Bronchiolitis

Currently, there is no standardized graduate education or certification program for APNs or PAs focusing on Pediatric Hospital Medicine. APPs graduate their educational programs with a wide range of clinical experiences and variation in the quality of their training. APPs require “on the Job” training to build competency.  There are published recommended competencies in pediatric hospital medicine for physicians in training by currently there are no corresponding recommendations for training APPs.

Target Audience

Advanced Practice Providers in Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine

Learning Objectives

After completing this learning session, providers will be able to:

  • Explain the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations of bronchiolitis in infants and children
  • Define the scientific evidence relevant to diagnostic and therapeutic strategies currently available in the management of bronchiolitis
  • Critique alternative pharmacologic strategies currently being evaluated 
  • Implement the CHW clinical practice guideline for treatment of infants and children with bronchiolitis 
  • Define factors that predict clinical deterioration of the infant with bronchiolitis 
Additional information

Contact

Name: 
Linda Caples
Phone Number: 
+1 (414) 955-4900
Email: 
[email protected]
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 4.00 NP Contact Hours
Course opens: 
10/31/2018
Course expires: 
12/31/2020
Cost:
$0.00

Anika Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
The Medical College of Wisconsin
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin


James McCarthy, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
The Medical College of Wisconsin
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

No one in control of content has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 150930.  This program has been approved for 4.0 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 0.0 hour of pharmacology).

Claimed Credit - Learners should claim credit only for the portion of the program they attended and successfully completed.

Available Credit

  • 4.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 4.00 NP Contact Hours

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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