This activity is designed to help nurses prepare for and pass the Certified Pediatric Nurse exam. Cathy Ferreira, BSN, RN, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Educator in the Cardiac Center at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware discusses CPN exam eligibility, content outline, and test taking strategies. This course is intended to help nurses prepare for success on the national certification exam in pediatric nursing by giving them practice with analyzing sample test questions and using critical thinking to answer them, as well as strategies for reducing text anxiety

This activity meets the SAMHSA/DEA expectations and can be used to fulfill the MATE Act requirement for prescribers. This activity also meets the criteria for 1-hour of the safe opioid prescribing CME requirement for Physician re-licensure in the states of DE, PA and NJ.  Dr. Elissa Miller discusses the pathophysiology of chronic pain and comprehensive pain management techniques, including non-pharmacologic management and non-opioid treatment recommendations.

This Ethics Education Series session reviews the history of shared decision-making (SDM) in pediatrics, outlines current challenges in pediatric SDM, summarizes results of an international Delphi study, and integrates best practices into SDM with families.

This activity is designed to help nurses prepare for and pass the Certified Pediatric Nurse exam. Lauri Rowdowsky, BSN, RN, CGRN, Registered Nurse in the Operating Room at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware discusses the most common pediatric gastrointestinal disorders, nursing assessment along with interventions for the management of these conditions in pediatrics.