Description:
This course is designed to increase the knowledge of managing a patient with Cystic Fibrosis with a focus on new treatment modalities, lung transplantation, and resources for end-of-life care for all inter-professional providers of this specialized population. Breakout sessions will provide additional topics.
Contact Hours:
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12511, for 4.5 contact hours.
Nurses will be awarded 4 ANCC contact hours for participation in the activity.
UCLA Health is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Presentations:
(please refer to the reminder email for the password to access the presentations)
Physical Therapy, Exercise & Nutrition: Better Together! - Suzanne Hollander, MS, RD, CSP & Mary Luntsford, PT, DPT
Airway Clearance Therapy - Matthew Dartt RRT
Complications of Advanced Cystic Fibrosis Related Lung Disease - Dr. Patricia Eshaghian, MD
Improving End of Life Care - Sabah Akmal, LCSW; Tamincea Lollis, LCSW; Laila Ramji, MA, CCLS III
Lung Transplantation for Cystic Fibrosis - David M. Sayah, M.D., Ph.D.
Emerging Therapies in Cystic Fibrosis - Douglas Li, MD
Questions regarding course content, contact:
Betty Lee, MSN, RN, CNS, CMSRN
BLee@mednet.ucla.edu or 424-259-8227
