Starting Now: Conversations About Seizures and Rescue Therapies
Released On
March 14, 2023
Expires On
March 14, 2024
Media Type
Internet
Completion Time
60 minutes
Specialty
Neurology, Primary Care
Topic(s)
Epilepsy
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This activity is jointly provided by Medical Education Resources and CMEology.
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Neurelis Inc.
Credit Available
- Nurses — 1.0 Contact Hours
All other healthcare professionals completing this course will be issued a statement of participation.
Target Audience
The audience for this educational initiative is nurses, advanced practice providers, and other health professionals who care for people with epilepsy.
Program Overview
Every person living with epilepsy should have a seizure action plan. Every person with epilepsy should also know about seizure rescue therapies. Improving care for people with epilepsy starts with a conversation about seizure action plans and rescue therapies.
In this activity, celebrity advocate Jack Coleman (“Dynasty”, “Heroes”, “The Office”) introduces adults with epilepsy and care partners who talk about the impact of seizure action plans and rescue therapies. Epilepsy nurse specialists explore new rescue therapy options that can be given by patients and care partners to treat seizures and prevent seizure emergencies. These specialists share practical tips for creating shared understanding, individualizing seizure action plans, and educating about rescue therapies. Downloadable resource handouts for health professionals and patients/care partners are provided.
Learning Goal/Purpose
The goal of this educational activity is to enhance the knowledge, competence, and confidence that nurses need to successfully individualize seizure rescue therapy for people with epilepsy and their care partners.
Learning Objectives
On completion of this activity, the learner will be better able to:
- Specify the unmet needs of adults and adolescents living with epilepsy and their implications for rescue therapy
- Individualize rescue therapy based on each person’s medical needs, preferences, and lifestyle
- Employ practical communication and education strategies that support the safe and effective use of rescue therapies
Faculty
Patricia Osborne Shafer, RN, MN
Osborne Health Consulting
Epilepsy Clinical Nurse Specialist, formerly at
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Former Senior Director of Health Information
and Resources and Associate Editor of epilepsy.com, Epilepsy Foundation
Boston, Massachusetts
Lucretia Long, APRN-GNP, FAES
Epilepsy Nurse Practitioner
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Columbus, Ohio
Maritza M. Lopez, RN, MS, NP, CNRN
Epilepsy Nurse Coordinator
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Nancy Santilli, PNP, MN
Former Associate Professor
Department of Neurology and
Former Associate Director
Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Past President
Epilepsy Foundation
Charlottesville, Virginia
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medical Education Resources (MER) and CMEology. MER is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Nursing Continuing Education Designation
Medical Education Resources designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC nursing contact hours. Nurses will be awarded contact hours upon successful completion of the activity.
Nursing Credit Designation
Medical Education Resources is a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 12299, for 1.0 contact hours.
Disclosures of Conflicts of Interest
Medical Education Resources (MER) ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational programs. In accordance with this policy, MER identifies relevant financial relationships with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Reported relevant financial relationships are mitigated by MER to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CE activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. MER is committed to providing learners with high-quality CE activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and not the business interest of an ineligible company.
The faculty reported the following financial relationships with ineligible companies whose products or services may be mentioned in this activity:
- Patricia Osborne Shafer, RN, MN
- Consulting Fees: Neurelis, Inc.
- Speakers’ Bureau: Neurelis, Inc.
- Lucretia Long, APRN-GNP, FAES
- Speakers’ Bureau: LivaNova, Neurelis, Inc., SK Life Science, UCB
Maritza M. Lopez, RN, MS, NP, CNRN, has no relationships to disclose.
- Nancy Santilli, PNP, MN
- Consulting Fees: Neurelis, Inc., SK Life Science
- Speakers’ Bureau: Neurelis, Inc.
CMEology planners have no relationships to disclose.
MER content reviewers have no relationships to disclose.
Instructions for Participation and Credit
There are no fees for participating in and receiving credit for this activity. During the period TBD through TBD, participants must 1) read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures, 2) study the educational activity, 3) complete the posttest by recording the best answer to each question, and 4) complete the evaluation form.
A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity evaluation form and a completed posttest with a score of 70% or better, with no more than 3 attempts.
Course Viewing Requirements
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Mozilla Firefox 23.0+ for Windows, Mac OS, or Linux
Safari 6.0+ for Mac OSX 10.7 and above
Supported Phones & Tablets:
Android 4.0.3 and above
iPhone/iPad with iOS 6.1 or above
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
The content and views presented in this educational activity are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the planners. The authors have disclosed if there is any discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Before prescribing any medicine, primary references and full prescribing information should be consulted. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patients’ conditions and possible contraindications or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management.
Contact Information
For questions about this activity, please contact CMEology at: info@cmeology.org or Medical Education Resources at: http://cmepartner.org/contact.