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....
Infusion Nursing's Role in the Journey to Magnet Recognition
Roxanne Perucca, MS, CRNI®
1.00 Hours
In today's health care environment, every organization is striving for nursing excellence and working to exemplify value-added care, high-quality outcomes, and professionalism. Infusion nurses are absolutely essential in building a professional practice environment that provides high-quality care and quality outcomes. This prese....
Improving end of life care for adults
Eleanor Sherwen
With people being given more choice about where to die, it is important that healthcare professionals strive to assist a good death in all care settings. Death is a personal, spiritual and social event, which is unique to the individual. Nurses are in an ideal position to support the person who is dying and those who are importa....
Extended-Release Injectable Naltrexone for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course was developed from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration advisory which provides behavioral health professionals - including substance abuse treatment specialists - and primary care medical providers (who treat people with opioid dependence) with an introduction to extended-release injectable....
Medicaid and Behavioral Health
Industry Specialist
10.00 Hours
This handbook is intended to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the Medicaid program. There is a specific emphasis on the interplay between Medicaid principles and behavioral health services. The goal is for the reader to navigate his or her state Medicaid program so that he or she can contribute meaningfully to po....
Management of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH)
Professor Gilbert R Thompson - Dr Mary Seed
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a rare disorder with a very high risk of premature cardiac death that must be diagnosed and treated from childhood onwards, usually with lifelong lipoprotein apheresis. Heterozygous FH is much commoner, with a high risk of cardiovascular disease in adults that can be prevented by....
Mastering Lab Interpretation & the Implications for Patient Care
Sean G. Smith, RN, BSN, NREMT-P, C-NPT, CCRN, CMC, CEN, CFRN, FP-C, CPEN,
6.00 Hours
Understanding the Differential: Including “Shift to the Left” Identify Types of Acute Kidney Failure from the Labs Life-Threatening Electrolyte Imbalances and Interventions Master ABG Interpretation Using a Simple Tool Systemic Inflammation of Sepsis: Lactate/Procalcitonin Levels Reading Cultures and Sensitivities The Clues to L....
Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Susan Fralick-Ball, PSYD, MSN, CLNC, CH
6.00 Hours
Managing the Many Medications for Multiple Sclerosis How to Keep the Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Safe Education Needs of the Myasthenia Gravis Patient New Drugs Available for Parkinson’s Disease Put Yourself in the Shoes of the Patient with Guillain-Barré Meeting Quality of Life Issues for the Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sc....
Exploring the Darknets
Stephen Heath
1.00 Hours
The terms "Darknets" and "Darkweb" frequently make headlines, but what, exactly do these terms mean? How does it work? Can you really find *anything* in the seedy underbelly of the internet? How anonymous is the Darknet? How much of the Darknet is just urban legends of our time? Join the speaker on a deep dive of the Darknets,....
Frailty and Falls in People with CKD - Webinar
Ben Bull
Why are renal patients prone to falls and how can we support them to reduce fall rates
Home Haemodialysis Targeted Treatment Program - Webinar
Leanne Linehan
Patient centred home haemodialysis
Examination of a 40-Year-Old Woman with Symptoms of an Overactive Thyroid
Gill North GP, Sheffield
0.50 Hours
This session uses a video clip to demonstrate how to perform a focused, problem-based physical examination on an adult presenting with possible symptoms of an overactive thyroid in primary care.
Intervening to Reduce Risk Promoting STI Testing
Philippa Matthews
0.50 Hours
This is the third of four complementary sessions on behavioural and clinical interventions to reduce the risk of patients having, or developing in the future, sexual health problems. The three patients in this session have a range of needs, however all of them might benefit from having an STI or HIV test. We also consider the is....