Nurse Practitioners' Role in Benign Ethnic Neutropenia: Removing Barriers That Delay Lifesaving Care

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Nurse Practitioners' Role in Benign Ethnic Neutropenia: Removing Barriers That Delay Lifesaving Care

Recorded for 2024 National Conference

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1 Contact Hour(s) of CE

Program Number:

24066664

Original Program Date:

June 25, 2024

Duration:

59 minutes

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Available until July 15, 2025

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Content Expires:

July 15, 2025 (11:55 p.m. CT)
CE for this activity will not be available after this date.

This CE activity was recorded for the 2024 AANP National Conference.

This activity includes closed captioning.

Delivery Note: The content for this activity was previously presented during the 2024 AANP National Conference. If you already completed the content of this activity while attending the live or 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
Neutropenia triggers fear in health care providers and patients because the differential diagnosis includes malignancy of the bone marrow and it can cause fatal infections during myelosuppressive treatments such as in cases of anti-cancer therapies. But many health care providers are not familiar with a type of neutropenia called benign ethnic neutropenia (BEN) which is prevalent in groups that include Africans, African Americans, Arabs, Black Ethiopians and Yemenite Jews. People with BEN often belong to underserved communities in health care and when in good health, they are asymptomatic from their neutropenia. However, the lack of familiarity with BEN leads to delays in making a diagnosis and fuels reticence to continue treatments when people with BEN become severely neutropenic during neutropenia-inducing therapies. These delays can lead to suboptimal therapeutic treatments for patients with life-threatening health conditions. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are expert clinicians at the forefront of providing population-based care and their evidence-based knowledge is crucial for this patient population. This presentation will highlight the critical role that NPs play in removing barriers that people with BEN encounter in health care settings including when they are treated with neutropenia-inducing therapies.

Objectives

Differentiate Benign Ethnic Neutropenia (BEN) from other neutropenias.
Discuss etiology and diagnostic process for BEN.
Identify barriers faced by people with BEN in health care settings.
Recognize the need for vigilance when providing care during drug-induced aggravation of the neutropenic status for people with BEN.
Summarize the critical role of nurse practitioners in improving outcomes for people with BEN.

Speaker
Amandine Ndje, MS, MBA, APRN, FNP-C

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This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies.

The speaker has the following disclosures:

I have nothing to disclose.

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1 Contact Hour(s) of CE