Florida Pharmacy CE Requirement 20-Hour Package
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Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors in Florida 2Release Date: January 11, 2018
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to raise pharmacist awareness about the breadth, depth, and potential consequences related to medication errors, and to review useful strategies to help avoid causing such errors. - The Validation of Controlled Drug Prescriptions in Florida 2Release Date: 1/27/2021
About the Course:
Florida has become the center of the prescription drug abuse crisis. This course will discuss the new Florida laws regarding the dispensing of controlled substances and the role the pharmacist plays in ensuring the validity of prescriptions. - New Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 3Release Date: 1/26/2021
About the Course:
This course will help distinguish between primary and secondary hypertension, characterize the different stages of high blood pressure and identify factors implicated in the development of hypertension. - Medicinal Marijuana 5Release Date: 1/26/2021
About the Course:
This Medicinal Marijuana (Cannabis sativa) course includes coverage of recreational versus medicinal use, botanical background, cultural history, endocannabinoid system, FDA-approved cannabinoids, therapeutic uses, clinical research, federal and state marijuana laws, cannabis use disorder, nursing care/considerations for patients using medicinal marijuana. - Pharmacy Law 3Release Date: 1/26/2021
About the Course:
Pharmacy is the most regulated profession in healthcare. Pharmacists need to aware of the development of laws and regulations, and the implications for practice and patient care. Beginning with the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act of 1938, legislation has distinguished between prescription and over-the-counter medications; established that drugs must be safe, effective, and properly labeled. The Controlled Substances Act has expanded to allow for electronic prescribing and re-scheduling medications to reflect misuse and abuse. This course provides in depth information on FDCA and CSA while providing an overview of federal laws that affect how pharmacy is practiced. - The Role of the Pharmacist in the Opioid Crisis 5Release Date: 1/26/2021
About the Course:
Pharmacists in multiple practice settings are confronted daily with the need to strike an ethically acceptable balance between appropriate treatment of a patient’s chronic pain and the avoidance of opioid addiction. This course will provide pharmacists with an understanding of the disease state of opioid use disorder, how opioids affect the brain, and the benefits of medically-assisted treatment and harm-reduction approaches in certain populations of patients. Pharmacists will gain an understanding of appropriate pain management and current guidelines for the prescribing of opioids and will review ways that the safety of a patient’s opioid therapy can be evaluated and improved.