Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia

Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia
University of Arizona College of Medicine
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Product ID: 20689

Abstract: 
 Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumnonia is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key geriatric topics and provide clinically useful assessments and interventions. Initially developed for remote, rural clinical sites, they have become favorites in all training settings.
Estimated time to complete: 
30 minutes

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Educational objectives: 
Objectives:
1. List the diagnostic criteria for nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP)
2. List likely differences in the microbiology of mild vs severe NHAP
3. Explain the differences in approach to treating NHAP in the nursing home vs in a hospital
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 
Subscribers to POGOe are free to reprint Elder Care on their own stationery or in other publications without obtaining specific permission, so long as
(1) content is not changed, 
(2) no one is charged a fee to use or read the publication, 
(3) authors and their affiliated institutions are noted without change, and 
(4) the reprint includes the following statement: “Reprinted courtesy of the Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics and the Arizona Geriatric Education Center."
Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 
Some Elder Care Provider sheets are featured in the Arizona Geriatrics Society Journal, which is published twice yearly.
Date posted: 
Mon, 07/26/2010
Date last updated: 
Thu, 12/16/2010
CME credits available: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
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Sponsor: 
Other Sponsors: Arizona Center on Aging

Contact person/corresponding author: 
Dr. Barry Weiss (bdweiss@u.arizona.edu)
Authors: 
Dr. Kyle Mills
Dr. Bradford Winslow
NLM Citation:
Mills, K and Winslow, B. Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2010 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20689
APA Citation:
Mills, K and Winslow, B. (2010). Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20689