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Description

This article has been approved by the Orthopaedic Nurses Certification Board for Category A Credit toward recertification as an ONC.

Learning Objectives

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

  1. Identify the background information the authors considered as they planned and analyzed the implementation of preoperative diabetes screening in an elective total joint patient population.
  2. Recognize the essential aspects of the methodology used for this evidence-based practice project.
  3. Choose the results of the study of preoperative diabetes screening that could lend insight to clinicians caring for an elective total joint patient population.

Learning Outcomes

Seventy-five percent of participants will demonstrate knowledge of an evidence-based practice project examining the implementation of preoperative diabetes screening in an elective total joint patient population by achieving a minimum score of 70% on the outcomes-based posttest.

Disclosures

The authors and planners have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Price: $25.00

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.5 CH
  • DC - BON 2.5 CH
  • FL - BON 2.5 CH
  • GA - BON 2.5 CH
  • NM - BON 2.5 CH
  • SC - BON 2.5 CH
  • WV - BOERN 2.5 CH

Lippincott Professional Development is accredited with distinction 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.













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Test Code: ON0922A
Published: Sep/Oct 2022
Expires: 9/5/2025
Sources: Orthopaedic Nursing
Required Passing Score: 8/10 (80%)
Authors: Amber L. Smith, DNP, APRN, AGACCNS-BC, CMSRN; Beth Quatrara, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC; Kimberly Miller, MSN, AGCNS-BC; Wendy Novicoff, PhD; Nicholas Calabrese, MS, PA-C
Categories: Diabetes & Endocrine , Medical-Surgical , Orthopaedics , Physical Assessment/Diagnostic , Surgery
Specialties: Diabetes, Medical-Surgical, Orthopaedics, Perioperative, Surgery
Topics: Diabetes , Screening