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Infection in Long-Term Care: Focus on Respiratory and Urinary Tract Infections
Recorded for 2025 Fall Conference
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Activity Duration| Content Expires: | February 28, 2027 (11:55 p.m. CT)
CE for this activity will not be available after this date. |
This CE activity was recorded for the 2025 AANP Fall Conference.  | This activity includes closed captioning. |
| Delivery Note: The content for this activity was previously presented during the virtual 2025 AANP Fall Conference. If you already completed the content of this activity while attending the virtual conference, you should not complete this content a second time. Learners should only complete ONE delivery-method to earn credit. Completing multiple delivery options for the same activity is considered duplicate credit for the same content and will not be accepted by regulatory bodies. |
Overview
This presentation examines the most current epidemiologic and treatment data on two of the most common categories of infection seen in long-term care settings. The first portion of this exposition will focus on respiratory tract infections, specifically on the differential diagnosis and treatment of sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonias. Topics covered will include focused history and physical examination of the respiratory system, essential diagnostic testing to differentiate between these common pulmonary infections, and pharmacologic management. Optimal treatment modalities between these three morbidities will be compared. The second portion will concentrate on urinary tract infections (UTIs), specifically on the differential diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated and complicated UTIs. Topics covered will include focused history of the urinary system, essential diagnostic testing to differentiate between complicated and uncomplicated UTIs, and pharmacologic management. Treatment modalities between uncomplicated and complicated UTIs will be compared. The presentation will also highlight respiratory and urinary tract infection prevention strategies nurse practitioner clinicians can employ to improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations requiring long-term care.
Objectives
- Outline epidemiologic data and trends of common respiratory infections in long-term care patients in the United States.
- Differentially diagnose sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonias using historical, physical examination, and diagnostic data.
- Outline epidemiologic data and trends of urinary tract infections in long-term care patients in the United States.
- Differentially diagnose uncomplicated and complicated urinary tract infections using historical, physical examination, and diagnostic data.
- Describe prevention strategies and pharmacologic management of sinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonias, uncomplicated and complicated urinary tract infections in long-term care patients.
Speaker
Christopher W. Blackwell, Ph.D., APRN, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN
Disclosure
This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies.
The speaker has the following disclosures: - Dr. Blackwell has no relevant financial disclosures
All images that appear are in the public domain and are either without copyright or are on accessible platforms that allow use of the image (Creative Commons, CDC)
DisclaimerIndividuals who have contributed to the CE Center (content originally from the 2025 AANP Fall Conference) were carefully selected for their knowledge and experience in the subject area under review. This presentation is informational only and may contain opinions of the authors from their personal experience that do not necessarily express the opinions of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). The activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Clinical practice is a constantly changing process and new information becomes available every day. Neither AANP nor the contributing individuals can warrant that the material will continue to be accurate, nor do they warrant that the material is completely free of errors upon publication. Attendees and participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.
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1.23 Contact Hour(s) of CE,
0.31 of which may be applied towards Pharmacology
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