Providing quality care for patients presenting with complaints of headache can be challenging—especially in a busy practice where time with the patient may be limited. How do you tease out the accurate diagnosis? What tools can you utilize? Once the diagnosis is made, how do you go about initiating treatment? When do you discuss preventive treatment options with your patient? In this podcast episode, migraine experts Maureen Moriarty, DNP, ANP-BC and Karen A. Williams, DNP, FNP-BC, AQH share their experiences to answer all these questions in the context of individualizing patient care.
In this podcast episode, 2 migraine experts discuss clinical pearls for individualizing migraine care from diagnosis to ongoing management. They cover patient factors to consider in the differential diagnosis, when choosing an acute treatment, and in making the decision to initiate preventive treatment. This activity is available for CE/CME credit. Claim your credit at pce.is/migraine.
Contributors
Maureen Moriarty, DNP, ANP-BC
Associate Professor
Director
Malek School of Nursing Professions
Marymount University
Arlington, Virginia
Owner
Moriarty Associates
Westminster, Maryland
Dr Moriarty:consultant/advisor/speaker: AbbVie/Allergan, Amgen, Biohaven, Lilly;researcher: Teva.
Karen A. Williams, DNP, FNP-BC, AQH
President
KDW Health Management
Pensacola, Florida
Dr Williams: consultant/advisor/speaker: Biohaven.