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Please Note: Continuing education credit is only available to those attending the session live. CE credit is not available when accessing the program on demand.

HealthTrust presents…“Narrow Therapeutic Index Medications in Older Adults”

Older adults are at an increased risk of therapeutic failures or adverse drug reactions. The geriatric population is rapidly growing and clinicians play a vital role in medication education. During this session, the presenter will focus on certain narrow therapeutic index medications that can be commonly used in older adults and specifically how this population can be at increased risk of adverse effects. The presenter will share the indications, dosing and therapeutic index medications and how to properly ensure safety/efficacy with therapeutic drug monitoring as well as how to develop plans to reduce safety concerns and implement appropriate use of reversal agents to ensure best outcomes.

Learning Objectives for Nurses & Pharmacists  |  At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Define narrow therapeutic index medications
2. Identify adverse effects suggestive of toxicity
3. Describe therapeutic drug monitoring levels

Learning Objectives for Pharmacy Techs  |  At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

1. List narrow therapeutic index medications
2. Identify potential filling errors associated with narrow therapeutic index medications
3. Discuss proper disposal of hazardous narrow therapeutic index medications

Presenter:

Christine Arquero, PharmD  |  PGY-2 Geriatric Pharmacy Resident  |  Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Target Audience: Nurses, Pharmacists & Pharmacy Techs

Continuing Education Information: 1.0 contact hours approved for Nurses, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs. Belmont University College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The ACPE Universal Activity Number for this activity are 0863-9999-20-095-L01-P and 0863-9999-20-095-L01-T. The activity is approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit to nurses and pharmacists who attend the webinar and complete the online evaluation. California Board of Registered Nursing Approval. Pfiedler is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 14944 for 1.0 contact hour.

Note about CE credit: If you plan to obtain credit for a live session, stay until the end of the presentation to receive the verification code you will need to obtain the continuing education credit. CE credit is individual. No group credit is available. Each person must register for a webinar and attend the webinar in its entirety in order to receive an email after the event with instructions on how to apply for continuing education credit. Attendees should not share the code or forward the email to others who did not actually attend the program. If they are not able to be verified on our webinar provider reports and registration list they will not receive credit. If you are joining only by phone, you will not be eligible for credit. You must also log in and join the visual portion of the webinar to be part of our CE provider-required reporting.

Effective June 1, 2019: Belmont College of Pharmacy will no longer issue paper/electronic statements of credit for CE activities. ACPE (our accrediting body) policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor at www.nabp.net.  Questions or concerns regarding CE credit for presentations should be sent to pharmacyce@belmont.edu. A participant, sponsor, faculty member or other individual wanting to file a grievance with respect to any aspect of a program sponsored or co-sponsored by the Belmont COP may contact the Dean of Belmont University College of Pharmacy in writing at david.gregory@belmont.edu. The grievance will be reviewed and a response will be returned within 45 days of receiving the written statement. If not satisfied, an appeal to the Dean of the College of Pharmacy can be made for a second level of review.