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Challenging Cases in Pediatrics: Pearls and Pitfalls

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- Credit(s): 1 Contact Hour(s) of CE
- Program Number: 24096889
- Original Program Date: September 22, 2024
- Duration: 59 minutes
- Access: Available until October 15, 2025
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Description

Activity Duration

Content Expires:

October 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 Fall Conference.

This activity includes closed captioning.

Delivery Note: The content for this activity was previously presented during the 2024 AANP Fall 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
This course is designed for advanced practice providers who desire to enhance their clinical decision-making skills and expertise regarding pediatric differential diagnosis and patient management. Through a series of case study presentations, participants will engage in discussions to effectively identify, evaluate, and manage challenging presentations in pediatric patients. Each case discussed will serve as a platform to focus on significant clinical pearls and common pitfalls including the interpretation of the history and physical examination, formulation of a differential diagnosis, and appropriate utilization of diagnostic tools and tests in pediatric patients. The complexity of caring for a pediatric patient focusing on subtle symptoms, identification of red flags, and the impact of developmental stages will be included. In addition, this course will include a discussion of appropriate clinical guidelines and evidence-based management strategies to optimize patient outcomes.

Objectives

Through the discussion of case studies, identify critical components of the clinical decision-making process that leads to an accurate differential diagnosis, plan of care and evaluation for the identification and management of high-risk illness/injury in children.
Describe pearls and pitfalls associated with the accurate diagnosis and management of the following common conditions in pediatrics: vomiting, abusive head trauma, abdominal pain and fever.
Integrate evidence-based guidelines into clinical decision-making in pediatric high-risk Illness/injury conditions.

Speaker
Kathleen S. Jordan, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, ENP-BC, FAEN, FAANP

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

The speaker has the following disclosures:

There is no conflict of interest to declare for this presentation.
There is no sponsorship or commercial support for this presentation.

Disclaimer
Individuals who have contributed to the CE Center (content originally from the 2024 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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Credits

1 Contact Hour(s) of CE

Faculty

Kathleen Jordan, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, ENP-C, FAEN, FAANPBio

Kathleen Jordan, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, ENP-C, FAEN, FAANP Bio

Kathleen Jordan has been an advanced practice nurse in emergency care for over thirty years. During this time, she has had the privilege of working in the roles of clinician, educator, mentor, author, and researcher. She is nationally certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and an Emergency Nurse Practitioner. She is also a Fellow in the Academy of Emergency Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She was elected to the AANP Certification Board of Commissioners in 2022 and is currently serving a 3-year-term. Dr. Jordan has a deep passion for caring for the underserved and vulnerable populations, particularly children and adolescents. Dr. Jordan maintains an active clinical practice as a nurse practitioner in emergency care at Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates (MEMA), Charlotte, North Carolina. She is also a Clinical Professor at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Jordan has had multiple publications of journal articles and book chapters.

Materials

Handout - Presentation Slides (29) (2 MB)

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