PRN Insomnia: A Review of High Risk Medications in Older Adults and the Revised Beers Criteria

Released: March 1, 2017
Expires: December 31, 2019
Credits: 1 CME, 1.1 Nursing
Credit Fee: Free to view, $25 to request credit
Target Audience: Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses who prescribe benzodiazepines or anticholinergic medications to older adults; as well as those providers who care for older adults.

Following completion of this web course, participants should be able to:

Identify at least two principles of the updated 2015 Beers Criteria and recognize some changes made in the update
Discuss the rationale, inclusion criteria, and specifications behind the quality measures of high risk medications
Recognize potential harms of medications used for insomnia
Discuss the recommendations of approaching insomnia from the American Geriatric Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Identify barriers to change in prescribing habits and appreciate the impact of High Risk Medications on our older adult population

Instructions: Participants who are not WVU Faculty or Staff: you will fill out your name, email address, and phone number and SOLE will automatically email you a password. Check your spam and junk box, as the password email is occasionally marked junk or spam. Once you have your password, you will log in at http://sole.hsc.wvu.edu with your full email address (i.e. ce@wvu.edu) and the password from the email.