FACULTY Joni Fontenot, ASN, RN Registered Nurse Ochsner Health System The Grove-Infusion/Rheumatology Infusion Baton Rouge, LA Carrie Beach, BSN, RN-BC Staff Rheumatology Nurse Columbus Arthritis […]

In this issue of Rheumatology Nurse Practice, we’ll review some of the most recent data concerning pediatric rheumatic diseases and their management, as well as offer a variety of helpful tools to help providers ensure that young patients are able to successfully transfer to adult care.

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to discuss the impact that rheumatic disease has on the lives of patients and their families, review the role that advanced practice providers have in prescribing biologic therapy for patients with rheumatic disease, and assess the overarching value that advanced practice providers bring to the field of rheumatology.

The challenges of medication adherence in children are as diverse as the populations we serve. Among other things, adherence in children can be affected by […]

When I started in rheumatology practice 11 years ago, we had few options at our disposal to treat patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The initial […]

As an adult rheumatology nurse with nearly 15 years in the field, I have a certain comfort level when educating patients who have been newly […]

HL was 19 years old when she was transferred from a pediatric rheumatology practice into our adult practice.

TK was an 8-year-old female who presented to our pediatric rheumatology clinic about a year ago with a positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) test result (1:320), […]