Infection Control & Isolation Precautions for Transmittable Diseases
Industry Specialists
3.00 Hours
The discovery of certain disease within the last 15 years has alerted health care workers to the need to lower the chance of transmission of these diseases from client to caregiver. These diseases are spread through exposure to blood and body fluids and are called blood-borne pathogens. Two of these diseases are AIDS and hepatit....
Elder Abuse Prevention and Reporting
Damion Keith Jenkins
1.50 Hours
This Resident Abuse Prevention and Reporting course will provide participants with a review of the basic protective and safety considerations that help protect elders from complications related to abuse and neglect. This comprehensive review can be utilized for nursing personnel within the settings of assisted living, home care,....
Healthcare IT Trends and Strategies
Industry Specialists
1.00 Hours
Healthcare Information Technology. Learners enrolled in this course will be exposed to Healthcare Information Technology. Practical Job Aids and Learn-By-Doing exercises are provided to ensure the learner has the tools and practice experience to gain exposure.
Healthcare Payer Trends and Strategies
Industry Specialists
1.00 Hours
This course covers the latest Healthcare Payer Trends and Strategies. The course will identify trends associated with payer quality metrics, explore the payer role with regard to population health, identify the payer trends related to Medicare and Medicaid, define the trends associated with health insurance exchanges, and examin....
Healthcare Provider Trends and Strategies
Industry Specialists
1.00 Hours
This course covers practices in Healthcare Provider Trends and Strategies. The course will examine access to care, explore consumerism and patient engagement, identify the trends in the cost of care, examine the reimbursement and payment models, examine population health, define precision medicine, provide an overview of behavio....
NMIC Evidence Based Practice
Gina Johnson and Ian Hill-Smith of the UK National Minor Illness Centre
This module explains how to apply the principles of evidence based practice to the patient with an acute illness - and how to avoid (or at least, be aware of) some of the pitfalls. What do we mean by "evidence"? How reliable is it? Is our evidence subject to bias, and how can we detect it? Could you harm a patient by requestin....
CNA102: Diabetes Type 2
Mary McGeough, R.N., B.S.N.
1.50 Hours
The nursing assistant will better understand diabetes, how it affects body systems, and how to care for the resident with diabetes to minimize complications of the disease.
CMA204: Diabetes Type 2
Mary McGeough, R.N., B.S.N.
The medication aide will enhance her knowledge of type 2 diabetes and the special care of the patient with the disease.
HH100: Diabetes Type 2
Leanne Anthon, RN, BSN, MSN
The home health aide will enhance her understanding of type 2 diabetes and the care of the client with the disease.
NUR147: Infection Control.
Mary McGeough, R.N., B.S.N.
Health care professionals will review and gain knowledge of current and emerging infection control procedures, common health care related infections, and infectious disease outbreaks.
NUR109: Coronary Heart Disease
Linda Fisk, BS, RN
The healthcare practitioner will enhance her knowledge of coronary heart disease and its impact on the individual.
Implanted Ports: Infection Risks and Treatment
Michael Saubolle PhD, DABMM, FIDSA, FAAM
1.00 Hours
First used in the 1980s, implanted vascular access ports were developed as a means of decreasing bloodstream infections among oncology patients. Their use has expanded among patients with other diagnoses that require long-term, reliable central vascular access. This session will identify the epidemiology associated with infectio....
Lung Volume
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
20.00 Hours
This course will offer an in-depth analysis of lung volume, why it is important, and how it is measured. The meaning and importance of Inspiratory Capacity (IC) and Expiratory Reserve Volume (ERV) will also be discussed.
Mastering Effective Communication
Danny Silk, MSW
1.00 Hours
The need to communicate with our fellow human beings is necessary, unless of course, you’re a hermit. But good communication can be tricky. Communicating well involves understanding the fundamental skills of effective communication and some practice. Research evidence indicates strong correlation between a healthcare provider’s....
G-Tube Care & Maintenance
Medline University
1.00 Hours
The goal of this program is to discuss enteral tubes and inform healthcare professionals regarding the procedure for administering feedings and medications, and for performing maintenance of the enteral tube. The course provides the healthcare professional with the tools necessary to recognize various feeding methods, list metho....
Lower Extremity Wounds: Focus on Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Awareness
Medline University
1.00 Hours
As nurses, we are often consulted to see patients with lower extremity wounds in a variety of care settings to include acute care, home care, long term care, as well as outpatient wound centers. This presentation is designed to increase your knowledge regarding lower extremity wounds and PAD awareness, and to review current best....
Management of gastroenteritis in children under five years
Adam Davies
1.00 Hours
This learning module explores the causes and management of gastroenteritis in children under five years. It considers in particular national guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The importance of identifying and assessing dehydration is discussed, as well as its systematic management, carer educat....
Loss and grief in the childbearing period
Denise Côté-Arsenault, PhD, RNC, IBCLC, FNAP
4.50 Hours
Provides a solid foundation of historical, theoretical and clinical knowledge to facilitate effective nursing care of families faced with pregnancy or newborn loss. Addresses potential effects that caring for bereaved families can have on nurses. Includes case studies and resources for professionals and families.
Basic Life Support
Industry Specialists
2.00 Hours
Basic Life Support is a specialist course covering terminology, legal requirements and basic life support techniques in case of an emergency. The course aims in particular to teach its readers how to assess an incident and manage a casualty who is choking, vomiting, unconscious or not breathing. The course uses audio-visual el....
Lessons from the Ebola Crisis: Global Health on your Doorstep
Edward Zuroweste, MD
1.00 Hours
We all live in an increasingly globalized world which is beset with economic and political crises as well as profound disparities in opportunity and access to scarce resources. Within this context, migration is a constant. Mobility within nations as well as internationally is an ever growing reality for many people throughout th....
Inhaler technique — the why and the how
Ruth Morrow
Inhaler technique is an essential skill for patients and nurses to ensure optimum and accurate delivery of medication to the lungs. This module aims to provide nurses with information on the rationale for optimum inhaler technique, the consequences of poor inhaler technique, errors with inhaler technique and the different techni....
How Scan4Safety helps to support patient safety
Rob Drag & Lorna Wilkinson
Rob Drag, Scan4Safety Programme Manager and Lorna Wilkinson, Director of Nursing will share the Salisbury Hospital's journey (UK) with GS1 standards.
Novice to Expert Theory
June Kaminski, RN MSN PhD(c)
3.00 Hours
This 1 module (3 CE credit) course introduces nurses to the Novice to Expert Theory, (a construct theory first proposed by sibling researchers, Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus (1980) as the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition, and later applied and modified to nursing by Patricia Benner in 1984) provides a very useful and important the....
Human Factors in Nursing Informatics
June Kaminski, RN MSN PhD(c)
5.00 Hours
This 2 module (5 CE credit) course introduces nurses to human factors essential to effective application of nursing informatics in practice. Topics focus on the human factors of ergonomics, human-computer interaction, usability, learnability, memorability, likeability, readability, asepsis, and aesthetics.
Human Trafficking Victims
The Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services
3.00 Hours
Human trafficking, also known as modern day slavery, is a crime that involves the exploitation of a person for the purpose of compelled labor or a commercial sex act. This CEU course details a series of coordinated actions to strengthen the reach and effectiveness of services provided to all victims of human trafficking. Inclu....