• BRN APPROVAL

    UNITED UNIVERSITY OF NURSING is an Education Provider approved by the CALIFORNIA BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING provider Number CEP # 17732

  • Contact Hours Awarded

    Upon completion of this course you will earn a certificate of completion and 30 Contact Hours approved through the California Board of Registered Nursing

Course curriculum

    1. Geriatric 3Ds - Depression, Delirium, & Dementia

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Course Instructions

    3. Textbooks and Resources

    4. Textbook Navigation Video - Please review prior to starting course.

    1. Cognitive Changes of Aging

    2. Video: Aging and Cognitive Abilities

    3. Age-Associated Memory Impairment (AAMI) verses Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

    4. Screening Tools for Cognitive Testing

    5. Knowledge Check

    1. Overview of Depression in the Older Adult

    2. Depression: signs and symptoms, risk factors, assessment tools, treatment, and nursing interventions

    3. Video: Depression in Older People

    4. Knowledge Check

    1. Recognition & Screening Tools, Risk Factors, Preventive Strategies, Management and Treatments

    2. Delirium: signs and symptoms, risk factors, assessment tools, treatment, and nursing interventions

    3. Video: Delirium: The Under Recognized Medical Emergency.Watch this 50 minute video on delirium and the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM). Please be sure to limit distractions and watch the video in its entirety. You may adjust the speed if desired.

    4. Knowledge Check

    5. Case Study: Patient VS

    6. Case Study Question

    7. Case Study Continued

    8. Case Study Continued

    9. Case Study Continued - Day 3

    10. Case Study Continued

    11. Complete the CAM tool on Patient V.S.

    12. CAM Assessment

    13. Case Study Continued

    1. Types of dementia; risk factors; pathophysiology; stages: interventions; treatment

    2. Dementia

    3. Screening and Diagnosis of Dementias

    4. Alzheimer's Dementia: signs and symptoms, risk factors, treatment, and nursing interventions

    5. Vascular Dementia: signs and symptoms, risk factors, treatment, and nursing interventions

    6. Lewy Body Dementia

    7. Frontotemporal Dementia: signs and symptoms, risk factors, treatment, and nursing interventions

    1. Comparison between the 3Ds

    2. Knowledge Check
  • $79.95

Meet the Course Author

Professor Dr. Karen Donovan

Karen Donovan, DNP, GCNS-BC, PHN is a board certified geriatric clinical nurse specialist with over 25 years of experience as a registered nurse. She has taught geriatric nursing to pre-licensure RN students in both the didactic and clinical setting for over 13 years. She is a member of the Gerontological Advance Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) and the American Geriatric Society (AGS). Dr. Donovan strives to bring comprehensive and innovative learning experiences to her students in order to promote the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to optimize outcomes and provide the highest quality of care. Dr. Donovan is extremely passionate about nursing, nursing education, and in promoting optimal care for the geriatric population.

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