Pediatric Antibiotic Prescribing 101

Credit

Speaker

Teri Woo, PhD, ARNP, CPNP-PC, CNL, FAANP Related seminars and products

---

Teri Woo, PhD, ARNP, CPNP-PC, CNL, FAANP, is professor and director of nursing at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington. She completed her BSN, MSN and post Masters PNP certificate at Oregon Health Sciences University, and her PhD in nursing at University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing. Dr. Woo is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and lead author of Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers and has written and lectured extensively in the area of nurse practitioner prescribing and pediatric pharmacology. She served on the NAPNAP board from 2017 to 2021 and has served on the Pediatric Nurse Certification Board Pharmacology CE committee since 2002. Dr. Woo practices as a PNP-PC at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital Urgent Care in Washington.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Teri Woo has an employment relationship with Mary Bridge Urgent Care Clinic. She receives compensation as a consultant and receives a grant from the Nursing Workforce Diversity. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Teri Woo is a fellow of the American Nurses Association and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. She is the co-editor of the Pharmacology column in the Journal of Pediatric Health Care.

Additional Info

Access never expires for this product.

Visit our FAQ page at www.pesi.com/faq or contact us at www.pesi.com/info

Objectives

1. Analyze antibiotic resistance in the US and worldwide.
2. Discuss antibiotic pharmacology.
3. Use the local antibiogram to make prescribing decisions.
4. Determine how to manage penicillin allergy.
5. Describe the dangers of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

Outline

• Trends in antibiotic resistance
• Over-use of antibiotics leading to resistance
• Emergence of resistant fungal infections 
• How antibimicrobial resistance evolves 
• Review of sensitivity 

• Antibiotic classes 
• Antibiotic pharmacodynamics

Use of antibiogram

• Antibiotic choices based on pathogen susceptibility 
• Understanding local resistance patterns 

Managing penicillin allergy 

• Accurate diagnosis of penicillin allergy
• Penicillin allergy testing 

Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

• Statistics 
• Impact of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing 

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Physician Assistants