von Willebrand Disease: An Inherited Bleeding Disorder

Outline:
Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: Understanding von Willebrand Disease

Overview

Hemostasis and von Willebrand Factor

The Profile

Clinical Work-Up

Quality-of-Life Issues

vWD Treatments

Educational Needs

Section 3: Clinical Vignette

Section 4: Conclusion

Course Summary

Course Contributor(s)

Resources

References

Nicole Strickland, BA, BSN, RN, CPAN has cared for patients at every acuity level over more than a decade as a nurse. She has devoted much of her nursing career to training nurses and nursing students as a Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse (CPAN). She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from Temple University and worked as a medical editor for the National Board of Medical Examiners before returning to school to obtain a BSN from Duke University. She is now pursuing a M.Ed. in Learning Design and Technology from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte while continuing her passion for the creation of evidence-based and engaging education as an acute care SME writer at Relias.

Dr. Reist is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He has served as Assistant Dean in the College of Medicine and the Director of Medical Research for the Long Beach Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Formerly, he served as Chief of Mental Health, overseeing full service mental health care delivery to over 50,000 enrollees at the Long Beach VA Healthcare System. He was the Associate Director of the Southern California VA Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), which is focused on improving long-term outcomes in chronic psychotic disorders through basic/clinical research and dissemination of evidence-based practices. Dr. Reist’s clinical interests include schizophrenia, impulsivity, PTSD, pharmacogenomics, and psychopharmacology. DoD, NIMH, and VA Medical Research have supported his research. Dr. Reist is a Distinguished Fellow of the Psychiatric Association, has been recognized as an Exemplary Psychiatrist by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and is included in Best Doctors 2007-2019. He is the author of two books and over 75 original scientific articles.

Catherine Swift, MT(ASCP) is the clinical laboratory science editor for Relias Learning. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Hastings College and a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from North Colorado Medical Center. She has experience working in hospital laboratories, clinic laboratories, and research experience in microbiology as well as clinical research trials involving patients and various drug therapies for osteoporosis, endometriosis and bone density at Creighton University School of Medicine.