Secure from the Start: Why Medical IoT Needs Protection Now
Hussein Syed and Ladi Adefala
1.00 Hours
Healthcare organizations that don't learn how to operate in the new Digital Age, leveraging sensors and devices that make up Medical IoT, are not likely to survive. Each of these devices generates data that is collected, sorted, analyzed, stored, and examined somewhere - usually in or through the cloud. This data, and the new c....
Understanding Diabetes - for Nurses
Megan Stewart, MD
1.50 Hours
Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects the population worldwide. An estimated 382 million people across the globe, or 9% of the world’s population, have diabetes. The number of individuals affected by diabetes continues to increase worldwide. Diabetes can be a complex and fatal disease, if not treated appropriately. It can l....
Understanding Pressure Ulcer Surveys and Data Collection
Margaret Falconio-West, BSN, RN, APN/CNS, CWOCN, DAPWCA & Jackie Todd, MBA, BS, RN, CWCN, DAPWCA & C
1.00 Hours
Clinicians need to be able to evaluate how effective their pressure ulcer prevention program is in order to improve prevention strategies and ultimately outcomes. This presentation is designed to help better understand what a Pressure Ulcer Survey is, the pressure ulcer survey process and data collection, and how to use the info....
Understanding Support Surface Terminology
Jackie Todd, MBA, BS, RN, CWCN, DAPWCA
1.00 Hours
Support surfaces are an integral intervention for both the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers; however, the terms and definitions associated with support surfaces have been extremely inconsistent for many years. Many groups have attempted the compilation of a comprehensive set of definitions to aid clinicians in determi....
Women and Cardiovascular Disease
Carolyn E. Sabo, RN, EdD
10.00 Hours
The realization that cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women cannot be fully explained using the historical reference of CVD in men has finally come to fruition. As healthcare professionals, we now understand that the concept of CVD in women is an independent field of research, study, and practice. Nursing practice has traditional....
Tracking CLABSI Beyond the Intensive Care Unit Environment
Mary Oden, BSN, MHS, RN, CIC
1.00 Hours
Much headway has been made in reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in recent years. Unfortunately, most of the effort and surveillance has been limited to patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) environment, and as many as 70% of patients who have a central vascular access device (CVAD)are located....
Therapeutic Communities
Industry Specialists
2.00 Hours
Therapeutic communities are a common form of long-term residential treatment for substance use disorders. This CEU course discusses the therapeutic community approach, the effectiveness of therapeutic communities, fundamental components, methods of providing treatment, treating populations with special needs, and integration of....
Youth in Foster Care - Assessment of Work Preparation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1.00 Hours
How youth in foster care who participated in the Multi-Site Evaluation of Foster Youth Programs Life Skills Training Program rated their preparedness for work at age 17 is described in this short CEU course, as well as exploring whether their assessments accurately predict employment two years later. Also examined is whether yo....
Worklessness and Unemployment
Debbie Cohen
0.50 Hours
This session highlights the health benefits of work, the adverse effect on health of worklessness, and the practical support that exists to help job-seeking patients who have health problems.
Urinary Incontinence in Women
Mike Cust
0.50 Hours
Urinary incontinence is a very common problem for women, often presenting to a primary care professional. This session takes you through the diagnosis and treatment of urinary incontinence, thus enabling you to help your patients.
The Returning Traveller
Nick Jones
0.50 Hours
This session is the third in a series of sessions about travel advice for patients and provides a broad overview of the issues GPs must consider when advising and assessing patients who are returning travellers.
Sexual Assault in Young People
Andrea Goddard Consultant Paediatrician
0.50 Hours
This session aims to help you understand how to take a history and provide services to young people who may have been victims of sexual assault.
Toileting: Bladder and Bowel Control (Paediatric)
Anne Wright Consultant Paediatrician, Evelina Children's Hospital
0.50 Hours
This session describes the process through which children gain continence. In addition this session also covers the recognition and management of common problems.
Setting Up a Renal Pharmacy Service - Podcast
Leanne Brown
How to set up a specialised renal pharmacy service
Treatment of Un-erupted, Partially Erupted and Ectopic Molars
Tara Renton
0.50 Hours
This session will address the treatment of ectopic mandibular third molars (M3Ms).
Understanding Equality and Diversity-patient Scenarios
Jackie Beavan and Paramjit Gill
This session uses two videoed patient scenarios to help you consider how to respond to the diverse needs of patients on a personal, professional and organisational level.
Sex & Health Risk Behaviour in Long-term Conditions and Disability
Janet McDonagh and Anita Morgan
0.50 Hours
This session addresses the impact of having a long-term condition and disability on sexuality and health risk behaviours during adolescence.
Tinnitus in Primary Care
Ewa Raglan
0.50 Hours
This session will describe patient self-management of tinnitus and what you can do to help patients with tinnitus. It will also show how to triage those patients who need to be referred to the first and second levels of care.
The Principles of Screening
Chantal Simon
0.50 Hours
Screening, the ability to diagnose and treat conditions when they are still treatable, is an attractive concept. This session reviews the pros and cons of screening, criteria for initiating a screening programme, and current UK programmes.
The Ageing Population
Lucie Griffith
0.50 Hours
This session discusses the aspects of elderly population demographics and the effect of ageing of the population.
Shoulder Pain
Ade Adebajo
0.50 Hours
This session describes shoulder problems commonly encountered in general practice, their diagnosis and management. It also describes how to assess the shoulder joint and how to identify the origin and cause of the shoulder symptoms. This session was reviewed by Sally Higginbottom and last updated in February 2015.
TSS_Usual Organisms and Antibiotic Therapy
William Lusty
0.25 Hours
This session discusses toxic shock syndrome its diagnosis and treatment.
The Physiology of Pregnancy
Charlotte Frise
0.50 Hours
This session is to introduce the learner to the significant physiological changes that occur in pregnancy, working though each system. The clinical relevance of these changes is described and will be built on further in later sessions.
The Overlap Between Falls and Syncope
Mira Doshi
0.50 Hours
This session defines syncope and outlines the common causes of syncope in the elderly. It shows the overlap between falls and syncope and describes the initial evaluation of an elderly patient with syncope.