I3 - Long Acting Reversible Contraception: A New Opportunity For Contraceptive Success

0.75 Pharmacology Contact Hours


Title: I3 - Long Acting Reversible Contraception: A New Opportunity For Contraceptive Success

Disciplines: Advanced Practice (AP), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Identify LARC (long acting reversible contraceptive) methods including their mechanisms of action.
  2. Articulate appropriate and safe patient candidate selection for LARC methods.
  3. Describe the role of LARC methods in the adolescent, young adult and nulliparous populations.
Submission Description:
Despite available contraceptive resources, unintended pregnancy continues to be an urgent public health challenge in the US. This presentation will focus on the use of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) and their role in reducing the high rate of unintended pregnancy.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Hermitage A (Gaylord Opryland)
Moderator:
Rebecca Phillips, *
Presenting Author:
Susan Peck, MSN, APN, C