Medicaid Coverage of Medications to Treat Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders
Industry Specialist
4.00 Hours
This course describes treatment effectiveness, cost effectiveness, current coverage under each Medicaid program, and examples of innovative financing and delivery models used by states to provide disulfiram, acamprosate, methadone, buprenorphine, buprenorphine-naloxone, and naltrexone to those with alcohol and/or opioid use diso....
Homelessness Among Special Populations - Elderly, Incarcerated, Rural, and Transgender Individuals
Industry Specialist
2.00 Hours
This CE course provides health care professionals with the knowledge and understanding on the following topics: differences in pathways into homelessness, health care utilization, age-specific clinical issues; the health impact of incarceration; the role of housing first, jail inreach, and re-entry programs; challenges in identi....
Movement to Reduce Youth Incarceration
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This CEU course summarizes recommendations on the following topics: which youths have benefitted from reforms over the past 10 years; legislation and state budgets funding deeper reforms; successful placement policies that bring youth close to home; successful supervision strategies; and ways jurisdictions can incorporate youth,....
Evidence Based Device Selection and Outcomes of Aerosol Therapy
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
20.00 Hours
This course offers an in-depth analysis of the highlights of the history of the use of aerosol in healthcare, as well as the recommendations for use of aerosol devices in the out-patient setting.
Battling the Painkiller Addiction Epidemic
Megan Stewart, MD & Erika Probst, RNC, MSN, CLNC
1.00 Hours
In the United States, enough painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult around the clock for one month. Prescriptions for painkilllers have nearly tripled since 1990 and fatal overdoses reached epidemic levels, exceeding those from heroin and cocaine combined, according to the Centers for Disease Contro....
Domestic Violence Update
Mary Kathleen Ebener PhD, RN & Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN
2.00 Hours
The core content within this course addresses concerns that are common to all forms of domestic violence. Health care professionals’ responsibilities and mandates regarding recognition, intervention, reporting, documentation and prevention of domestic violence are all addressed. This course meets criteria for continuing educatio....
Collaborative health promotion in the middle and later stages of dementia
Ailsa McKay
1.00 Hours
Dementia is a progressive terminal condition affecting all aspects of a person’s functioning. People with dementia require sensitive communication approaches and skilled interventions. In addition, medications may be used to promote wellbeing, but concerns have been raised about covert medication and use of antipsychotics for ma....
DSM-5 Changes
Dr. Lori Phelps
1.00 Hours
An overview of the changes to the DSM-5 with a focus on Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse. The material used for this course is with permission by Kendall Hunt Publishing Company and Dr. Lori Phelps.
HIV and Drugs of Abuse Revised
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This short CE Course is based on an updated research report by NIDA that highlights the state of the science between HIV and drug abuse. *ICB Credit for Counselor I or II, Preventionist I or II, CARS I or II, MISA I or II, PCGC II, CCJP II, CAAP I, CRSS II, MAATP I or II, NCRS I or II, CFPP II *This course is not approved....
HIV Update and Special Populations
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This short CE course on HIV and Special Populations is an update from the Center for Disease Control and addresses new data related to special populations in the United States. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Long Term Care Resident Rights
Industry Specialist
2.00 Hours
This course contains 56 regulatory rights of medium- and long-term care residents under federal law. The format begins with a commonly asked question regarding resident rights and then answers the question based on federal law. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Medicaid: A Primer
Industry Specialist
3.00 Hours
This course is an overview of the federal Medicaid program and suitable for Nursing Home Administrators. It covers eligibility, services provided, cost, and funding for Medicaid. It is intended to help students understand the basics of how the program works, what it does, and how it fits into the national healthcare coverage puz....
Legal and Financial Planning for People with Alzheimer's Disease
Industry Specialists
1.00 Hours
This course was developed from the National Institute on Aging Fact Sheet which describes: legal, financial, and health care planning documents; advance directives for health care; advance directives for financial and estate management; the services available to help; useful advance planning advice; steps for getting affairs in....
Immunization, Vaccine Storage, Handling and Safety
Industry Specialists
3.00 Hours
This CEU course discusses the timing and spacing of vaccines; adverse reactions following vaccination; contraindications and precautions to vaccination; invalid contraindications to vaccination; screening for contraindications and precautions to vaccination; vaccine storage and handling; receiving and unpacking vaccine deliverie....
Methods for Locating Missing Adults with Dementia
Industry Specialists
3.00 Hours
This CEU course focuses on strategies that are available to cope with, and curb, the potential crisis of adults with dementia going missing. The purpose of this course is to: provide an understanding of the scope of the problem and practical knowledge about available methods and technologies designed to assist in the rescue and....
HIV AIDS Clinical Care Common Complaints
Susa Coffey, M.D.
2.00 Hours
This CEU course explores common complaints, such as diarrhea, fatigue, fever, lymphadenopathy, and vaginitis / vaginosis, among other conditions, within the HIV / AIDS population.
HIV Infection in Women
Industry Specialist
9.00 Hours
The worldwide HIV epidemic continues to afflict young women; at the same time, the number of women who acquire HIV infection at birth is slowly rising. This CEU course provides the epidemiology and natural history of HIV infection in women; approaches to use with the patient; prevention of HIV infection; information related to....
Ecological, Biological, and Developmental Studies of Self-Regulation and Stress
Amar Hamoudi Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Duke University, Desiree W. Murray Ph.D. University of South
5.00 Hours
Severe childhood stress appears to have lasting effects, with self-regulation-related difficulties seen into adulthood. This CE course provides clarity on how stress may impact the development of self-regulation by operationalizing stress and self-regulation; discussing different perspectives of how stress and self-regulation i....
HIPAA Privacy Rule and Sharing Information Related to Mental Health
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course addresses some of the more frequently asked questions about when it is appropriate under the Privacy Rule for a health care provider to share the protected health information of a patient who is being treated for a mental health condition. In addition, relevant reminders about related issues, such as the heightened....
HIV AIDS Clinical Care Guidelines
Susa Coffey, MD, et al.; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
11.00 Hours
This comprehensive CE course provides health care professionals working with the HIV-infected population guidelines for best practices on how to use antiretrovirals and deliver primary care to persons living with HIV/AIDS.
Human Services for Low Income and At Risk LGBT Populations
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
12.00 Hours
The social and legal environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the United States is changing rapidly. This CEU course provides the results of an assessment of research needs related to human services for LGBT people. The assessment aims to determine what is known and what needs to be learned in t....
HIV AIDS Clinical Care - Testing and Assessment
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
0.25 Hours
This CEU course provides health care professionals working with the HIV-infected population information on the initial and interim history, physical examination, and laboratory tests; HIV classification; CD4 and viral load monitoring; risk of HIV progression and indications for ART; early HIV infection; expedited HIV testing; re....
Florida Nursing Laws and Rules
Industry Specialists
2.00 Hours
A review of Florida Laws and Rules this course includes content on Chapters 456 and 464 of the Florida Statutes and the rules in Title 64B9 of the Florida Administrative Code.
Medical Documentation
Industry Specialists
0.25 Hours
Documentation has always been an indispensable component of the healthcare delivery system. It is a record of many subjective, as well as objective, observations made about clients’ needs and conditions by the caregiver. It is a "firsthand" record, meaning that the person who gave the care or made the observation does the docume....
Clinical Workflow: Physician Encounter and the EHR
Industry Specialists
1.00 Hours
Develop a better understanding of the clinical workflow processes associated with physician encounter, including admission into a hospital. This course explains how the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is used at each phase of the workflow. The course is designed to provide additional understanding on clinical workflow so that IT....