DESCRIPTION
This is a webcast recorded from a live event that took place in November 2013. This is one of the presentations conducted that day which consisted of a program entitled “Brain Injury: Rehab Challenges and Optimizing Outcomes.” This particular module focuses on the “less talked about stuff” related to mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) but which can cause major challenges for TBI patients trying to navigate the phases of rehabilitation. Objectives are:
- Define TBI and the epidemiology of TBI.
- Define post-concussive syndrome.
- Identify functional outcomes, early preventive intervention, and treatment for persistent post-traumatic symptoms.
- Describe balance disorders and dizziness and the diagnosis of balance and vestibular disorder.
- Identify malingering and other psychological considerations.
Course is approved for 1.0 CE/Contact Hour to the following professions:
- Nurses (RN, LVN, LPN) (all states)
- Critical Care RN (CCRN): meets the criteria for CCRN Synergy Continuing Education Recognition Point(s) (CERPS) in Category A
- Certified Case Managers (CCM)
- Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRC)
- CA Workers’ Comp Claims Adjusters
Must pass final quiz with 80% or more; may re-take as often as needed. Course will be updated or discontinued on or before July 31, 2027.
Tags: 1.0 CE/Contact Hour, Brain Injury, CA WC, CCM, CCRN, CERPS, Clinical Case Management, Clinical Neurological, CRC, Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Concepts and Skills, Nurses, Occupational Health Concepts and Care, Older Adult Care and Long Term Care, TBI, Trauma Care, Webcast