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Digital Seminar

Antiseizure Medications

Prescribing for Effectiveness

Speaker:
Filissa Caserta, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNRN
Duration:
2 Hours 09 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Feb 15, 2022
Product Code:
POS078440
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

Join Filissa M Caserta MSN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, for an important antiseizure medication update. The purpose of this class is to increase your competence to: manage patients that have a known seizure disorder who are on antiseizure medications, identify patients at risk for seizures and understand the impact of concurrent conditions (co-morbidities) on seizure frequency and antiseizure medication effectiveness.

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Filissa Caserta, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNRN's Profile

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Filissa M Caserta, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, is certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Neuroscience Registered Nurse who works in endovascular neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She has worked in the field of neurosciences, specifically neuro-critical care and endovascular neurosurgery in various capacities for most of her 34-year nursing career. In addition to her role as a Nurse Practitioner, Filissa has held positions as nurse manager, adjunct faculty at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, and program director for nursing practice.

She instituted the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program for The Johns Hopkins Hospital Neuroscience Critical Care Unit. Filissa has contributed to a wide variety of academic publications on neurocritical care and advanced practice nursing. She has shared her specialty expertise through national and international lectures.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Filissa Caserta has employment relationships with John Hopkins University and AnitCancer 360, LLC. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-Financial: Filissa Caserta is a member of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN) and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).


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Objectives

  1. Evaluate the pharmacology of the most common antiseizure medications. 
  2. Choose the most appropriate first line antiseizure medication for focal onset seizures. 
  3. Plan for the most common side effects of antiseizure medications.  
  4. Determine which antiseizure medications require therapeutic monitoring. 
  5. Assess the impact of pregnancy on seizure frequency.  

Outline

Antiseizure Medications  

  • Classification  
  • Pharmacology 
  • Side effects  
  • Interactions  
  • Toxicities 

Recommended Medications by Seizure Type 

  • Focal onset  
  • Generalized 

Special Considerations 

  • Therapeutic monitoring 
  • Alcohol consumption 
  • Non-adherence  
  • Geriatric patients 
  • Women (contraception and pregnancy)  
  • Driving  

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians
  • Physicians Assistants

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