Member Price: $25.00
Nonmember Price: $75.00

Title: Deprescribing Strategies for Older Adults

Description:
This presentation explores the critical role of deprescribing as an essential component of safe and effective prescribing for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. Attendees will learn how to apply the 2024 Beers Criteria, prevent prescribing cascades, and implement deprescribing strategies through real-world case studies. The session emphasizes practical approaches to managing polypharmacy, highlighting both the art and science behind optimizing medication regimens in geriatric care.

Presenter: Patti A. Parker, PhD, RN, ACNS, ANP, GNP, BC, GS-C, and Kimberly Posey, PhD, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, GS-C are nurse practitioner faculty with extensive clinical and academic expertise in geriatrics and advanced practice. Both hold doctoral degrees and certifications in adult-gerontology care. They have presented nationally on deprescribing and medication management, contributing to research and education that advance NP prescribing practices for older adults.

Release Date: January 1, 2026
Expiration Date: December 31, 2026

Accreditation:
Learners will be awarded 1 Contact Hour, including 1 hour of Pharmacology and 1 hour towards Gerontology. Completion of the course and evaluation are required.

Provider Statement:
Texas Nurse Practitioners is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association - Approver, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 
If you are required to use an activity number or provider number on certificates, please use LSNA Provider N003232 

Disclosures:
No disclosures exist for presenters or Nurse Planners of this Educational Activity