Multiple Sclerosis: Treatment and Care Considerations
Multiple Sclerosis: Treatment and Care Considerations is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Course Originally Released on: 06/24/2022
Date of Most Recent Review: 6/24/2022
Course Termination/ Update Date: 12/31/2025
Description:
It is estimated that there are more than 2.8 million people worldwide living with multiple sclerosis (MS). In the United States, there are almost 1 million people living with the disease (National Multiple Sclerosis Society [NMSS], 2020). MS is a chronic, progressive autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by damage to the protective myelin sheath covering neurons. MS lesions, or plaques, disrupt electrical impulses from neurons in the CNS to muscles that can affect mobility, elimination, energy, vision, and other functions (DynaMed, 2022).
Goal and Learning Outcomes:
The goal of this course is to provide nursing professionals and physicians in generalized settings with a refresher in pathophysiology, symptoms and respective interventions, classifications, diagnostic criteria and management, and therapeutic approaches to treating MS.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Recall the overarching disease pathophysiology and main symptoms with discernable interventions of MS.
• Identify the disease classifications and the diagnostic algorithm, including the McDonald Criteria for MS.
• Review therapeutic approaches for treating the underlying disease of MS.