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Course # 5441 • Influenza: A Comprehensive Review

Overview:

Audience:

Course Objective:

Learning Objectives:

1. Articulate the burden influenza has on the community.
2. Explain the types of influenza viruses, including the H and N designations.
3. Describe the symptoms and transmission of influenza.
4. Distinguish between influenza and influenza-like illnesses.
5. Identify complications of influenza.
6. Articulate the effectiveness and importance of the influenza vaccines.
7. Implement a system to increase vaccine administration to vulnerable patients.
8. Describe the best method of hand hygiene and the significance of handwashing.
9. Explain ways of protecting against influenza.
10. List the current antiviral medications available and their use.
11. Teach family members how to care for people with the flu, including interventions for non-English proficient patients and caregivers.
12. Identify the significance of avian and swine influenza.
13. Articulate methods to decrease the impact of avian influenza.
14. Describe plans for coping with an influenza pandemic.

Faculty:

Elizabeth T. Murane, PHN, BSN, MA, received her Bachelor's degree in nursing from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and a Master of Arts in Nursing Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.

Her nursing experience includes hospital nursing on pediatric, medical, and surgical units. She lived for 15 years in a village in Eastern Papua New Guinea providing medical and linguistic/literacy services for the villagers. She was a public health nurse for a year with the Brooklyn, New York Health Department and 20 years with the Shasta County Public Health Department in Redding, California. As a public health nurse she established influenza vaccine clinics throughout the community, prepared health education materials on the flu, interacted with the media during influenza season, and participated in surveillance activities.

Division Planner(s):

William E. Frey, DDS, MS, FICD

Faculty Disclosure

Contributing faculty, Elizabeth T. Murane, PHN, BSN, MA, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Division Planner Disclosure

The division planner has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

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