{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} Guidance for Safe and Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in Hospice Using a Collaborative Decision Support Tool

Activity Steps

Purpose of Activity

To present a review of hospice patients receiving antibiotics and a hospice decision support tool developed to guide symptom-driven antibiotic use based on safety and individual goals of care.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Recall the background information related to antibiotic use for patients at the end of life (EOL).
  2. Outline the risks of fluoroquinolone use, particularly as they apply to hospice patients.
  3. Summarize the findings of the retrospective chart review of hospice patients receiving antibiotics and the hospice decision support tool they recommend.
Price: $17.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 1.5 CH
  • DC - BON 1.5 CH
  • FL - BON 1.5 CH
  • GA - BON 1.5 CH

Lippincott Professional Development is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Professional Development is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Florida Board of Nursing, Georgia Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board of Nursing, and West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, #50-1223.







Test Code: JHPN0820B
Published: August 2020
Expires: 9/6/2024
Required Passing Score: 14/18 (77%)
Authors: Molly Sinert, PharmD; Michelle M. Stammet Schmidt, PharmD, BCGP; Amanda G. Lovell, PharmD, BCGP; Bridget McCrate Protus, PharmD, MLIS, BCGP, CDP