The Healthcare Machine
Industry Specialists
1 Hours
Develop a better understanding of the healthcare industry and the unique challenges that healthcare organizations must address to remain competitive and meet the needs of their constituents. The course is designed to provide a foundation in understanding these topics so that IT professionals can ultimately make greater contribut....
Structuring HIV Care for Mobile HIV Patients
Deliana Garcia, MA
1 Hours
HIV care is changing both in terms of advancements in care and complications in the delivery systems. Meeting the needs of those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS can be difficult for a standing population. Overlay those difficulties with the obstacles created by migration or authorization status and the possibility for confus....
Zika Virus: What Every Nurse Should Know
Merry-K. Moos, RN, MPH, FAAN
1.5 Hours
The magnitude of the complications of Zika infection on developing fetuses and rapidly evolving recommendations around related care require that nurses stay up to date on the latest information to best serve women of childbearing age and their families. The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with critical information o....
The Role of Community Health Workers in the Prevention of Oral Disease
Laura Flores Cantrell, JD
0.25 Hours
In this seminar participants will be able to identify the HRSA performance measures related to Oral Health as well as the risk factors for poor oral health. We will also reflect on the important role that community health workers play in improving access to Oral Health services.
Shaken Baby Syndrome - Intervention Strategies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1 Hours
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is often seen as a crime, but it is also a preventable public health problem. This CEU course provides steps to implement evidence-based intervention strategies, to integrate specific education messages into existing programs, and to engage in activities that impact policy development that are effecti....
Sexual Violence: Strengthening the Medico-Legal Response
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
1 Hours
Medico-legal evidence is at the intersection of medical and justice processes. This CEU course addresses key knowledge gaps within and between sectors, to help support service provision and coordination in low-resource settings.
Transition of People with Mental or Substance Use Disorders From Jail and Prison
David Morrissette, PhD, LCSW
1 Hours
Jails and prisons house significantly greater proportions of individuals with mental, substance use, and co-occurring disorders than are found in the general public. This short CEU course provides examples of the implementation of successful strategies for transitioning people with mental or substance use disorders from institu....
Scabies Protocol in Prison Populations
Federal Bureau of Prisons
1 Hours
This CEU course provides recommended procedures for detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of scabies in the correctional setting.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Special Populations
Industry Specialist
4 Hours
This course was developed from the STD Surveillance 2012 publication which provides the public health impact, direct impact on pregnancy, and observations in the United States for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and PID among women and infants. In addition, this publication addresses chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis among ado....
Supporting Families Impacted by Mental Health Problems, Substance Abuse, and Trauma
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Beth Maschinot, Ph.D., Julie Cohen, M.S.W
5 Hours
Besides the difficult task of raising children—often while working full-time, many caregivers deal with added stressors such as mental health problems, substance abuse, and a history of trauma. The aim of this course is to build a responsive community: a community that has as its goal to respond as sensitively to the needs of a....
Trauma-Specific Services
Kathleen Guarino, LMHC
1 Hours
This course covers various treatment approaches designed specifically to treat trauma-related symptoms, trauma-related disorders, and specific disorders of traumatic stress. To do this, trauma-specific treatment models, providing a brief overview of interventions that can be delivered immediately after a trauma, as well as trau....
Substance Abuse Treatment for Women
Norma Finkelstein, Ph.D., M.S.W., et al.
4 Hours
This CE course provides gender-specific factors that significantly influence treatment retention of women, and includes women’s treatment issues and needs, parenting issues and treatment needs, and co-occurring disorders that are most prevalent among women and are likely to require attention during the course of treatment. Sign....
Second Chance Act Grantees - Strategies and Successes
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CEU course investigates the positive impact reentry initiatives can have by focusing on areas vital to reintegration back into the community, including employment, education, mentoring, and substance abuse and mental health treatment. Also discussed are programs that address the needs of a particular population, such as yo....
Sibling Issues in Foster Care and Adoption
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
This course explores research, intervention strategies, and resources to assist professionals in preserving connections among siblings by discussing: the sibling relationship; legal frameworks for protecting sibling connections; sibling relationships in abusive or neglectful families; benefits of and barriers to placing siblings....
Telemental Health and Telehealth in Rural Areas and Urban Hospitals
Industry Specialists
1 Hours
This CEU course describes the organizational settings, services provided, and staff mix of telemental and telehealth programs by examining: the profile and organizational context of rural telemental health programs; telemental health’s role in the current rural health system; telemental health and health care reform; and the ext....
Suicide Prevention Protocols for Juvenile Justice Youth
Franklin Cook, MA, CPC, et al.
1 Hours
Youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system, especially those in residential facilities, have higher rates of suicide than their non-system-involved peers. This short CEU course provides guidance on developing and implementing comprehensive suicide prevention policies within juvenile correction facilities.
Taking Blood Pressure Correctly
Industry Specialists
2 Hours
This home study will review how to accurately measure blood pressure in all clients.
Suicide Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2 Hours
Suicide is a significant public health problem in the United States, with the rates of suicide within some populations being particularly high. This CEU course provides information about suicide clusters and responses in tribal communities; strength-based approaches to prevention, response, and recovery; existing and needed res....
Somatic Experiencing: Using Interoception and Proprioception as Core Elements of Trauma Therapy
Mardi Crane-Godreau, Ph.D., et al.
2 Hours
Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a novel form of therapy that focuses on resolving the symptoms of chronic stress and post-traumatic stress. This advanced CE course demonstrates how the methods of SE help restore functionality to the core response network and provides a possible neurophysiological rationale for the mechanisms invol....
Screening and Assessment for Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Steven Batki, M.D., et al.
4 Hours
This CE course describes screening and assessment procedures and important considerations that might be made during and shortly after admission to an OTP, as well as assessment techniques and considerations that are important to ongoing medication assisted treatment (MAT).
Suicide Prevention Training for the Clinical Workforce
Franklin Cook, MA, CPC, et al.
1 Hours
Having a competent and confident clinical workforce is critical to reducing the rate of suicide. This CE course provides guidelines for a template to construct a solid training program in suicide prevention, including risk assessment, intervention, monitoring, and follow-up, for those disciplines in the clinical workforce.
Substance Use Disorders and Child Maltreatment
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Feidler, M.S.W., Karen Mooney, LCSW, Mary Nak
6 Hours
This manual, Protecting Children in Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders, provides a basis for understanding parental substance use disorder and its relationship to child maltreatment. The manual encourages enhanced collaboration between CPS and alcohol and drug abuse treatment agencies.
Unlawful Harassment - Employer Liability
Industry Specialist
3 Hours
This course provides laws and regulations of: vicarious employer liability for unlawful harassment by supervisors; the vicarious liability rule applies to unlawful harassment on all covered bases; who qualifies as a supervisor; harassment by supervisor that does and does not result in a tangible employment action; harassment by....
Substance Abuse Treatment and Family Therapy (Revised)
Industry Specialist
10 Hours
The fields of substance abuse treatment and family therapy share many common assumptions, approaches, and techniques, but differ in significant philosophical and practical ways that affect treatment approaches and goals. This CE course explores the impact of substance abuse on families; discusses approaches to therapy in both s....
Sexual Violence in Later Life
Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, AFN-BC, SANE-A
1 Hours
The short- and long-term health implications for patients, in combination with increased mortality rates, make recognizing and effectively responding to sexual violence against older adults an important responsibility of all health care professionals. This CEU course assists health care providers in meeting their professional o....