Behavioral Health for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Males
Kevin Nadal, Ph.D., et al.
1 Hours
This short CEU course summarizes best practices and expert consensus on culturally appropriate approaches, treatment modalities, and effective tools in working with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) men and boys.
Preventing Suicide Through Improved Collaboration for Juvenile Justice Youth
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This short CEU course provides recommendations for systems and practitioners in juvenile justice, law enforcement, mental health, substance abuse, child welfare, and education to work collaboratively to successfully prevent suicide.
Addiction - Neurobiology, Prevention, and Treatment
Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy, M.D., M.B.A
9 Hours
This CE course explains the neurobiological basis for substance use disorders and provides the biological, psychological, and social frameworks for improving diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol and drug misuse. Evidence-based prevention strategies, effective treatment strategies, and recovery support services are al....
Privacy and Security of Electronic Health Information (HIPAA)
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
3 Hours
Everyone has a role to play in the privacy and security of electronic health information. This CE course helps health care providers better understand how to integrate federal health information privacy and security requirements into their practices.
OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens, Waste, Sharps and Catheters
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This course covers OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.1030 regarding healthcare worker exposure to bloodborne pathogens. It gives an overview of the standard, and addresses specifics on what employers are required to do when an incident occurs, protective measures employers need to take, equipment available to reduce the risk of incident....
Promoting Sexual Health
Industry Specialist
5 Hours
This course provides highlights of a technical consultation with experts in the field of sexual health convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC sought current perspectives on the topic to inform their work in the area. This meeting was the first of a series of conversations held with a broad range....
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect - Evidence-Based Core Strategies
Beverly Fortson, Ph.D., et al.
3 Hours
Child abuse and neglect is a serious public health issue with far-reaching consequences for the youngest and most vulnerable members of society. This CEU course provides strategies that focus on preventing child abuse and neglect from happening in the first place as well as approaches to lessen the immediate and long-term harms....
Caring for Homeless Patients with Opioid Use Disorders: Clinical Guidelines
Daniel Meges, MD, FACP, et al.
6 Hours
Numerous factors associated with homelessness may increase the risk of developing severe opioid use disorders and make treatment more difficult. This CE course discusses optimal care for people with opioid use disorders who are homeless or marginally housed, addressing clinical and programmatic issues.
Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Senior Centers
Industry Specialist
3 Hours
As a focus point for the community, senior centers connect older adults with a range of critical services and programs, including meals and nutrition programs, transportation services, health and wellness programs, and social and recreational activities. Therefore, these centers play an important role in promoting emotional hea....
Pursuing Organizational Cultural Competence
Industry Specialist
3 Hours
This course provides organizational strategies to promote the development and implementation of culturally responsive practices from the top down, beginning with organizational self-assessment of current services and continuing through implementation and oversight of an organizational plan targeting initiatives to improve cultur....
Parenting Interventions for Men Who Batter
Katreena Scott, Ph.D. C. Psych.
2 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....
Childhood Trauma: Types, Effects, and Treatments
Lynne A. Kellner, PhD
2 Hours
This intermediate-level course provides a foundation for understanding the types of trauma children experience, including both acute and chronic traumatic events, and how trauma affects the child's affective, physiological, attentional, behavioral, and relational development and abilities. Participants will learn about the facto....
QTc Interval Prolongation: Implications for Patient Management
C. Michael White, PharmD, FCP, FCCP
3 Hours
Several of the most commonly used medications have the potential to cause QTc interval prolongation, increasing the risk of torsade de pointes. The propensity of a medication to cause QTc interval prolongation is a common reason for drug withdrawal from the U.S. market. Agents ranging from antiarrhythmics to antifungals share so....
Case Management, Care Planning, and Behavioral Health for Homeless Individuals
National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Claudia Davidson, MPH
0.25 Hours
In the United States and other industrialized countries, rates of disease and mortality are high among those experiencing homelessness and youth represent one of the largest sub-groups of the overall homeless populations. This CEU course provides an overview of the health issues among youth, case management, and advance care pl....
Case Study: Challenges in type 2 diabetes control: slipping control and weight gain
Industry Specialists
This case study describes the ongoing management of a 66-year-old obese man with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia. He had noted worsening of his glycaemic control over the previous six months and weight gain over the previous 18 months. This CPD module was published 23.10.17 for a UK audience. Although....
Reproductive Organ Cancers in Women
Suzanne Mahon, RN, DNSc, AOCN, AGN-BC
10 Hours
The experience of a woman diagnosed with cancer can be distinctive. Many cancers affect both males and females, but some are unique to women and impact women during childbearing years. The impact of a cancer diagnosis for either a man or a woman can be devastating and have a cascading impact on the immediate and extended family.....
Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency
Industry Specialist
7 Hours
This course illustrates how the the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project is the first major opportunity to use a behavioral economics lens to look at programs that serve poor and vulnerable people in the United States. Behavioral economics combines insights from psychology and economics. The BIAS p....
Adult Drug Courts and Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This course addresses the following aspects with regard to medication-assisted treatment for opioid dependence and adult drug courts: understanding opioid use and dependence; evidence-based best practices for opioid dependence; medication-assisted treatment and drug courts; effective medication treatments for opioid dependence;....
Administrators - Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
This course provides information about new developments in the rapidly growing field of co-occurring substance use and mental disorders; focuses on what the substance abuse treatment clinician needs to know and provides that information in an accessible manner; and synthesizes knowledge and grounds it in the practical realities....
Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment (Updated)
Kenneth Conner, Psy.D., M.P.H.; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
12 Hours
Suicide is a leading cause of death among people who abuse alcohol and drugs. This CE course presents the “what” and “why” of working with clients with substance use disorders who have suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors. In addition, the rational for the approach described is examined along with an understanding of how adminis....
Courtrooms for Children and Adolescents
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CEU course outlines how to create child and adolescent fair courtrooms and addresses issues such as: who would be a good support person for a young child who has to testify; are therapy animals allowed as comfort items for a child who is afraid of testifying in court; can a courtroom set-up be physically altered; how to mak....
Competencies for Counseling the Multiracial Population
Dr. Kelley R. Kenney, Dr. Mark E. Kenney
2 Hours
The goal of this CE course is for the competencies discussed to serve as a resource and provide a framework for how counseling and other helping professionals can competently and effectively work with and advocate for members of the multiracial population, including interracial couples, multiracial families, multiracial individu....
Democratizing Patient Data: A Story of Patient Empowerment
Kristina D. Sheridan, MS and Kate R. Sheridan
1 Hours
The most critical member of the care team, the patient, is being left out. Their data are not captured in a way that can be leveraged at home by patients, or in the clinical setting by providers. There are few patient-facing tools designed to support their daily care at home, or capture how they are doing between appointments.....
Creating an EHR-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
David Ratto, MD
0.75 Hours
Utilizing our present EHR system, we built our own in-house Antimicrobial Stewardship Program to meet all federal, state, CDC and Joint Commission guidelines and mandates. We moved from a time-consuming paper-based system taking hours with incomplete tasks to now completing mandated antibiotic rules on all patients in less than....
Advanced EKG Assessment
Cathy Lockett RN, MHA, BSN, CCRN, EMT
2 Hours
The EKG is the most commonly-used procedure for diagnosing a wide variety of cardiac conditions, yet even the most seasoned nurses struggle to master interpretation. In this information-packed program cardiac expert, Cathy Lockett, RN, MHA, BSN, CCRN-K, will teach you easy-to-understand techniques to identify ischemia, injury, i....