Exercise is Medicine: Understanding the Evidence
CONTINUING EDUCATION
RN, NP: 1 CE Credit
Release Date: April 2010
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COURSE OVERVIEW:
What if doctors gave your patients one prescription that could prevent and treat dozens of diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity? Would you work with your patients to promote compliance?
-- Robert Sallis, M.D. FACSM, Chairman, Exercise Is Medicine, and
Past-President of the American College of Sports Medicine
Join Exercise is Medicine founder and American College of Sports Medicine past president, Dr. Robert E. Sallis for this lively presentation on the growing evidence supporting the health benefits of physical activity and the role of health professionals in Exercise is Medicine (EIM). Exercise is Medicine is a new global initiative started by the American College of Sports Medicine and supported in partnership with the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). Dr. Sallis will discuss the EIM program and how to make physical activity assessment and exercise prescription a standard part of the disease prevention and treatment paradigm for all patients. Joining the program will also be moderator, Jane Nelson Worel, MSN, APRN-BC, APNP, FAHA, FPCNA, of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, who will discuss PCNA's new partnership with EIM and efforts to make the EIM tool kit valuable for nurses.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
At the conclusion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Explain the impact of physical activity in terms of:
- Prevention of disease
- Reduction in mortality rates (especially DM and cancer)
- Positive effects in older adults and children
- Exercise as a clinical intervention for disease
- Beneficial effect of muscle strength on health outcomes
- Describe the key components of a beneficial exercise program and how to prescribe exercise in a clinical setting.
- Explain how to incorporate physical activity as a vital sign and utilize this information to enhance patient care.
- Implement a health promotion model into their practice that includes routine encouragement toward an active lifestyle.
AUDIENCE:
Nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians/nutritionists, and other healthcare providers interested in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.
FACULTY:
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Robert Sallis, MD, FACSM
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Fontana, CA
Biography
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Jane Nelson Worel, MSN, APRN-BC, APNP, FAHA, FPCNA
Meriter Heart Hospital
Madison, WI
Biography
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FACULTY DISCLOSURES:
The faculty members have no commercial relationships to disclose.
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 online evaluation form at the end of the activity, and print your CE certificate.
SPONSOR/ACCREDITOR:
The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association is accredited by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 030602. This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies and AANP Commercial Support Standards. The Beverage Institute of Health and Wellness is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) - provider number BF001.
Want Dietetic CPE for this program? Go to http://www.beverageinstitute.org/en_US/pages/ for the Beverage Institute.
GRANTOR:
This program is being presented by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) through an educational grant from The Coca Cola Company's Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness.
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