DESCRIPTION
This course provides a comprehensive and technical overview of Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease, also referred to as GERD. Learners will achieve the following objectives:
- Define GERD
- Describe the symptoms and pathophysiology of GERD
- Review the complications associated with GERD
- Evaluate the impact of personality, stress, and psychology on GERD
- Identify treatment options for management of GERD.
Course is approved for 2.5 CE/Contact Hours for 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
- Advanced Practice RN (APRN): This course includes 0.5 pharmacotherapeutic contact hours.
- 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: 2.5 CE/Contact Hours, All States, Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology, CA Workers’ Comp Claim Adjusters, CA WC, Certified Case Manager, CCM, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, CRC, Clinical Gastroenterology, Critical Care Registered Nurse, CCRN, Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease, GERD, LPN, LVN, Nurses, Pathophysiology, RN