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Activity Steps

Learning Objectives

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

  1. Recognize the background information that informed the quality improvement initiative addressing complication rates for patients with advanced PD on levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel therapy via gastrostomy tube.
  2. Identify the methodology used for the intervention for patients with advanced PD on levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel therapy via gastrostomy tube.
  3. Select the results indicating the efficacy of the intervention for patients with advanced PD.

Learning Outcomes

Seventy-five percent of participants will demonstrate knowledge of a quality improvement initiative that created a standardized education and assessment pathway to enhance self-care and reduce stoma site and tube complications for patients with advanced Parkinson?s disease (PD) and a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube with jejunal extension by achieving a minimum score of 70% on the outcomes-based posttest.
Price: $20.00

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.0 CH
  • DC - BON 2.0 CH
  • FL - BON 2.0 CH
  • GA - BON 2.0 CH
  • NM - BON 2.0 CH
  • SC - BON 2.0 CH
  • WV - BOERN 2.0 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.













Test Code: GN0123B
Published: Jan/Feb 2023
Expires: 12/5/2025
Required Passing Score: 8/10 (80%)
Authors: Joyce Reardon, MN, RN, CWOCN, WOCC(C); Alexis-Evelyn Truax, MClSc-WH, RN, WOCC(C); Taline Naranian, BScN, RN; Louis W. C. Liu, PhD, MD, FRCP(C)
Categories: Education , Gastrointestinal