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This course will provide a review of cardiac anatomy and physiology, assessment techniques, and nursing interventions for the most common cardiac conditions.

This course will review the prevalence, pathophysiology and diagnostic criteria of diabetes and common thyroid disorders and long-term complications. Students will learn about nursing interventions, self- monitoring and other disease management options including medications, diet/ exercise, and lifestyle.

Essential to nursing skills is the ability to assess and care for patients with conditions related to the gastrointestinal (GI) system including the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.

The class focuses on a comprehensive geriatric assessment, communication techniques, polypharmacy assessment, screening tools with treatments and nursing interventions for the complexity of overlapping health issues with the goal of increasing not only the life span but the "health span" of the older adult population.

This class provides an overview of the brain and its structures, the central nervous system and the neurologic assessment including mental status, cranial nerves, motor function, pupil response, and Glasgow Coma Scale. Learners will benefit from a recap of the most common neurological disease processes.

Cancer is a group of numerous distinct diseases that are characterized by the uncontrolled multiplication of abnormal cells in the body. The class reviews the basics of cancer and the most common types of cancer, including treatments and side effects.

Nurses are often at the center of providing specialized medical care that focuses on providing relief from pain and other symptoms of a serious illness. This course will review the goals and practice essentials of palliative care and hospice for persons with serious and life-threatening illness.

Psychiatric and Mental Health nursing deals with the care of patients who have emotional and mental health concerns. This course will review the biopsychosocial model to examine the influence of multiple factors that influence mental health.

This class will review the anatomy and physiology of the cardiopulmonary and respiratory system, respiratory assessment and treatment options.

NAI frequently face roadblocks—geographic isolation, low income—that prevent them from receiving good medical care. These Structural Determinants of Health result in higher death rates than other North Americans in many health and disease categories, including liver disease, diabetes, tuberculosis, homicide, and suicide.

In 2015–2017, 64.9%—or 46.9 million of the 72.2 million women aged 15–49 in the United States—were currently using a method of contraception. This contraception review, includes management of common side effects in the outpatient setting, a review of hormonal contraceptive methods and an update on new contraceptive options. .

Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is a broad term that describes a host of irregularities in the menstrual cycle. This session will review many of these conditions including amenorrhea, anovulatory bleeding and polycystic ovarian syndrome,

Incontinence affects twice as many women as men while 40% of women, as opposed to 12% of men, will get a UTI in their lifetimes. We will cover diagnosis and management of common female urologic conditions to include: hematuria, recurrent urinary tract infections, overactive bladder, painful bladder syndrome, and urinary incontinence.

This talk will review breast health, current screening guidelines and considerations when counseling average risk and high risk women.

Cardiometabolic disease is the leading cause of mortality in women in the United States. This talk reviews key aspects of screening, preventing, and treating cardio-metabolic disease in women. Both lifestyle modification and new pharmacologic treatments are discussed. 

As the size of the U.S. population age 65 and older continues to grow, so too will the number and proportion of Americans with Alzheimer's or other dementias. By 2050, the number of people age 65 and older with Alzheimer's may grow to a projected 12.7 million, barring the development of medical breakthroughs to prevent or cure Alzheimer's disease.