Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this activity, the pharmacist and nurse should be able to:

1. Describe the epidemiology and costs associated with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
2. Identify risk factors and primary indicators for CKD.
3. Use prescription medication profiles to identify patients at risk for the development of CKD.
4. Articulate the need for routine screening and of screening methods, and the importance of early referral for diagnosis.
5. Briefly overview strategies for prevention of/slowing progression of kidney disease.
6. Outline the potential complications and comorbidities of CKD.
7. Outline the clinical practice guidelines relevant to kidney disease.
8. Understand the role of community health professionals in medication therapy management programs in CKD.

NCPA® is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program will provide 1.25 contact hours (.125 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit under the number 207-000-07-081-H01.

Nurses
Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, designates this educational activity for 1.25 contact hours. This program will provide 1.25 contact hours of nursing credit. Licensees are required to retain certificates of completion for a period of five (5) years following the end of their licensure period and submit certificate to the Board of Nursing only upon request.

Faculty Information
George R. Bailie, BSc, MSc, PharmD, PhD, FCCP, FRPharmS, FASN
(click on faculty name to view full biography)
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Albany College of Pharmacy
Albany, New York

Faculty Disclosure Statements
NCPA has a conflict of interest policy that requires course faculty to disclose any real or apparent commercial financial affiliations related to the content of their presentations/materials.

Disclosure Declaration
It is the policy of NCPA® and Eastern Kentucky University for individuals who are in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose to the learners all relevant financial relationships that they have with any commercial interest(s) that provide products or services that may be relevant to the content of this continuing medical education activity.

Neither NCPA nor Eastern Kentucky University has any relevant financial relationship with any commercial interests related directly or indirectly to the content of this educational activity.

It is the policy of the accreditors to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of their continuing medical education activities.

Commercial Support




Commercial Support Provided by Genzyme.

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