Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) BLITZ Certification Review and Clinical Update Continuing Education Course (Jul 22 - 23, 2026)

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) BLITZ Certification Review and Clinical Update Continuing Education Course is organized by Barkley & Associates, Inc. and will be held from Jul 22 - 23, 2026 at Hilton Birmingham Downtown at UAB, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America.

Course Overview:
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)

Extensive Review of System-Specific Conditions Across the Adult – Older Adult Age Spectrum
Certification Review and Clinical Update Continuing Education Course

Clinical Assessment:

• Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
• Comprehensive vs. problem-focused histories
• Diagnostic tests
• Differential diagnoses
• Epidemiology
• Health assessment
• Laboratory analyses
• Prioritization of care
• Psychiatric evaluations
• Referral/collaborative practice
• Risk analysis
• Screening methods

Common Problems in Acute Care:

• Fever
• Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances
• Immobility
• Infections (community, hospital, opportunistic)
• Nutritional imbalances
• Pain (acute, chronic)
• Palliative care (end-of-life, pain management)
• Poisoning and drug toxicities
• Shock
• Transplantation
• Wound management

Diagnosis and Clinical Management for Adults:

• Clinical guidelines
• Documentation
• Establishing plan of care
• Evaluating treatment and outcomes
• Health promotion
• Integrating and applying evidence-based practice
• Management of acute, chronic, and complex conditions
• Patient teaching
• Risk factor management
• Service consultation and/or referral
• Standards of care

Extensive Review of System-Specific Health Problems:

• Cardiovascular
• Genitourinary
• Dermatological
• Endocrine
• Gastrointestinal
• Genitourinary
• Hematological
• Integumentary
• Musculoskeletal
• Neurological
• Obstetrics/gynecology
• Psychosocial
• Respiratory

Health Care Delivery and Health Care Systems:

• Access to care
• Adult learning principles, coaching, and anticipatory guidance
• Billing and coding
• Conflict management
• Continuous quality improvement and safety
• Coordination of multidisciplinary care
• Error prevention
• Federal and state regulations
• Health care financing
• Health care policy
• Information technologies
• Institutional, federal and state regulations
• Navigating the health care system on behalf of the patient
• Negotiating and implementing the plan of care among providers
• Reimbursement and third party payers
• Resource allocation
• Root cause analyses
• Sentinel events
• Therapeutic communication

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention:

• Counseling patients
• Diverse population considerations
• Epidemiology
• Evaluating outcomes
• Growth and development considerations
• Needs assessment
• Patient and family teaching
• Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
• Risk analysis
• Screening recommendations
• Therapeutic communication
• Up-to-date statistics

Nurse Practitioner/Patient Relationship:

• Advanced directives
• Collaboration
• Crisis intervention
• Cultural competence and sensitivity
• Patient autonomy
• Privacy and confidentiality
• Professional therapeutic relationships
• Therapeutic communication

Pharmacologic Management:

• Adverse events
• Alternative therapies/herbal agents
• Contraindications
• Drug interactions
• Drug monitoring recommendations
• Over-the-counter preparations
• Pharmacokinetics
• Pharmacodynamics
• Pharmacogenetics
• System-specific agents
• Side effects

Professional Role:

• Adult learning principles
• Advocating for the patient
• Billing and reimbursement
• Confidentiality
• Credentialing
• Ethical Principles
• Informed consent
• Leadership roles
• Legal principles
• Medical futility
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Peer review
• Privileging
• Research methods
• Scope of practice
• Standards of practice
• Time management