurocognitive Disorders, Movement Disorders, Antipsychotics, Mood Stabilizers, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, Dementia and many more.

After reviewing Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry: Oakstone Board Review, you will be better able to: Outline evidence-based care for older adults with psychiatric disorders
•Practice evidence-based care for older adults with psychiatric disorders
•Translate information learned from this program to achieve higher pass rates on the Certification and Recertification subspecialty examinations in Geriatric Psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Target Audience:
Psychiatrists taking the ABPN Certification and Recertification subspecialty exam in Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatrists in practice with older adults as patients, Psychiatry Residents, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellows, Geriatricians, Internists and Family Physicians with older adults as patients.

Features of the BoardVitals Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP and ACNPC-AG) Board Review Question Bank include:
• 2200 Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP and ACNPC-AG) questions written by top performing NPs and clinicians
• Detailed rationales for every question including explanations for incorrect responses
• Customize your practice by category to target weaknesses
• 24/7 access from any computer, tablet or smartphone
• 100% Pass Guarantee

Target Audience:
Both the ANCC Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) Exam and the AACN ACNPC-AG Certification for Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners Exam.

Get ready to pass the ANCC Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner board exams with BoardVitals. Gain access to 1700 AGPCNP board review questions with detailed explanations to prepare for exam day. The Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Board Review Question Bank is targeted to the ANCC Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Exam.

The Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Board Review Question Bank features:
• 1700 Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) questions written by top performing NPs and clinicians
• Detailed rationales for every question including explanations for incorrect responses
• Customize your practice by category to target weaknesses
• 24/7 access from any computer, tablet or smartphone
• 100% Pass Guarantee

Target Audience:
Nurse practitioners preparing for the ANCC Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner board exam.