{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy: What Nurses Need to Know to Provide Preeminent Perioperative Care

Activity Steps

Learning Objectives

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

  1. Identify steps in the assessment of a patient with achalasia.
  2. Provide preoperative teaching related to a POEM.
  3. Identify intraoperative considerations during a POEM.
  4. Select dietary restrictions for a patient who is postoperative after a POEM.

Learning Outcomes

Seventy-five percent of participants will demonstrate competency in clinical reasoning regarding the care of a patient undergoing a peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) to treat achalasia by achieving a minimum score of 70% on the outcomes-based posttest.
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.













Test Code: GN0523B
Published: May/Jun 2023
Expires: 3/6/2026
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Natalie Dawley, BSN-RN, CGRN