IUT: Facilitating Choice
Christina Fey, Jackie Abrahams and Paula Briggs
0.50 Hours
This session examines how to facilitate a woman's choice of intrauterine method through the use of self assessment questions. Three case histories are used to illustrate this.
IUT: Summary of Method
Jackie Abrahams, Christina Fey and Paula Briggs
0.50 Hours
This session is designed to give an overview of the intrauterine methods, their effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages. This session is aimed at those who already have a basic knowledge of the methods.
Managing Impalpable Implants
Noel Mack
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the initial management of women with impalpable implants, including a case scenario.
Imaging and Pain
Rahul Seewal and Gajan Rajeswaran
0.50 Hours
This session describes the use of various imaging techniques in the diagnosis and management of long-term pain conditions.
Non-pharmacological Cancer Pain Management
Simon Tordoff
0.50 Hours
This session covers the principles of non-drug management of cancer pain.
Dual Process Theory
Kerry Crawley
0.50 Hours
This session aims to introduce the concept of System 1 and System 2 type thinking, which forms part of the dual process theory.
Novice to Expert
Tom Mallinson
0.50 Hours
The theory of practitioner development from novice to expert was most comprehensively developed by Prof Patricia Benner (1984), an academic nurse and author, in relation to the development of expertise in nursing practice. Benner adapted the work of Dreyfus and Dreyfus (1980) to nursing practice.
Facial Pain Principles and Management
Rajiv Chawla
0.50 Hours
This session describes the presentation of clinical cases together with the options for treating pain mediated by the trigeminal system.
Normal Heart by Angiography (Incl. Coronary Angiography)
Gareth Morgan-Hughes and Adrian Cann
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the technique of angiography of the coronary arteries and normal coronary angiographic anatomy.
Foetal Echocardiography
Peter Wilde
0.50 Hours
This session shows the indications and techniques for foetal echocardiography. The focus is on screening for normality rather than diagnosis for abnormality.
Imaging and Intervention in Chronic Mesenteric Ischaemia
Sam Chakraverty
0.50 Hours
This session details the diagnosis and the contribution of interventional radiological treatment for chronic mesenteric ischaemia.
Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters
Sumaira Macdonald
0.75 Hours
This session introduces the concept and techniques of inferior vena cava (IVC) filtration.
Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure Care - Module G: Transdisciplinary Team Care
Suzanne J. Wingate, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA
2.00 Hours
The purpose of Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure Care is to educate case managers so that they may be aware of and empowered to intervene and support efforts to understand and expedite effective resource and clinical management based upon the: -Latest evidence-based guidelines and standards of care for HF patients -Hospita....
Improving Outcomes in Obesity Management - Module B: Assessments & Complications of Obesity
Ann K. Cashion, PhD, RN, FAAN
1.00 Hours
This course offers current standards of care for the patient with obesity and is presented in four modules: Module A: Prevalence and Pathophysiology Module B: Assessment Module C: Interventions
Life Safety Code 2012: Changes You Need to Know
Heather Lauzon Werner
This fast-paced presentation will cover the 2012 Life Safety Code and discuss changes from the 2000 edition, including building rehabilitation, suites, means of egress, hazardous areas, door inspections, corridor cooking, decorations, and many more. Our presenter will guide attendees through these complicated standards by review....
From Awareness to Action: Conquering the Nursing CoPs
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
The nursing services section in the Hospital CoP and interpretive guidelines has been cited over 4,350 times due to frequent updates. CMS recommends hospitals to provide nursing CoPs training on a regular basis because it is difficult to teach and implement CoPs updates on top of nurses' workload. This program will cover 2018....
New CMS Emergency Management Standards: Understanding The Final Rule
Brad Keyes, CHSP
In September of 2016, CMS issued their final rule on new Conditions of Participation standards (CoPs) for Emergency Management. CMS has set November 16 2017, as the effective date for all healthcare facilities to be fully compliant with these new standards. In this presentation, our expert will discuss the new standards, iden....
How to Provide Antenatal Care
Industry Specialists
This film explains the importance of antenatal care and in particular, the principles of ‘focused antenatal care’ (FANC). It describes what is involved in the four visits that make up FANC, including taking a patient’s history, examinations, checks and giving information.
Harm Risk Behaviors & Suicide Prevention - Module B: Assessment & Prevention
Betsy B. Waterman, PhD, CAS, MS, BS and Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP
1.50 Hours
The purpose of Improving Outcomes in Harm Risk Behaviors & Suicide Prevention is to educate case managers about suicide so that they may be aware of early warning signs and empowered to intervene and support the efforts of other interprofessional practice team members, including other health care professionals, patients and fami....
Harm Risk Behaviors & Suicide Prevention - Module C: Pathophysiology and Underlying Conditions and Disorders
Betsy B. Waterman, PhD, CAS, MS, BS and Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP
1.50 Hours
The purpose of Improving Outcomes in Harm Risk Behaviors & Suicide Prevention is to educate case managers about suicide so that they may be aware of early warning signs and empowered to intervene and support the efforts of other interprofessional practice team members, including other health care professionals, patients and fami....
ECG Interpretation: A Step-by-Step Approach
Lynn C. Simko, PhD, RN, CCRN & Alicia L. Culleiton, DNP, RN, CNE
5.00 Hours
Provides an overview of both normal sinus rhythm and dysrhythmias. Treatment methods discussed include defibrillators and pacemakers. The course begins with the normal electrical conduction of the heart, and then reviews the steps of how to interpret electrocardiography (ECG). You will learn how to determine the heart rhythm and....
Initial Assessment of the Trauma Patient
Erik J. Usher, RN, BS, CEN, CPEN, EMT-P, CFRN
2.00 Hours
Trauma nurses work in many environments, including prehospital, emergency department, operating room, anesthesia, critical care, floor, and rehabilitation. Trauma nursing as a discipline is challenging and exciting in the anticipation of the next unknown case, regardless of whether in the acute setting or long-term rehabilitatio....
Nonreproductive Organ Cancers in Women
Suzanne Mahon, RN, DNSc, AOCN, AGN-BC
15.00 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.....
Early Recognition and Treatment of Infant Sepsis
Ann Anderson Berry, MD
0.75 Hours
Severe infections are a substantial source of infant mortality worldwide. The vulnerabilities inherent to the infant have increased focus on the progression toward and treatment of sepsis. Typically divided into early and late onset, infant sepsis is significantly different than sepsis in other populations, requiring infant-spec....
Home Infusion Focus: Transitions of Care Across the Health Care Continuum
Mary Beth Newman, MSN, RN-BC, CMAC, CCP, CCM
0.75 Hours
As health care professionals, we strive every day to provide patients with safe, effective, beneficial care in each practice setting. It is when patients transition between settings that problems are most likely to occur, due to a complex health care system with no clearly defined responsibilities to facilitate effective communi....