Objectives for the 2021 Ozarks Neuroscience Nursing Education Clinic
By attending this educational activity, participants should be able to integrate some or all of the objectives listed.
- Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the brain.
- Describe the pathology, diagnosis and treatment of moyamoya.
- Identify nursing and caregiver issues surrounding over sedation.
- Evaluate the incidence of comorbid diseases and their impact on functional outcome in patients after stroke.
- Identify pathology, diagnosis and treatment of Guillain-Barré.
- Define brain death, locked-in and coma.
- Review legal statutes regarding brain death.
- Identify criteria to determine brain death.
- Identify pathology, diagnosis and treatment of Arteriovenous malformation.
- Describe the advantages, complications and outcomes associated with radiosurgery.
- Identify pathology, diagnosis and treatment of aneurysm.
- Review common complications associated with aneurysm.
- Identify pathology, diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation.
- Discuss the anatomy and physiology of spine.
- Discuss the techniques and strategies of therapeutic nursing care in pediatric spine symptoms.
- Discuss the rationale for in utero repair of myelomeningocele.
- Identify common pathology, diagnosis and treatment of post-op ileus/constipation.
- Identify the benefits of minimally invasive spine surgery.
- Review congenital, degenerative and traumatic spinal deformities.
- Discuss common complications associated with complex spine surgery.
- Identify benefits and barriers to medical marijuana use.
- Review common conditions treated with medical marijuana.
- Discuss pharmacologic, procedural and operative treatment of spine disease, post-operative pain management.
- Obtain hands on skills for a variety of cranial and spine procedures.
