Vitamin D: An Overview
Author: Dana Bartlett, BSN, MSN, MA, CSPI
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Dana Bartlett, BSN, MSN, MA, CSPI
Dana Bartlett is a professional nurse and author. His clinical experience includes 16 years of ICU and ER experience and over 20 years of as a poison control center information specialist. Dana has published numerous CE and journal articles, written NCLEX material, written textbook chapters, and done editing and reviewing for publishers such as Elsevier, Lippincott, and Thieme. He has written widely on the subject of toxicology and was recently named a contributing editor, toxicology section, for Critical Care Nurse journal. He is currently employed at the Connecticut Poison Control Center and is actively involved in lecturing and mentoring nurses, emergency medical residents and pharmacy students.
CE:
3
hours
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Pharmacotherapeutics Credits: 0
Related to prescribing controlled substances: 0
Course Summary
Nursing knowledge of the physiological functions of vitamin D and the systemic effects of vitamin D deficiency will help them educate patients on the prevention and treatment of vitamin D deficiency. Patients treated for vitamin D deficiency should be aware of the signs of acute and chronic vitamin D intoxication. This course will help nurses identify signs and symptoms of vitamin D deficiency and its treatment.
Course Format
Homestudy
Course Syllabus
- I. Introduction
- Vitamin D: Overview
- The Physiological Functions of Vitamin D
- Vitamin D: Sources And Daily Requirement
- Food sources of vitamin D
- Sunlight as a source of vitamin D
- Daily vitamin D requirement and serum levels
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Breast-fed infants
- Skin pigmentation
- Obesity
- The Health Effects Of Vitamin D Deficiency
- Bone health: osteomalacia/rickets
- Autoimmune diseases
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cognitive impairment, dementia and alzheimer's disease
- Drug Interactions With Vitamin D
- Vitamin D Toxicity: Acute And Chronic
- Prevention And Treatment Of Vitamin D Deficiency: Therapeutic Use Of Vitamin D Supplementation
- Summary