Being Good to You: A Self-Care Guide for Teachers
Dr. Adam Saenz
Educators are nurturers. Any good nurturer is likely to consider the needs of others above their own needs. That's certainly admirable, but if left unchecked, self-neglect could lead to chronic stress and eventual burnout. Are you loving yourself as well as you love those around you? This webinar was created to give you a better....
Density and Viscosity
Harriet Wood
0.5 Hours
This session covers density and viscosity and the implications of these on the measurement of flow, as well as the physical properties of the gases commonly used in clinical practice.
Checking of Anaesthetic Equipment
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.5 Hours
Anaesthetic practice involves the extensive daily use of equipment. Routine checking of this equipment is essential in the safe delivery of anaesthetic care. This session provides an overview of the principles of checking the anaesthetic equipment used in current common practice, in accordance with the recommendations of the Ass....
Equipment used In Epidural Anaesthesia
André van Zundert and Baha Al Shaikh
0.5 Hours
Epidural anaesthesia is a very popular central neuraxial block technique used worldwide. Various designs of needles, catheters, filters and loss-of-resistance devices have been used. This session explores the history of the equipment used in epidural anaesthesia and provides an overview of the basic design of epidural needles, l....
CEACCP: Communication skills in critical care
Rupert Gauntlett FRCA EDIC and David Laws FRCA
0.5 Hours
Doctors with poor communication skills are unlikely to achieve success and are more likely to face complaints and litigation.1 Although developments in the drugs and technology of critical care receive close attention, best practice in non-technical skills is relatively neglected; this is despite the fact that attention to this....
Parenteral Anticoagulant Therapy: Implications for Patient Management
Diana M. Sobieraj, PharmD, BCPS
3 Hours
Anticoagulants are central to the management of cardiovascular and thrombotic conditions. Parenteral anticoagulants are particularly important in acute care situations given their fast onset of action. They are indicated for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), in the treatment and prevention of venous thromboemboli....
Prevention of Youth Violence and Risk Associated Behaviors
Corinne David-Ferdon, Ph.D., et al.
2.5 Hours
Youth violence is a significant public health problem that affects thousands of young people each day, and in turn, their families, schools, and communities. This CEU course includes programs, practices, and policies with evidence of impact on youth violence victimization, perpetration, and risk or protective factors for youth....
Administrators - Family Therapy in Substance Abuse Treatment
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This course addresses how substance abuse affects the entire family; provides basic information about family therapy for substance abuse treatment professionals and basic information about substance abuse treatment for family therapists; presents the models, techniques, and principles of family therapy; and identifies resources....
Chronic Cardiovascular Conditions
Leanne H. Fowler, DNP, MBA, AGACNP-BC, CNE
10 Hours
Because of the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, nurses must be equipped with the knowledge and skills to aid in its reduction. Recognizing patients at risk for cardiovascular disease and taking the initiative to educate patients of the behavioral and nonbehavioral cardiovascular risk factors can enhance other primary preven....
Stress Reduction Strategies for Nurses: Revitalize Your Practice
Sara Lefkowitz, RN, BSN, MPA
6 Hours
Learn necessary stress survival skills Defeat burnout - and reclaim the ability to make a difference Demanding patients and cranky coworkers got you down? Utilize skillful communication to defuse disruptive situations Don’t feel guilty setting healthy emotional boundaries Transform your workplace – even if it may be full of bull....
Think Like An Emergency Nurse: Deliver Critical Care in Any Department
Sean G. Smith RN,BSN,NREMT-P,C-NPT,CCRN,CMC,CEN,CFRN,FP-C,CPEN
6 Hours
Respond to a crashing patient – in any setting Understand the “8-minute hour” Mental strategies necessary for success in emergency situations Increase your confidence when handling deteriorating patients Your coworker calls for help – you go in to see her patient, sitting up and talking just a few minutes ago, now turning blue a....
Patient safety gains in a Brazilian hospital thanks to the implementation of GS1 identifiers
Nilson Gonçalves Malta
The webinar audience is all stakeholders who wish to learn more about the challenges of a hospital and its staff on a permanent journey for patient safety and for improvement of processes both in support and logistic as well as in clinical processes.
Utilising identification standards driving patient safety for better & sustainable healthcare: the Australian Capital Territory
Mr Ryan Mavin
The webinar audience is all stakeholders who wish to learn the challenges and benefits of implementing (GS1) barcodes in a care giving environment, to improve patient safety and cost effectiveness During this webinar Ryan Mavin, Lead Enterprise Architect, ACT Government, Australia explains: (1) why ACT health started on this....
