Gout: A Lesser Known Type of Arthritis
This instructional course has been designed to provide relevant information to healthcare clinicians regarding gout. Patients with gout may present in any healthcare setting. The nurse may be involved in obtaining a medical history, performing diagnostic procedures, providing patient education and/or medication administration to treat the disease. All clinicians involved in caring for patients receiving uric acid-lowering medications need a working knowledge of the diagnosis for which they are given, side effects of the drugs, appropriate interventions, and the psychological implications of having this disease and the treatments used to control it.
This course includes information about an intravenously administered medication. State Boards of Nursing have varying positions on the role of the LPN/LVN in the administration of infusion therapy. Competency requirements are obtained and maintained through the nurse’s employer, facility or institution.
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Explain the role of uric acid in gout.
- Describe the 4 stages of gout.
- Discuss treatments for gout, including lifestyle modifications, medications used for
acute attack symptom relief, and uric acid-lowering drugs.
Curriculum
I. Introduction
- Definition
- Scope of the Issue
- Risk Factors
- Comorbidities
2. Renal Disease
3. Diabetes Mellitus
4. Obstructive Sleep Apnea
II. Description of the Disease
- Stages of the Disease
2. Acute Gout Attack
3. Interval or Intercritical Gout
4. Chronic Tophaceous Gout
- Symptoms
III. Diagnosis
IV. Treatment
- Pain Relievers
2. NSAIDs
3. Corticosteroids
- Urate Lowering Therapy
- Allopurinol
- Febuxostat
- Probenicid
- Pegloticase
Price: $12.00
Contact Hour: 1
Course Author
Pamela Clark
Pamela Clark, CRNI, is an infusion nurse with the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital. She has more than 35 years of experience in infusion therapy and infusion education with both licensed nurses and patients. Her experience spans multiple infusion settings including: acute care, long-term care, home infusion, and ambulatory infusion care. She also has experience in oncology and oncology research.
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