HIV/AIDS: State of Florida Mandatory Update
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Identify how care and treatment of persons infected with HIV has changed since the beginning of the pandemic.
- Discuss the Center for Disease Control (CDC) 2006 recommendations for HIV testing as part of routine medical care.
- Contrast the prevalence of HIV in the US with that of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Contrast the exposure categories for men and women in the US.
- Discuss antiretroviral medications and adherence.
- Describe postexposure prophylaxis for occupational exposure to HIV and non-occupational exposure to HIV.
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| Approved By: | Access Continuing Education, Inc. has been approved by the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider number: 50-7628. Click here for the complimentary Florida Boards/Councils that have approved this course. |
| CE Credits: | 3.0 Hours; credit available until 12/31/2010 This course has been awarded 3.0 contact hours for nurses by Access Continuing Education, Inc., approved as a provider of nursing continuing education (provider #09-06-003PR) by the Vermont State Nurses' Association, Inc., which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The Florida Boards/Councils above have approved this course for 3.0 hours of continuing education credit. |
| Author: | Judy K. Shaw, PhD, ANP-c |
| Cost: | $30.00 *NOTE: If your association, employer, or organization is paying for this course, and you log in utilizing the correct procedure provided by your association/employer/organization, you will not be charged upon completion of the test. Be sure to check with your association/employer/organization for the correct login procedure. |
| Directions: | Click here for Directions |
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