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Pediatric Updates Pharmacology: Psychopharmacology: 2nd Edition
- Contact Hours: 7.5
- Price: $35.00
All new content! Use PNCB's follow-up to our bestselling psychopharmacology module to strengthen and expand your knowledge. This module is supported by a respected AAP text (purchased separately with a discount) that offers practical guidance for prescribing and/or monitoring psychopharmacotherapy for children and adolescents. Module topics include ADHD, depression, OCD, anxiety-related disorders, autism, and more. Contraindications, U.S. boxed warnings, adverse effects, drug-drug interactions, toxicities of different agents, and off-label use of select medications are addressed.

Pediatric Updates Primary Care: Procedures
- Contact Hours: 7.5
- Price: $85.00
Whether you perform these procedures or want to expand your knowledge for providing pre-procedural education or post-procedural follow-up care, this module covers a range of procedures performed in a variety of pediatric outpatient settings. Topics include legal and professional considerations, wound care, skin closure techniques, management of musculoskeletal injuries, eye examination, foreign body removal (from ears, nose, eye), tympanometry, cerumen removal, epistaxis, tooth avulsion, and more.
News & Resources
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Dec 04 2018
Newborn & Derm Hot Topics CE
Babies, breastfeeding, bed bugs and more! This new Pediatric Updates module focuses on two key areas of primary care: general newborn care and frequent dermatology concerns. Learn more here.
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Nov 01 2018
Recertification Now Open
Applications are now open. Read this update about the new portal to recertify. Applications are due by January 31 to avoid a late fee.
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Sep 20 2018
New Pharm CE
Stay current on a variety of prescribing topics with our Psychopharmacology and Pharmacology: 2018 Current Concepts Pediatric Updates. You can earn 7.5 contact hours each!
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