Screening for Drug Use in Medical Settings
Industry Specialist
2.00 Hours
This course is intended to provide in general medical settings the screening tools and procedures necessary to conduct screening, brief intervention, and/or treatment referral for patients who may have or be at risk of developing a substance use disorder. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Trauma and Urban Poverty
Family-Informed Trauma Treatment Center, Laurel Kiser, Ph.D., M.B.A
5.00 Hours
This white paper reviews the clinical and research literatures on the impact of trauma in the context of urban poverty on the family system including the individual child or adult, adult intimate partnership, parent-child, siblings and intergenerational relationships, as well as the family as a whole.
Trauma Awareness
Kathleen Guarino, LMHC
2.00 Hours
This course explores several main elements that influence why people respond differently to trauma; the contextual and systemic dynamics that influence individual and community perceptions of trauma and its impact; types of trauma; objective and subjective characteristics of trauma; and individual and sociocultural features that....
Suicide Prevention in Senior Living Communities
Industry Specialist
5.00 Hours
This course provides an understanding of suicide prevention in senior living communities by raising awareness of the issue of suicide among older adults and learning how to recognize and respond to a resident who is at risk of suicide. This course emphasizes the importance of paying attention to residents' behaviors and emotion....
Sex Trafficking: A Gender Based Civil Rights Violation
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
11.00 Hours
The trafficking of persons has frequently been described as a “modern” or “Twenty-First Century” form of slavery. This CEU course provides definitions of trafficking; discusses how and why trafficking victims are identified; investigates the relationship between organized crime and human trafficking; examines the legalization o....
Serving LGBT Youth and Adult Populations
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
The social and legal environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the United States is changing rapidly. Despite these changes, existing research suggests that LGBT people, like some other minority groups, may face disproportionate risks to their economic and social well-being. This CEU course summar....
Supporting Responsible Fatherhood
Industry Specialist
2.00 Hours
This course provides information on family strengthening research by reviewing programs designed around: supporting fatherhood; strengthening relationships; capacity building; nurturing children through families; family strengthening research for American Indian and Alaska Natives; and supporting positive youth development and r....
How to manage a choking adult
Elizabeth Simpson
Choking, or foreign body airway obstruction, is a common, yet treatable, cause of accidental death. This article aims to provide an overview of the skills required when faced with this emergency in adults, including how to recognise this emergency, the immediate management and treatment required, and the necessary aftercare.....
Supporting the establishment and maintenance of lactation for mothers of sick infants
Elaine Harris
Breastfeeding is the healthiest way for a woman to feed her infant. The World Health Organization/United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund () launched the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in maternity services. However, this initiative focuses on healthy and full-term....
Assessment and management of patients with ankle injuries
Jennie Walker
Foot and ankle injuries are common and can have a significant effect on an individual's daily activities. Nurses have an important role in the assessment, management, ongoing care and support of patients with ankle injuries. An understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the ankle enables nurses to identify significant injuri....
Understanding Elder Abuse
Shelly L. Jackson, Ph.D. and Thomas L. Hafemeister, J.D., Ph.D.
1.00 Hours
This CE course provides a summary of each elder abuse theory and its possible application. In addition, the theoretical directions suggested are intended to spur the critique of existing theories and facilitate the development of new theories that will enhance the understanding of elder abuse. Of the many types of elder abuse,....
What to Do When Diabetes Affects Your Mood
Patria Alguila and Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPH, CNC
1.00 Hours
In this webinar participants will be able to identify the Health Resource Services Administration performance measures related to depression, describe symptoms of depression, understand how to encourage patients to control and manage their diabetes and depression, and understand the principle barriers faced by patients in the....
Understanding Drug Metabolism and Elimination
Georgina Casey
Termination of drug action is an essential step in drug therapy. One of the key roles of the liver is to alter the chemical structure of foreign compounds—drugs and other toxins—allowing their excretion from the body. Drug metabolism occurs in two phases. These may be affected by developmental stage and age, by disease processes....
Supporting People with Autism
Industry Specialists
2.00 Hours
Autism can be defined as a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people and the world around them. As a Neurodevelopmental disorder, autism is not curable, but there are lots of ways in which you can help an autistic person and their family.
Remote Total Triage Model in General Practice
Dr Minal Bakhai
This information only session outlines the key messages and advice on how to establish a remote total triage model in general practice using online consultation.
Mindfulness
Claire Cheminade
This session aims to give an overview and define what mindfulness is. It will look at the evidence base for it and provide information on further resources and support. This session is universal, for everyone. It will be useful for: People themselves – whether they are accessing services or not People across the life cour....
Team Working and Patient Safety
Hilary Cotton
0.50 Hours
This session will demonstrate how effective teamwork is a determining factor in patient safety, and will enable you to ensure that any team you work with is effective and therefore able to provide safer care for the patient.
Team Dynamics
Sheila Peskett
0.50 Hours
This session examines team dynamics. This includes what constitutes a good team in healthcare, the team's development, your contributions to a successful team, and how to intervene in and improve a dysfunctional team. It also gives you the foundations for successfully contributing to leading a team in a clinical setting.
Sexually Transmitted Infections In Young People
Dawn Wilkinson
0.50 Hours
This session will review sexually transmitted infection (STI) trends in young people, sexual health promotion and identify factors which place young people at high risk of STIs. It will also describe the different models of sexual health services available to young people and how modernisation of services has improved access and....
The Role of the Healthcare Professional
Patricia Wilkie
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the role that the healthcare professional plays in helping an individual to self care. It examines the different models for self care and the benefits of helping an individual to self care.
Subclinical Hypothyroidism Diagnosis and Management
Anoop Kumar Agrawal
0.50 Hours
This session covers the presentation, diagnosis, investigation and initial management of hypothyroidism in primary care.
Supporting Children's and Young People's Development
John Oates
0.50 Hours
This session focuses on the Early Support concept and how to find and use related resources.
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Sarah Pape
0.50 Hours
This session introduces the Core of Knowledge for laser, intense pulsed light (IPL) and light emitting diode (LED) devices and describes the principles of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Sudden Vision Loss Case Study 2
Rosemary Robinson
0.25 Hours
This session works through a scenario concerning a patient with sudden loss of vision.
Viscoelastics
Prasad Palimar
0.50 Hours
This session briefly describes viscoelastics, their properties and their use during phacoemulsification cataract surgery.