Parenting a Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused - A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Industry Specialist
1 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.
Caregiver Health and Services
Melissa Dolan, et al.; Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
2 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....
Risks of Long-Term Foster Care
Cecilia Casanueva, Ph.D., et al.; Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
1 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....
Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders
Industry Specialist
1 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....
STD Facts: Symptoms, Transmission and Treatment
Daisy Arrillaga RN, BSN
1 Hours
This course is intended to increase your knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases and current treatments.
Adult Sex Offenders
Susan Faupel, M.S.W.; U.S. Department of Justice
7 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....
Responding to Grief and Trauma After A Suicide
Franklin Cook, MA, CPC, et al.
2 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,....
Ethics: Workplace Impairment of the Health Care Professional
Industry Specialist
1 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....
Developmental Disabilities and Deinstitutionalization
Industry Specialist
7 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....
Administrators - Issues in Outpatient Treatment
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
This course addresses the following aspects with regard to administrative issues in outpatient substance abuse treatment: strategic planning, starting a program, working with partners, and public relations; hiring and retaining staff, continuing education and training, and formulating guidelines and policies for staffing; prepar....
Developing a Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Program with Behavioral Health Conditions
Joseph Cocozza, Ph.D., et al.
4 Hours
The majority of youth in contact with the juvenile justice system in this country have a diagnosable behavioral health condition. This CE course discusses trauma and its effects on youth, especially those with behavioral health conditions; the types of trauma-related disorders, the behavioral manifestations of trauma that youth....
Administrators - Integrating Vocational Services in Treatment
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This course addresses the following concerns with regards to substance abuse treatment: the need for vocational services; vocational programming and resources; clinical issues related to integrating vocational services; integrating onsite vocational services; effective referrals and collaborations; funding and policy issues; and....
Principles of Vaccination and Immunization Strategies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1 Hours
Immunology is a complicated subject, however, an understanding of the basic function of the immune system is useful in order to understand both how vaccines work and the basis of recommendations for their use. This CEU course discusses immunology and vaccine-preventable diseases; classification of vaccines; the need for strateg....
Case Management and Substance Abuse Treatment (Revised)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2 Hours
This CEU course is designed to establish a common starting point for case management work with substance abusers by providing interventions to help substance abusers access needed social services, as well as discussing the competencies necessary to implement case management functions and the relationship between those functions....
Cancer in Women
Suzanne Mahon, RN, DNSc, AOCN, AGN-BC
30 Hours
The experience of a woman diagnosed with cancer can be distinctive. Many cancers affect both males and females, but some are unique to women and impact women during childbearing years. The impact of a cancer diagnosis for either a man or a woman can be devastating and have a cascading impact on the immediate and extended family.....
Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion in Long Term Care (CSII)
Judy Gilman
2.5 Hours
Since the introduction of insulin pumps several decades ago, Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) therapy has become the preferred method of treatment for everyone with Type 1 Diabetes. For patients using CSII, it replaces multiple daily injections (MDI) of insulin. CSII is also used for some people with Type 2 Diabet....
Infection prevention & control: an overview (Standard 15)
Jane Forman & Sarah Purdy
The Royal College of Midwives Understanding infection and its control will help healthcare workers protect themselves, their clients and colleagues from the spread of harmful micro-organisms. Completing the workbook will enable you to demonstrate your knowledge and competence in this area. This module will look at the extra....
Asthma Management SABA “ The same old story, what’s new”
Dr. Andrew Owuor, Chest Physician
Athma is a heterogeneous disease, usually characterized by chronic airway inflamation.
The Heart of the Matter 2020 Lecture (TU-240)
Matthew P. Borloz, MD, FACEP, Deborah B. Diercks, MD, MSc, FACEP, Jeffrey Tabas, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians This series of lectures centers around pearls and pitfalls of risk stratification tools, cardiac imaging, and the latest treatments of ACS.
Advanced Recognition & Treatment of Bradycardias 2020 Lecture
Tarlan Hedayati, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians This lecture reviews the presentation of bradycardia and blocks.
Syncope with a Lethal Twist 2020 Lecture
Trevor J. Lewis, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians This lecture covers syncope and risk-stratification tools associated with it.
ECG in Syncopen Lecture
Kathleen E. Walsh, DO, MS
American College of Emergency Physicians Review different etiologies of syncope based on age range.
Breathe Easy - Airway Cases Managed by Experts: ACEP Connect
Calvin A. Brown, III, MD; Howard Kim, MD; Katren R. Tyler, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians This lecture discusses challenging airway management, including device selection, anatomic and physiologic hazards, and the rapid management of a dying patient.
Use or Abuse?: Pediatric Fractures & Their Causes
Emily A. Rose, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians Learn about the common orthopedic injuries in pediatric patients and their possible causes.
Wide & Whacked Tachycardias 2020 Lecture
Tarlan Hedayati, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians This course covers the diagnosis and management of wide complex tachycardia