Advanced Critical Care Therapeutics: Sepsis
Mark Malesker, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCP, FASHP, BCPS
A comprehensive course on Management of Sepsis in the Critical Care Setting as part of the Advanced Critical Care Therapeutic course. The mission of this course is to develop guidelines that the bedside clinician can use to improve outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock These recommendations are intended to provide guidan....
Advanced Critical Care Therapeutics: Endocrine Emergencies (Diabetic Ketoacidosis & Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State)
Stacey K. Dull, Pharm.D., BCPS
A comprehensive course on Endocrine Emergencies (Diabetic Ketoacidosis & Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State) as part of the Advanced Critical Care Therapeutic course. This presentation covers: Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state Myxedema Coma Thyroid Storm The Advanced Critical Care Therapeutic cou....
Recognition and Prevention of Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma: Kentucky Mandatory Training
Silvia Y. Beaupre, MS, RN, NPP, APRN, BC
2.50 Hours
Pediatric abusive head trauma is a type of inflicted traumatic brain injury that happens when a baby or young child is violently shaken with or without traumatic blunt impact of the head. It has been known by many terms over the years. Beginning in the early 1970s, the term whiplash-shaken infant syndrome was used to identify....
Cardiac Arrest in Dialysis Patients - Webinar
Jo Whibley
Using the Chain of Survival to manage Haemodialysis Patients during Cardiac Arrest
Patient Engagement: IT Takes a Village
Erin A. Mackay, MPH and Juana Romero
1.00 Hours
Despite the many national policies and technologies implemented in the past five years to enable widespread consumer electronic access to health information, it is still inexcusably difficult for patients and families to get this information. There remains an incredible need to modernize practices and attitudes around sharing he....
Our Evolving Journey with Clinical Decision Support
Connie L. Saltsman, PharmD, MBA, CPHIMS and Risa C. Rahm, PharmD, CPHIMS
1.00 Hours
What can we do as informaticists to help with the balance of providing specific information to the correct clinician at the appropriate part of the workflow versus the ongoing concern of alert fatigue with clinical decision support (CDS)? What tools are at our disposal to identify the correct CDS to build, the correct location....
Building an Analytics-Driven Laboratory Outreach Business
Charles V. Wilson, MHA, MT and Kyle Fetter, MBA
1.00 Hours
Join this session to learn how the laboratory team at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital pursued an aggressive outreach program and employed innovative strategies, technologies, and analytics to build a service model that drives profitability and value.
Quality Pain Management
Deb Shearman
0.50 Hours
Overview; Common causes of pain; Signs and symptoms; Barriers to communicating; Physical and psychological impact; Principles of pain management.
Brief Interventions for Substance Abuse
Yvonne Martinez, CADC-CS, ICCS, ICADC, NCAC-I, CRPS
9.00 Hours
Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse is intended primarily for counselors and therapists working in the substance abuse treatment field, but parts of it will be of value to other audiences, including health care workers, social services providers, clergy, teachers and criminal justice personnel. In fact, t....
Management of Hypoglycemia in Neonates
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult Evidence-based nursing is widely recognised as the critical foundation for quality care. This evidence-based practice course is a step toward standardisation of treatment for neonatal hypoglycemia through the following steps: a) Identification of infants at risk. b) Assessment of blood glucose. c) Stabilising blo....
Initial Assessment of the Newborn
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course aims to provide midwifes and nurses with the foundation of knowledge required, first, to complete the initial health assessment and examination of the newborn baby and second, to recognise and/or pre-empt those conditions that may adversely affect neonatal well-being. After the infant is born, your in....
Skills Assessment First Antenatal Visit
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course is designed for midwifes and nurses working in antenatal wards. The session includes: Skills assessment guidelines when taking history from a pregnant woman. Skills Assessment Tools.
Routine Care of Normal Newborn Infants
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult After birth, most full term infants (gestational age >39 weeks) and early term infants (GA 37 0/7 to 38 6/7 weeks) require normal neonatal routine care to make a successful transition to extrauterine life. Depending on hospital policy, late preterm infants (GA 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks) who are >35 weeks and well appea....
Skin Care - Premature Infant
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course is developed for nurses who care for critically ill infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Topics covered: 1. Sin Characteristics of Extreme Premature Infants. 2. SKin anatomy and physiology. 3. Skin Care.
Cardiology Important Concepts
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital disorder in newborns. Critical CHD, defined as requiring surgery or catheter-based intervention in the first year of life, occurs in approximately 25 percent of those with CHD. Although many newborns with critical CHD are symptomatic and identified soon af....
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course is designed to offer postgraduate education to resident obstetricians, midwives, and nurses working in ante-and postnatal wards as well as in the delivery room. It will support you to change and develop your ways of thinking, inspiring you to become an independent learner who thinks creatively to solv....
Chronic Lung Disease in Neonates
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course has been developed for nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course will enable you to develop your performance in practice, theorise practice and develop the knowledge and skills required to be competent in the role of a neonatal intensive care nurse. Target Audience: Neonatal Inte....
Care of Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
This course provides the advanced knowledge and skills required to care of the low birth weight infant. The course introduces the concept of developmentally supportive care and promotes positive neuro-behavioural outcomes.
Meningocele
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
This course has been developed for nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course will enable you to develop your performance in practice, theorise practice and develop the knowledge and skills required to be competent in the role of a neonatal intensive care nurse. Target Audience: - Neonatal Intensive Care....
Oxygen Therapy
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course has been developed for nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course will enable you to develop your performance in practice, theorise practice and develop the knowledge and skills required to be competent in the role of a neonatal intensive care nurse. Target Audience: - Neonatal....
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension Of The Newborn (PPHN)
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course has been developed for nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course will enable you to develop your performance in practice, theorise practice and develop the knowledge and skills required to be competent in the role of a neonatal intensive care nurse. Target Audience: 1) Neonata....
Comparison of ferric carboxymaltose and iron polymaltose efficacy in renal anaemia - Journal Club July 2019
Glen Allen, Paul Hakendorf, Ann Kruger, Anne Arnold and Jeffrey Barbara
A study comparing the effects on renal anaemia with ferric carboxymaltose and iron polymaltose.
Assessment of Physical Function
Gwyn Hawden
0.25 Hours
Assessment of physical function is one of the four core areas (also known as domains) of a holistic assessment. In this session you will explore assessment of physical function and its potential interactions with other areas. This session was reviewed by Carolyn Doyle and Christina Faull and last updated in November 2015.
Children and Bereavement
Jan Aldridge
0.50 Hours
The session explores grieving in children. It describes a range of ways in which health professionals and families can support children who are bereaved. This session was reviewed by Jan Aldridge and Christina Faull and last updated in February 2016.
Ethnicity and Culture
Dr Gill & Jackie Beavan
0.50 Hours
This session looks at cultural factors which may be important to your patients and describes ways which will help ensure that the care they receive is appropriate. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in November 2014.