Stopping the Silent Progression of Osteoporosis
Expiration Date: December 31, 2009. No CE contact hours (CH) will be given after this date.
Purpose: To provide registered nurses with strategies to prevent osteoporosis and information to help them educate patients about prevention strategies and care for patients with the disease.
Objectives:
- State the pathophysiology of osteoporosis.
- Identify preventive measures for osteoporosis.
- Describe how bone mass is measured.
- Discuss the treatment of osteoporosis.
Description: The very first sign of osteoporosis can be its worst outcome—a fracture resulting from depleted bone. That’s why we need to warn people about the dangers of osteoporosis and teach them about the risk factors, preventive measures, and treatment.
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Adrienne Berarducci is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The planners and author of this CNE activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this activity.
1.6 contact hours, including 0.75 pharmacology contact hours, are provided by ANA.
The American Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ANA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP6178.
