This is a question for Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald so please forgive....
I am working on getting my papers together for recertification for ANCC. I can not find any concrete answers (or just losing eyesight) as to whether courses I have taken through FHEA are considered ANCC approved. Am I missing it?
Thanks, Greta
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Per ANCC website.
Q. Do contact hours need to be approved or accredited by a national
organization?
A. As of January 1, 2003, 50% of your contact hours must be provided by an
ANCC accredited or approved provider.
From Margaret Fitzgerald- AANP approved CE meets this requirement. The CE
provider does not need to be the ANCC, however.
Hope this is helpful.
Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald
DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC
President, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc.
85 Flagship Drive
North Andover, MA
Family Nurse Practitioner, Adjunct Faculty Family Practice Residency
Greater Lawrence (MA) Family Health Center
978.794.8366 www.fhea.com
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This is a question for Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald so please forgive....
I am working on getting my papers together for recertification for ANCC. I
can not find any concrete answers (or just losing eyesight) as to whether
courses I have taken through FHEA are considered ANCC approved. Am I
missing it?
Thanks, Greta
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Dr. Ftizgerald,
At a recent conference you spoke about budesonide (pulmicort) being Category B but Flovent Category C. Knowing that budesonide is sometimes a difficult med to get insurance coverage even for kids, what do you find most helpful to get insurance approved for pregnant patients? I work in a large clinic based Convenient Care.
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Greta
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I am sure that Peg Fitzgerald has a better and more up-to-date answer. However, I would suggest calling the insurance company's prior auth phone number and speaking to someone. Bottom line is that if a woman's asthma requires maintenance ICSs and you can't get Pulmicort paid for, it is important for the welfare of the baby and the mother that a controller inhaler is used and other ICS inhalers would be acceptable. I haven't run into insurance companies preferring one ICS over another here in Michigan. In fact, one managed care plan was actually treating ICS inhalers as a group as a Tier 1 so that patients would be more inclined to stay on them.
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> At a recent conference you spoke about budesonide (pulmicort) being Category B but Flovent Category C. Knowing that budesonide is sometimes a difficult med to get insurance coverage even for kids, what do you find most helpful to get insurance approved for pregnant patients? I work in a large clinic based Convenient Care.
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Hello- Sue already gave the answer I would have done. Use what you can get
for the patient. Poorly controlled asthma is a risk factor for a myriad of
problems during pregnancy. The Pulmicort category B designation is as a
result of study done by its manufacturer so that the drug would capture a
good part of the pregnant asthmatic population. That said, Pulmicort is a
perfectly fine ICS, but so are a number of others.
Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald
DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC
President, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc.
85 Flagship Drive
North Andover, MA
Family Nurse Practitioner, Adjunct Faculty Family Practice Residency
Greater Lawrence (MA) Family Health Center
978.794.8366 www.fhea.com
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Dr. Ftizgerald,
At a recent conference you spoke about budesonide (pulmicort) being Category
B but Flovent Category C. Knowing that budesonide is sometimes a
difficult med to get insurance coverage even for kids, what do you find most
helpful to get insurance approved for pregnant patients? I work in a large
clinic based Convenient Care.
Thanks,
Greta
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