Prescription medications can interact with foods and dietary supplements, causing adverse drug events in the patients you treat. Medication-food interactions can impair the intended actions of medications by altering their effectiveness, resulting in an increased risk for morbidity, hospitalization, or prolonged treatment. Older adults are at high risk for medication-food interactions due to their use of polypharmacy, resulting in a decreased quality of life if the prescribed medications are causing harm or not controlling their symptoms. This course will review how prescription drugs behave in the body, common medication-food interactions, and how to reduce the risk of adverse drug events.
Prescription medications can interact with foods and dietary supplements, causing adverse drug events in the patients you treat. Medication-food interactions can impair the intended actions of medications by altering their effectiveness, resulting in an increased risk for morbidity, hospitalization, or prolonged treatment. Older adults are at high risk for medication-food interactions due to their use of polypharmacy, resulting in a decreased quality of life if the prescribed medications are causing harm or not controlling their symptoms. This course will review how prescription drugs behave in the body, common medication-food interactions, and how to reduce the risk of adverse drug events.
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Arkansas State Board Of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
As a Jointly Accredited organization, Relias LLC is accredited to offer dietetic continuing education by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The CDR is an associate member of Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education.
District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Florida Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Florida Board of Pharmacy (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Georgia Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Approved for 1.00 continuing education clock hours for Kansas licensed dietitians by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability. Long Term Sponsorship number LTS-D1058. This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Kentucky Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Mississippi Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Mississippi State Department of Health Bureau of Professional Licensure Dietitians (CEBroker Provider 50-290)
New Mexico Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
North Dakota Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
South Carolina Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Outline:
Section 2: The Lifecycle of a Medication
Section 3: Adverse Drug Events
Section 4: Medication-Food Interactions
Section 5: Reducing the Risk of Medication Interactions
Meredith earned a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from The University of Akron and a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from Eastern Michigan University. After completing her internship with The Detroit Medical Center in 2007, she began working in various academic medical centers in Ohio and North Carolina. She has experience in providing nutrition therapy in both acute and ambulatory settings. Her areas of nutrition specialty include oncology, cardio-thoracic transplant, renal, and general medicine. Meredith has been a guest speaker for numerous cancer survivorship groups and presented telemedicine lectures for North Carolina community colleges. She founded and ran an oncology teaching garden at the SECU Family House for patients and their families undergoing cancer treatment at The University of North Carolina. She is currently a SME writer for Relias.
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