Improving Hand Hygiene
Industry Specialists
2.00 Hours
This course was developed from the Institute For Healthcare Improvement guide which help organizations reduce health-care-associated infections, including infections due to antibiotic-resistant organisms, by improving hand hygiene practices and use of gloves among health care workers.
Impact of Anxiety on Cognition
Oliver Robinson
3.00 Hours
Anxiety disorders constitute a sizable worldwide health burden with profound social and economic consequences. This advanced CE course examines the interaction between anxiety and cognition focusing on the translational threat of unpredictable shock paradigm.
Evidence-Based Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Joan Armstrong.
10.00 Hours
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have lifelong effects on individual functioning in areas such as learning, relationships, and independence in daily life. This CE course provides information and tools to support healthcare professionals in making informed decisions about selection, implementation, and monitoring of ASD interven....
Gynecologic Problems for HIV Infected Women
Jean Anderson, M.D.
3.00 Hours
Gynecologic problems are common among HIV infected women and are frequently present at the time of initial presentation for evaluation and care. This CEU course provides detailed information pertaining to problem-oriented approaches to common gynecological complaints; abnormal pap smear; genital ulcers; vaginal discharge; pelvi....
Eating Hints Cancer Support
Industry Specialists
2.00 Hours
This course was developed from the National Cancer Institute booklet which is a resource for the person who is about to get, or is now getting, cancer treatment, in addition to their family, friends, and others close to them. The booklet covers: what should be known about cancer treatment, eating well, and eating problems; how....
Medications and Breastfeeding
Frank J. Nice RPh DPA CPHP
This course covers the actions, indications and contraindications for breastfeeding of prescription and over-the-counter medications, anesthetics, analgesics and recreational drugs which are often used to treat illness or enhance and support health and breastfeeding.
Men Who Batter - Parenting Interventions
Katreena Scott, Ph.D. C. Psych.
1.50 Hours
Fathers today are spending more time with their children, taking more responsibility for child care tasks, and sharing in more parenting decision. This CEU course describes developments in the field of parenting programs for men who batter, identifies commonalities across pioneering programs in approach and philosophy, and high....
Lifetime Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
Phyllis Holditch Niolon, Ph.D., et al.
2.00 Hours
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans and occurs across the lifespan. This CEU course discusses strategies based on the best available evidence to help social workers sharpen their focus on prevention activities with the greatest potential to prevent IP....
Management of Major Depressive Disorder in Prison Populations
Federal Bureau of Prisons
2.00 Hours
This CEU course provides recommendations for the management of depression in federal inmates.
Clinical Guidelines for the Management of PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder
Nancy Bernardy, Ph.D. and Charles Hoge, M.D., et al.
3.00 Hours
This CE course presents clinical practice guidelines that are intended to provide healthcare providers with a framework by which to evaluate, treat, and manage the individual needs and preferences of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD), thereby leading to improved clinical outcomes.
Management of Foodborne Illness and Malnutrition in Prison Populations
The Federal Bureau of Prisons
1.00 Hours
This CEU course provides recommendations for the identification and management of foodborne illness outbreaks among prison populations and for the assessment and nutritional augmentation of inmates who are in a malnourished state.
Evidence-Based Treatments for First Episode Psychosis
Robert Heinssen, Ph.D., ABPP, et al.
1.50 Hours
The majority of individuals with serious mental illness experience the first signs of illness during adolescence or early adulthood and there are often long delays between symptom onset and the receipt of evidence-based interventions. This CE course provides an overview of the evidence-based components of coordinated specialty....
Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics for Mental Illness
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course focuses on the neuroscience and psychiatry of translating neural circuits into novel therapeutics, in addition to the understanding and treatment of fear/safety, anxiety, and anxiety disorders. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
HIV and Hepatitis Among Native Gay Men and Two Spirit People
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course highlights key issues that impact risks for HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and viral hepatitis among Native gay men and Two Spirit people. It also presents recommendations for state and local health departments to effectively collaborate with Tribal communities, Native agencies, and Native gay men and Two....
HIPAA Privacy Law Update
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Jocelyn Samuels, Director Office of Civil Rights
1.00 Hours
This short course is based upon an update presented by the Department of Health and Human Services from it's National Conference held in 2003. HIPAA went into law in 1996 and has seen few changes or updates since that date.
EEG Principles
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
4.00 Hours
Electroencephalography is the neurophysiologic measurement of the electrical activity of the brain by recording from electrodes placed on the scalp or, in special cases, subdurally or in the cerebral cortex . The resulting traces are known as an electroencephalogram (EEG) and represent an electrical signal (postsynaptic potentia....
Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
6.00 Hours
At the scene of any crash or other event involving traumatic injury, emergency medical services (EMS) providers must identify those patients who are at greatest risk for severe injury and must determine the most appropriate facility to which to transport persons with different injury types and severities. This decision process i....
Influenza
Mohammed Ibrahim
Flu Immunisation is one of the most effective interventions immunisers can provide to reduce harm from flu and pressures on health and social care services during the winter. Increasing flu vaccine uptake in clinical risk groups is important because of increased risk of death and serious illness if people in these groups catch f....
Medications for Licensed Clinical Staff
Sheila Richmeier, MS, RN, FACMPE
1.00 Hours
In this course, you will gain an understanding of patient medication review, reconciliation and documentation, basic medication usage, and methods to communicate appropriate medication usage to patients. Information presented will help promote the awareness of the importance of understanding and communicating proper instructions....
Medical Ethics in Healthcare
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
3.00 Hours
In many ways, healthcare is an art and a scientific endeavor. Professionals try to act in ways that promotes the best health of the patient. But it is not always clear what is best for the patient. Thus at times choices have to be made that focus on what is best for the individual or their relatives, what medical records can be....
Factors Affecting Health of Women of Color
Industry Specialists
5.00 Hours
This CEU course examines the health care systems, the major diseases, and the barriers to accessing health care for women of American Indians / Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, Hispanics and Latinos, Blacks / African Americans, and Asian Americans.
Elimination and Toileting
Damion Keith Jenkins
2.50 Hours
This Elimination and Toileting course will provide participants with a review of the basic safety considerations and nursing care guidelines that help protect patients, residents and clients from complications related to elimination and toileting. This comprehensive review can be utilized throughout all healthcare settings, as t....
Clinical Leadership in Health Care for the Homeless
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This CE course explores several aspects of clinical leadership in the practice setting, such as balancing clinical and administrative responsibilities, building internal and external relationships, delivering quality care, and directors’ need for training in practice management and leadership skills. *This course is not appro....
How to alleviate perineal pain following an episiotomy
Mary Steen and Bernie Cummins
An episiotomy increases maternal morbidity in the postnatal period. Alleviating perineal pain is an important aspect of maternal health care. A combination of pain relief methods, systemic and localised, may be required to alleviate perineal pain associated with an episiotomy. It is important that midwives and doctors advise....
How to care for a patient's eyes in critical care settings
Janet Marsden and Richard Davies
Eye care is an important aspect of the nursing management of patients who are critically ill. All patients in acute care settings with absent or compromised eye defence mechanisms are at risk of eye complications and ocular surface disease. This module aims to assist healthcare practitioners to care for the eyes of patients in c....