Contrast Administration in the Radiology Setting
Catheryn Peplinski
1.50 Hours
Intravenous administration of contrast materials in the radiology setting brings forth another aspect to intravenous protocols and procedures. A radiology nurse or a radiology technologist may administer intravenous contrast media under the general supervision of a physician. In order to provide for the safe administration of c....
Communicating With Alzheimer's
Industry Specialists
1.00 Hours
This course is based on meeting the needs of hospitalized individuals with Alzheimer's disease. The main focus is effective communication with these patients as well as personal care techniques and suggestions for working with behaviors and environmental factors in the hospital setting.
Care of the Patient with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Therese A. West, MSN APN-C
6.00 Hours
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. It is caused by a bump or blow to the head that affects how the brain normally works (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2008). Because nurses are frequently the professionals who see the full impact of TBI and have the skills that can alter....
Depression In Mothers
Industry Specialists
0.25 Hours
This course delivers background information about depression and offers ideas that providers can use daily when helping mothers, and their families, who may be suffering from depression. This course also includes useful resources and handouts for mothers with depression.
Breastfeeding Overview
Industry Specialists
4.00 Hours
Although breastfeeding is a natural process, many moms need help. This CEU course covers the importance of breastfeeding, along with learning how and common challenges of breastfeeding.
Anxiety Disorders and Developmental Attachment
Tobias Nolte
2.00 Hours
Anxiety disorders represent a common but often debilitating form of psychopathology in both children and adults. This advanced CEU course presents a model of the influence of attachment relationships on the development of stress regulation strategies and discusses the role those relationships play in the development and mainten....
Engorgement and Mastitis
Vergie Hughes RN, MS, IBCLC, FILCA 2 L-CERPs,
This course covers the causes and treatments of engorgement, mastitis, abscesses and galactoceles.
Pressure ulcer prevention in frail older people
Marcee Barry and Linda Nugent
1.00 Hours
This learning module provides an overview of the nursing considerations for paediatric anaesthesia. It is aimed at newly qualified operating department practitioners and anaesthetic nurses, and those with limited experience in the care of paediatric patients. It explores the ways in which paediatric anatomy and physiology differ....
Anaphylaxis: patient diagnosis and treatment
James Bethel
Anaphylaxis is a severe and potentially life-threatening condition that is becoming increasingly prevalent. Healthcare professionals working in a variety of settings need to know how to recognise this condition and the importance of treating it promptly. This learning module describes the pathophysiology, causes and treatment of....
Understanding the main principles of temperature monitoring
Angela Grainger
Maintaining optimum body temperature is essential to life, and taking and recording a patient’s temperature is a fundamental nursing skill. Deviation from the normal range of body temperature can be an important clinical indicator of altered physiological status requiring further investigation. Correct technique and careful reco....
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.