Care of patients undergoing day case inguinal hernia repair
Clare Bridgett Hammond
Inguinal hernia repair is a common operation often performed as a day case procedure. Day surgery is popular with patients and offers many benefits. This learning module outlines the most common forms of hernia repair and discusses the need for general or local anaesthesia. Basic principles of day surgery management, including p....
Appreciative Inquiry Theory
June Kaminski, RN MSN PhD(c)
3.00 Hours
This 1 module (3 CE credit) course introduces nurses to David Cooperrider's inspirational theory for organizational motivation and planning applied to informatics implementation. . Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a capacity building approach that selectively seeks to locate, highlight, and illuminate the life-giving forces withi....
CVD: Social Determinants of Risks & Outcomes
Keith D'Oria Editorial Director & Edward P. Havranek, MD
0.50 Hours
Deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been declining, but changes in social factors like race, income, environment, and education could reverse that trend. To address this issue, the American Heart Association has released a scientific statement to guide physicians on the social determinants of risks and outcomes for CVD....
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Nora D. Volkow M.D.
2.00 Hours
This course provides a number of treatment approaches that address substance use during the teen years. The course covers approaches, as well as presents a set of guiding principles and frequently asked questions about substance abuse and treatment in this special population.
Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
1.00 Hours
This course was developed from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Quick Guide, which provides information about suicidality; focuses on the information that treatment professionals need to know and provides that information in an accessible manner; synthesizes knowledge and grounds it in the practical....
Diabetes Care for Clients in Behavioral Health Treatment
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course was developed from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration advisory which provides a brief overview of diabetes and an introduction to the reciprocal relationship between diabetes and behavioral health disorders. It also discusses ways in which behavioral health treatment providers can help mini....
Preventing and Addressing Alcohol and Drug Problems - A Handbook for Clergy
Industry Specialist
5.00 Hours
This course is intended to increase awareness of the family consequences when the disease of addiction is present, enhance the ability to support people in faith communities who are struggling with addiction, and provide some strategies to help prevent alcohol and drug use by the youth in the community. It is based on the core c....
Opioid Use, Misuse, and Overdose Among Women
Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health
4.00 Hours
Opioid use disorder is increasing at alarming rates for both men and women in the United States, but the prevalence of prescription opioid and heroin use among women is substantial. This CEU course provides an understanding of how the unique aspects of this epidemic impact women across age, race, geography, and income, and disc....
Responding to Grief and Trauma After A Suicide
Franklin Cook, MA, CPC, et al.
2.00 Hours
It is well established that exposure to death by suicide can be a significant risk factor for the development of many negative consequences in the bereaved, including an increased risk of suicide. This CE course provides a unified, far-reaching blueprint for the development of suicide postvention at all levels of U.S. society,....
Adult Sex Offenders
Susan Faupel, M.S.W.; U.S. Department of Justice
7.00 Hours
Statistics on the incidence and prevalence of sex crimes, as well as trend data, can provide important insight into the nature and extent of sexual violence that practitioners can use to design and deliver more effective prevention and intervention strategies. This CE course presents empirically derived information that helps p....
Developmental Disabilities and Deinstitutionalization
Industry Specialist
7.00 Hours
This course discusses the lessons learned regarding how to close large institutions and focuses on the movement to smaller community living setting that meet NCD’s new definition. The course examines some of the factors that advocates and self-advocates believe are important in defining “community living” and looks at how quali....
Ethics: Workplace Impairment of the Health Care Professional
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course looks at the policies and standards in place by reputable cooperatives such as the American Medical Association and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Common signs and symptoms of substance abuse along with the steps of reporting said abuse are also discussed. The end of the article....
Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers
Industry Specialist
3.00 Hours
This course is intended to help employers of healthcare and social services workers establish effective workplace violence prevention programs adapted to their specific worksites. It offers guidelines based on National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) standards that address preventing violence inflicted by pa....
Physical Detoxification from Substances
Industry Specialist
9.00 Hours
This course, a chapter extracted from Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 45. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, highlights specific treatment regimens for specific substances and provides guid....
Child Abuse Detection and Reporting - California Law
Industry Specialist
7.00 Hours
This course is intended to help mental health professionals and other mandated reporters (teachers, nurses, etc) who come into contact with children to understand the California Child Abuse Reporting Law and be aware of their reporting responsibilities regarding child abuse.
Screening and Assessment for Trauma
Hunter L. McQuistion, M.D., Jennifer Frey, Ph.D., Jesse B. Milby, Jr., Ph.D., Douglas J. Warn, LCSW-
1.00 Hours
This course describes the screening and assessment process for trauma as it pertains to: barriers and challenges; timing; the environment; misdiagnosis and under-diagnosis; cross cultural screening and assessment; choosing instruments for the purpose, population, and quality of trauma screening and assessment; and trauma informe....
Risks of Long-Term Foster Care
Cecilia Casanueva, Ph.D., et al.; Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
1.00 Hours
The youngest children are the most vulnerable to child maltreatment. This short CEU course provides the experience of instability in caregivers and households among young children in the child welfare system, including children who are placed out of home and children who remain in-home with their families following investigatio....
Caregiver Health and Services
Melissa Dolan, et al.; Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
2.00 Hours
This CEU course examines the well-being of children involved with child welfare agencies; captures information about the investigation of abuse or neglect; collects information about the child’s family; provides information about child welfare interventions and other services; and describes key characteristics of child developme....
Parenting a Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused - A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course discusses how to help children in foster and adoptive care through education about child sexual abuse, establishing guidelines for family safety and privacy, and understanding when and how to seek help if or when it is needed. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This CE course presents the signs and symptoms of borderline personality disorder, with or without a co-occurring substance use disorder, alerts professionals to the importance of monitoring clients with borderline personality disorder for self-harm and suicidal behavior, and encourages professionals to refer such clients for ap....
How to administer suppositories
Ian Peate
This module aims to help nurses to undertake the administration of suppositories in a safe, effective and patient-centred manner, ensuring privacy and dignity. Inserting rectal suppositories, whether to administer medication or to achieve bowel evacuation, is a common practice in health care. The administration of suppositori....
STD Facts: Symptoms, Transmission and Treatment
Daisy Arrillaga RN, BSN
1.00 Hours
This course is intended to increase your knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases and current treatments.
Components of Tribal Healing Wellness Courts
Joseph Thomas Flies-Away (B.A. Stanford, M.P.A. Harvard, J.D. Arizona State University)
4.00 Hours
This CEU course provides an overview of Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts and discusses the history of the drug court movement and the adaptation of the drug court model for tribal justice systems. In addition, the critical issues and challenges faced by Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts, including the challenge of incorporatin....
Disaster and Trauma Psychological Recovery Skills for Social Workers
Industry Specialist
4.00 Hours
Individuals affected by a disaster or traumatic incident, whether survivors, witnesses, or responders to such events, may struggle with or face new challenges in the weeks and months following the event. This CEU course is designed to help survivors gain skills to reduce ongoing distress and effectively cope with post-disaster....
Prevention of Human Trafficking for Social Workers
U.S. Department of State
2.00 Hours
The global anti-trafficking movement is now well into its second decade. This CEU course focuses on the positive developments and continued challenges of preventing trafficking, and it considers how governments and the broader anti-trafficking community can effectively ensure that those who are vulnerable to human trafficking h....