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- Faculty:
- Susan Fralick-Ball
- Duration:
- Full Day
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Dec 11, 2017
Description
Outline
Multiple Sclerosis
- Initial Signs & Symptoms
- Diagnostic Criteria
- Medication Management from A to Z
- New Medications Available
- Symptom Management Strategies
- Coping with Disabling Fatigue
Alzheimer’s Disease
- Principles for a Dignified Diagnosis
- Know the 10 Signs
- Identifying the Stage
- Ensuring a Safe Environment
- Advance Directives & Patient Wishes
- Medication Options to Slow Progression
Myasthenia Gravis
- Risk Factors
- Medications to Avoid
- The Autoimmune Process
- Clinical Presentation
- Pathways to Recovery
- Medication Options
- Cholinergic vs. Myasthenic Crisis
- Critical Education Needs for Compliance
Parkinson’s Disease
- What We Know & Don’t Know
- Major Motor & Non-Motor Symptoms
- Secondary Manifestations
- Deciding When to Add Medications
- New Medications for Symptom Management
- Effectiveness of Deep Brain Stimulation
- Alternative Treatment Options
Guillain-Barré
- Disease Variants
- Clinical Course of Recovery
- Treatment Options
- Preventing Secondary Injury
- Psychological Stressors for the Patient & Family
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Progression Challenges
- Symptoms Related to Area of Loss
- Interventions by Symptom
- Assessing Quality of Life Issues
- Clinical Trials for Treatment
- Alternative Means of Communication
- Helping the Family Cope with End of Life Concerns
Faculty
Susan Fralick-Ball, Psy.D., MSN, CH Related seminars and products: 5
Dr. Susan Fralick-Ball, PsyD, MSN, CLNC, CH, is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist with an additional 40 years of clinical/educational nursing practice in a wide range of specialties. As a neuropsychologist, she has worked with patients having a vast variety of neurological disorders. Susan was responsible for coordinating all clinical and administrative activities for the stroke program of a nationally renowned neurological-medical rehabilitation hospital where she also developed a stroke support group for patients, family members, and staff. Additionally, she aided patients with neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders such as MS, Guillain-Barré, CIDP, Parkinson’s, Myasthenia Gravis, ALS, Spinal cord injuries, TBI, head trauma, and dementias.
As a former member of the Neurocognitive Regional Conference Committee, Susan was instrumental in developing and speaking at conferences to teach medical and health care support staff about neurological challenges and developments. She has also taught neurological nursing and neurophysiology at the graduate level. She has mentored and supervised nurses, social workers, psychologists, and music therapists in the clinical setting. Dr. Fralick-Ball is the founder of the PsychMedEd where she continues to work with patients challenged by the detrimental psychological effects of neurological disorders, is a clinical neuropsychologist for the VistaMed group in the greater Philadelphia area, and a nationally recognized nursing/psychology educator and conference presenter. She continues to lend social assistance to those with neurological disorders through her charitable organization, With Thy Grace.
Purchase Susan Fralick-Ball – Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders courses at here with PRICE $219.99 $41