Course Detail

Education Category: Pharmacology

Release Date: 02/01/2012

Expiration Date: 01/31/2015

This course is designed for healthcare providers who prescribe and administer antibiotics to patients, including physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners.

CME Resource is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CME Resource is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CME Resource has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. In obtaining this approval, CME Resource has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard which is widely recognized as the Standard of good practice internationally. As a result of their Authorized Provider accreditation status, CME Resource is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard. CME Resource is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. CME Resource is approved to offer continuing education through the Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Provider Number 50-2405. CME Resource is approved by the California Nursing Home Administrator Program as a provider of continuing education. Provider number 1622.

CME Resource is authorized by IACET to offer 0.5 CEU(s) for this program. CME Resource designates this enduring material for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CME Resource designates this continuing education activity for 5 ANCC contact hour(s). CME Resource designates this continuing education activity for 5 pharmacology contact hour(s). CME Resource designates this continuing education activity for 6 hours for Alabama nurses. This continuing education activity is approved for 6.5 CE credits by the Association of Surgical Technologists, Inc., for continuing education for the Certified Surgical Technologist and Certified Surgical First Assistant. This recognition does not imply that AST approves or endorses any product or products that are discussed or mentioned in the CE course. This home study course is approved by the Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators for 5 credit hour(s). This course is approved by the California Nursing Home Administrator Program for 5 hour(s) of continuing education credit - NHAP#1622005-8930/P. California NHAs may only obtain a maximum of 10 hours per course. AACN Synergy CERP Category A.

In addition to states that accept ANCC, CME Resource is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by: Alabama, Provider #ABNP0353, (valid through December 12, 2013); California, BRN Provider #CEP9784; California, LVN Provider #V10662; California, PT Provider #V10671; Florida, Provider #50-2405; Iowa, Provider #295; Kentucky, Provider #7-0054 through 12/31/2017, Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing continuing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content.

This activity is designed to comply with the requirements of California Assembly Bill 1195, Cultural and Linguistic Competency.

The purpose of this course is to provide a review of the classes of antibiotics and their characteristics as well as an overview of the individual antibiotics that are currently available for use by the practitioner.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. Describe the general characteristics of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance.
2. Outline strategies to combat the development of microbial resistances.
3. Discuss the mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, and effects of penicillins.
4. Identify the available cephalosporins and their associated characteristics.
5. Describe the other beta-lactams, including the carbapenems and monobactams.
6. Discuss the characteristics of the aminoglycosides, macrolides, and telithromycin.
7. Outline the mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, and effects of the quinolones and the sulfonamides.
8. Describe the various tetracyclines.

Donna Coffman, MD, attended medical school at the University of Louisville and completed her residency in Family Practice at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She is board-certified in Family Medicine and currently on staff at John Cochran VAMC in St. Louis.

Contributing faculty, Donna Coffman, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

John V. Jurica, MD, MPH

Jane C. Norman, RN, MSN, CNE, PhD

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

The purpose of CME Resource is to provide challenging curricula to assist healthcare professionals to raise their levels of expertise while fulfilling their continuing education requirements, thereby improving the quality of healthcare.

Our contributing faculty members have taken care to ensure that the information and recommendations are accurate and compatible with the standards generally accepted at the time of publication. The publisher disclaims any liability, loss or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents. Participants are cautioned about the potential risk of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into practice.

It is the policy of CME Resource not to accept commercial support. Furthermore, commercial interests are prohibited from distributing or providing access to this activity to learners.