Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP/AGNP) BLITZ Certification Review and Clinical Update Continuing Education Course (May 19 - 21, 2027)

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP/AGNP) BLITZ Certification Review and Clinical Update Continuing Education Course  is organized by Barkley & Associates, Inc. and will be held from May 19 - 21, 2027.

Course Overview:
Adult-Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP/AGNP)

Certification Review and Clinical Update Continuing Education Course

Extensive Review of System-Specific Health Problems

• HEENT
• Pulmonary
• Cardiovascular
• Gastrointestinal
• Urinary
• Musculoskeletal
• Neurological
• Endocrine
• Hematopoietic/genetics
• Integumentary
• Lymphatic
• Immune/allergies
• Communicable/infectious diseases
• Men’s health
• Women’s health
• Emergencies
• Psychosocial/cultural
• Mental health
• Functional/mobility issues
• Learning disabilities
• Pain management
• Emergency preparedness

Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing

• Establishing rapport
• Counseling patients
• Discussion of difficult situations (prognoses, end-of-life, etc.)
• Health promotion/disease prevention
• Prevention guidelines
• Impact of aging and the continuum of aging
• Nutrition
• Health screenings
• Risk analyses
• Influences on care (age, life transitions, socioeconomic, spiritual, psychosocial, and cultural)
• Care settings
• Cultural sensitivity and competency
• Spiritual assessment
• Patient and family teaching
• Patient rights
• Malpractice
• Decision-making capacity
• Caregiver stress
• Violence
• Abuse
• Neglect
• Needs assessments
• Evaluating outcomes
• Teaching and learning principles
• Health care and public policy

Professional Role

• Scope of practice
• Standards of practice
• Continuous quality improvement
• Ethical principles
• Advocating and negotiating for the patient

Health Care and Public Policy

• Regulatory processes
• Billing and coding
• Reimbursement
• Advanced directives
• Power of attorney
• Informed consent
• Emancipation
• Guardianship
• Federal guidelines
• Documentation

Clinical Management

• Evidence-based practice
• Research utilization
• Clinical practice guidelines
• Evaluating evidence
• Best practices
• Epidemiology
• Infection control
• Disease prevention
• Infectious diseases
• Documentation
• Reporting infectious diseases
• Formulating plans of care
• Age-specific guidelines
• Clinical decision-making
• Pharmacotherapeutics
• Nonpharmacologic interventions
• Multidisciplinary and planned transitions of care
• Prioritization
• Coordination of care
• Palliative and end-of-life care
• Evaluation of treatment
• Resource allocation
• Epidemiology