Automate Consent to Comply with a New IQR Quality Measure
Aaron S. Fink, MD and Timothy Kelly, MS, MBA
1 Hours
CMS released the “Quality of Informed Consent Documents for Hospital-Performed, Elective Procedures” measure in late 2016. That measure is presently slated for inclusion in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program. Measures in the Hospital IQR program are published on the Hospital Compare website and are reflected....
Supporting Brain Development in Traumatized Youth
Industry specialists
1 Hours
For children and youth who experience child abuse or neglect and associated trauma, brain development may be interrupted, leading to functional impairments. This CEU course summarizes what healthcare professionals can do to promote healthy brain development for this vulnerable group of children and youth and put families and se....
Real Quality: A Recipe for Healthier Patients and Happier Doctors
Thomas Sequist, MD, MPH
1 Hours
To succeed in improving population health outcomes and clinician buy-in, Partners Healthcare embarked on a comprehensive revamp of its quality measures. By eliminating clinically-irrelevant "noise", Partners was able to identify meaningful quality insights that could then be deployed to improve patient outcomes. This session out....
Pathogenesis of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Claus Bachert (MD PhD), Joshua A. Boyce (MD FAAAAI), Katherine N. Cahill (MD), Atsushi Kato (PhD), a
2.5 Hours
This course offers an in-depth look into the pathogenesis of Chronic Rhinosinusitis.
Allergen Immunotherapy, Today and Tomorrow: Session II. Immunotherapy with Food Allergens
Cecilia Berin (PhD), Stacie M. Jones (MD),
2.5 Hours
This course will summarize the state of the art of allergen immunotherapy for food allergy, including new observations on immunologic changes associated with food allergen immunotherapy and includes a special emphasis on inducing long-term prevention of peanut allergy by early life exposure to allergen. The course will also disc....
Diabetes for Licensed Clinical Staff
Sheila Richmeier, MS, RN, FACMPE
1 Hours
This course develops the knowledge and skills needed to recognize the signs and symptoms of diabetes, understand the disease process and recognize the risk factors of the disease. The content will introduce testing and medications used for diagnosing, treating, and effective management of diabetes. It will also explore the actio....
Pulmonary Disease for Licensed Clinical Staff
Sheila Richmeier, MS, RN, FACMPE
1 Hours
This course develops the knowledge and skills needed to recognize the signs and symptoms of pulmonary disease, understand the disease process and recognize the risk factors of the disease. The content will introduce testing and medications used for diagnosing and treating pulmonary disease and will explore the actions that care....
Quality Improvement for Health Care Supervisor
Sheila Richmeier, MS, RN, FACMPE
1.25 Hours
This course introduces basic quality improvement concepts and examines the ability for application in various situations. You will gain an understanding of how quality metrics collection, reporting and analysis are instrumental to driving quality in the practice.
Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment
Industry Specialists
2.5 Hours
Because drug abuse and addiction have so many dimensions and disrupt so many aspects of an individual’s life, treatment is not simple. This CEU course addresses addiction to a wide variety of drugs, including nicotine, alcohol, and illicit and prescription drugs, in an attempt to explain the problems faced by patients in need o....
Caring for Patients with Limited English Proficiency
Colleen Symanski-Sanders, RN, Forensic Nurse Specialist
1 Hours
Immigration patterns are changing, no longer isolating immigrants to certain geographic locations. Cultural disparity in healthcare is a real concern and healthcare professionals need to respond. Nowhere is this as obvious, than at the bedside of care. Home Care Nurses function in the patient’s home where the patient’s culture i....
Restless Leg Syndrome
Colleen Symanski-Sanders, RN, Forensic Nurse Specialist
1 Hours
"Months had gone by, I was physically and mentally exhausted and could no longer delay seeing a physician. I thought this is crazy. How am I going to explain that my left leg hurts when I try to go to sleep at night, take a nap on the couch, sit in a chair, or ride in a car? When I stand or walk the leg pain resolves. Some night....
Anti-infective Drug Use in Obstetrics - Part II
Gerald G. Briggs, B.Pharm.
1 Hours
This article is a continution of Part I. Again, for each drug that is discussed, the pregnancy risk factor category (as defined by the Food and Drug Administration) is shown in parentheses. To allow for easy reference as these drugs are discussed the categories are as follows: Category A: Controlled studies in women fail to d....