Polypharmacy Hypertension Management

Session Description: 
Caring for patients with hypertension that does not respond to a few medications can be daunting. Yet, with an increased understanding on how the cardiac medications work, you will have confidence to add up to five medications and care for complex HTN patients in rural settings safely and effectively. A simple graphic is used for patient education to improve their understanding of why you need up to five medications to treat a disease they cannot feel! 

Speaker Bio: 
Maria Kidner is a DNP and a board-certified family nurse practitioner who has specialized in cardiology with over 18 years in cardiology as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) and over 30 years of nursing practice. She is a published author with, “Successful Advanced Practice Nurse Role Transition: A Structured Process to Developing Professional Identity through Role Transition.” Dr. Kidner is the co-chair for the ICN NP/APN research subgroup representing the USA. She is the Region 8 director to AANP. She lived in Rwanda, Africa in 2014 and continues to volunteer in providing cardiac education to Rwandan nurses and helping the country work towards APN roles. Dr. Kidner is a Rotarian. Dr. Kidner speaks nationally and internationally on cardiology and nursing leadership topics. 

Montana Nurses Association is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity except for Brenda Donaldson who owned stock in Pfizer company and Margaret Hammersla who was a member of Pfizer virtual advisory board, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

To earn contact hours, learners must watch 100% of the webinar and submit learner feedback and a certificate claim form; you will complete a course feedback form and then be directed to a certificate claim form to enter your name. Certificates will be available for download immediately, or within the learner profile of the learning system. 

Expires 4/1/2026
Contact hours awarded upon successful completion: 1, including 1 RX