Description/Overview:
Symptoms of vitamin deficiency include brittle hair and nails, mouth ulcers, hair loss, scaly skin patches, and more. Recognizing these signs can help you identify and treat these deficiencies. This educational activity will consider how vitamins affect health outcomes focusing on vitamins B, D, and iron. The clinical implications of the use of vitamins and the clinical management of patients who are diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia will be explored.
Objectives:
By the end of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
- Explain how vitamins affect healthcare outcomes.
- Summarize the clinical implications of vitamin B and D deficiencies.
- Relate clinical findings of iron deficiency anemia.
- Describe management pearls for iron deficiency anemia.
Target Audience:
Registered nurses.
Presenter:
Lucretia James, DNP, APRN, NP-C
Format:
Accessible via Zoom (online) technology. Participants will receive the link to the live presentation once registered for the event.
Registration for this event closes at 11:00 am on Tuesday, May 7th.
Participants will earn 2.0 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development credit based on attendance.
Joint Providership:
This activity is being jointly provided by the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing NCPD Department (Accredited Provider) and the Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SELAHEC) (Joint Provider).
Disclosures:
None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Cancellations:
If you register for this event and then cannot attend, please cancel your spot as soon as possible so we can open it to someone else. We appreciate your help in keeping these free events accessible to as many participants as possible.
