Nurse/Allied Health

Overview

Target Audience

This program is specifically designed for ophthalmic nurses and allied health professionals.

Learning Objectives

After completing the nurse/allied health program, you should be able to:

  • Compliance: Discuss compliance and its impact on patient care; list changes to the OIG work plan for 2010; and plan for providing health care to a growing number of patients as the Baby Boomers reach seniority.
  • Glaucoma: Identify genetic risk factors for glaucoma; list three new surgical procedures; and identify the nurse/technician role in bleb management.
  • Retinal Disease: Differentiate between visual acuity testing in a low vision patient and one without retinal disease; discuss current treatment options for exudative age-related macular degeneration; and identify the role of diagnostic imaging on the retinal patient.
  • Intraocular Lenses: Discuss methods of calculating post-refractive IOLs; identify pre-surgical topographic patterns; and list desirable attributes in the refractive IOL patient.
  • Ocular Surface Disease: Discuss the management of the keratoconus patient; differentiate between scleritis and episcleritis; and describe strategies to identify and manage multi-drug resistant bacteria in ophthalmology.

Vindico Medical Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. P#188-5/2009-2012.

All planners, faculty, and authors involved in the development of CNE content are required to disclose significant financial interest to Vindico Medical Education. Significant financial interest will be disclosed to the activity audience.
All activity participants will be informed if any speakers/authors intend to discuss either non-FDA approved or investigational use of the following products/devices.