CONTINUING EDUCATION:
RN, NP:  .92 CE Credit

Recorded Date:  April 9, 2014 (as part of the 2014 PCNA annual symposium in Atlanta)
Original Posting Date: January 1, 2016
Content Reviewed Date: January 2017

COURSE OVERVIEW:

Nurses Lola Coke and Nancy Houston Miller share important information about evidence-based strategies to help patients make behavior changes to improve cardiovascular health.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

• Describe 3 evidence-based behavior change techniques for lifestyle modification that can be employed in a brief clinical encounter.

AUDIENCE:
Nurses, advanced practice nurses, and other healthcare providers interested in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.

FACULTY DISCLOSURES:
The faculty members have declared no commercial relationships related to the content of this presentation.

COST:
This online educational activity is offered free of charge.

PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVITY AND RECEIPT OF CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT:
View the course materials; complete the post-test (you can take the post-test more than once if needed to achieve a passing score of 75%) and online evaluation form at the end of the activity, and print your CE certificate.

ACCREDITOR:
This educational activity is provided by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). PCNA is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education (CE) programs by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), provider number 030602. This program is accredited for .92 contact hours of continuing education. This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Policies and Commercial Support Standards.

Please note that if you received credit for attending the 2014 PCNA Annual Symposium in Atlanta, you will be unable to claim credit for the on-demand sessions that were recorded there.  

Describe 3 evidence-based behavior change techniques for lifestyle modification that can be employed in a brief clinical encounter.