Lupus Education for Nurses
The Lupus Foundation of America is pleased to offer Lupus Education for Nurses, an on-demand, CNE-accredited webinar. The course is focused on increasing nurses’ knowledge and understanding of lupus to improve early diagnosis and patient care. Topics include:
- Overview of lupus
- Diagnostic tools for lupus
- Available treatment modalities
- How to support lupus patients throughout the care continuum
- Coping strategies to address a lupus patient’s mental health
Nurses are vital members of the health care team for people with lupus, playing a key role in early diagnosis and effective disease management.
Enhance your ability to provide exceptional care to your patients by gaining in-depth knowledge of lupus, including diagnosis, treatment and providing support throughout the care continuum.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designates this activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours.
Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE)
To receive continuing education (CE) for WD4927 - Lupus Education for Nurses, please visit CDC TRAIN and search for the course in the Course Catalog using WD4927. Follow the steps below by August 15, 2027:
- Register for and complete the course.
- Pass the post-assessment at 75%.
- Complete the evaluation.
- Visit Your Learning to access your certificates and transcript.
FEES: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.
Accreditation Statements
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Lupus Foundation of America. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours.
Disclosure: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, and content experts wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.
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