Psychotropic Medication Administration: Outpatient Clinic

Price (includes one year of access and CE):  US$12 Course Code: 7SENNF-PRV-09-libout CE: 2.00 Hours. Post Test Score Required for Successful Completion: 80%

Course Overview:

The purpose of this program is to offer a simulation of a psychiatric outpatient medication clinic, allowing the student to make decisions about assessment data to be collected and interventions to be undertaken for clients receiving psychotropic medications.

Course Objectives:

During this simulation, the learner will be called upon to:

• assess client response to psychotropic medications.
• identify common side effects of psychotropic medications.
• choose independent actions within the scope of nursing practice to meet client needs.
• assess client compliance with medication.
• assess and plan interventions to meet client needs for information.
• identify laboratory tests associated with safe use of neuroleptics and lithium.
• identify medications commonly used to treat the side effects of neuroleptics.

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HealthSoft, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

It has been assigned code 7SENNF-PRV-09.

This course is updated annually. Expiration date: 5/1/11

The faculty and planners of this course have no vested interests to disclose.

This course has received no commercial support.