Competency Update 2008
| Course Code: 7SENNF-PRV-09-vaca_comp2005 Course Price: Free Purchase CE certificate: US$5 CE: 2.00 Hours. Post Test Score Required for Successful Completion: 80% |
Course Overview:
This module has been designed to present an overview of the updates for each of the vaccine modules, including links to more information where appropriate. After reviewing this information, you will be expected to correctly answer questions related to this content.
Course Objectives:
By completion of this module, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss new vaccines and changes in current vaccines, including anthrax, smallpox, meningococcal, influenza, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and yellow fever.
- Correctly screen for and administer the appropriate vaccines to patients based on indications, contraindications, and precautions for each vaccine.
Target Audience:
The intended audience for this training is: physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, pharmacists, medical assistants, and other paraprofessionals who either give immunizations or set immunization policy for their offices, clinics, communicable disease, or infection control programs; private and public providers, including programs that prepare pediatricians, family practice specialists, residents, and medical and nursing students.
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HealthSoft, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
It has been assigned code 7SENNF-PRV-09.
This course is updated annually. Expiration date: 5/1/11
The faculty and planners of this course have no vested interests to disclose.
The course has received no commerical support.