Professionals

Perspectives on Adherence

Course Goal

Increase renal professionals’ understanding of adherence issues.

Course Objectives

After completing the online course, participants will be able to:

Define adherence and health behavior.
List at least four factors that influence health behaviors.
Describe the characteristics of each of the stages in The Transtheoretical Model.
Define the professional standard of care that governs our role in adherence.
Describe the process of care that promotes optimal patient adherence.
Give examples of strategies the professional interdisciplinary team (IDT) can use to enhance adherence.
Describe the role of empathy, competence and access in improving patient adherence.
List and recognize risk factors for non-adherence and how they impact adherence.
Describe two strategies that you may implement to minimize the impact of poor health literacy on patient adherence.

Faculty

Jennifer St. Clair Russell, MSEd, MCHES American Kidney Fund
Mark Meier, MSW, LICSW Equalicare, LLC
Lesley Dinwiddie, MSN, RN, FNP, CNN Consultant

Intended Audiences

This course is primarily designed for:

Physicians (2.0 elective credits)
Nephrology nurses and technicians (2.18 contact hours)
Nephrology social workers (2.0 contact education units)

Accreditation

To receive educational credit, participants must complete an online evaluation form and pass the online assessment with a score of 80% or better. If you do not receive a minimum score of 80% or better, you are permitted two retakes. After passing the assessment, you can print your certificate of completion.

Physicians: This Enduring Material activity, Perspectives on Adherence, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 2 Elective credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP accreditation begins August 1, 2011. Term of approval is for one year from this date with the option of yearly renewal. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Workers: This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (APPROVAL #886443948-9034) for Social Work continuing education contact hours.

Nurses and Technicians: This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. In order to receive your CNE certificate you must complete this course through the ANNA Online Library.

Computer Requirements

You will need Adobe Flash Player (version 8 or later) installed to complete the modules. Check now to determine if the correct version of Adobe Flash Player is installed on your computer. If you do not have Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer, you will need to download and install it. This will only take a few minutes and the software for this player is free.

Course Length

This course takes approximately 2 hours to complete. You can stop the course at any time and then resume when you desire. (Please keep in mind that the course will not save where you stopped.)