An overview of paediatric anaesthesia
Helen Elizabeth Langton
0.50 Hours
This learning module provides an overview of the nursing considerations for paediatric anaesthesia. It is aimed at newly qualified operating department practitioners and anaesthetic nurses, and those with limited experience in the care of paediatric patients. It explores the ways in which paediatric anatomy and physiology differ....
Varicella zoster virus: chickenpox and shingles
Dinah Gould
0.50 Hours
The varicella zoster virus causes two infections: varicella, also known as chickenpox occurring mostly in childhood, and herpes zoster, also known as shingles affecting mainly older people. Varicella usually occurs in children under ten years of age. It is generally a mild infection and in the UK vaccination is not offered as pa....
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV seropositive adults
Alexander Paul Donnelly
0.50 Hours
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) non-adherence is one of the strongest predictors of the advancement of human immunodeficiency virus to AIDS, and a known causative effect of medication-resistant strains of the virus. With non-adherence between 57.2% and 10.1% in the UK, and with the advancing role of nurses at the forefront of HIV c....
How to set up and use a Twitter account professionally
Meriel Chudleigh and Ray Jones
0.50 Hours
This article encourages nurses to use Twitter to engage in professional discussions, share information and raise awareness of alternative views to enhance practice and patient care. Twitter is an online social media service that enables users to send and read 140-character messages called tweets. Twitter is free and accessibl....
How Are You Being Heard? Communicate, Connect and Conquer - Taking Care of Business Summit
Margaret Wallis
Margaret Wallis provides us with an in-depth discussion on communication.
Managing children with raised intracranial pressure resulting from meningitis
Siba Paul, Joanne Smith, Jessica Green, Adam Smith-Collins and Ravindranath Chinthapalli
0.50 Hours
Intracranial pathologies in children need urgent identification and management. This learning module describes intracranial pressure and outlines the features and management of meningitis. It is accompanied by an illustrative case study to give an idea of what nurses might encounter in a child presenting with raised intracranial....
An overview of alcohol-related liver disease
Danielle Fullwood
0.50 Hours
Alcohol is one of the three leading causes of liver disease in the developed world. Patients with alcohol-related liver disease are often cared for in general wards and hospitals, rather than specialist centres. This may be a result of the number of patients being admitted or a lack of referral to specialist services by healthca....
Prevention of surgical site infection
Pauline Harrington
0.50 Hours
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common healthcare-associated infection that can cause patients extreme pain and discomfort, resulting in prolonged hospitalization and additional costs to the NHS. Multidisciplinary team working, combined with audit and surveillance, early recognition of signs and symptoms of infection, and imp....
JPE 23.4 Práctica #5 para un Parto Saludable: Evita Dar a Luz Acostada de Espalda y sigue el Deseo de Pujo de tu Cuerpo
Joyce T. DiFranco, RN, BSN, LCCE, FACCE and Marilyn Curl, RNC, CNM, LCCE, FACCE
Las mujeres en los Estados Unidos todavía dan a luz acostadas de espaldas y con el pujo controlado y guiado por los doctores, restringiéndoles el deseo natural para controlar la duración y la frecuencia del pujo. Los estudios recientes no apoyan estas actividades. Hay mucha discusión sobre las investigaciones recientes y sugeren....
Integrating Technology Into the Classroom
Andrea Keller
As educators we are always looking for ways to expand our students’ learning. Why stay inside the classroom? Are you only allowed one field trip a year? With the expansion of online resources, there are so many ways to allow our students and classrooms the ability to connect with others. Participants during this session will lea....
Module 6: Working with Experts and Consultants
Mr Scott McDonald
Module 6 includes evaluating marketing experts: What you absolutely need to know about evaluating consultants and resources. It is not possible nor practical to turn doctors into adverting and public relations professionals. Nevertheless, the demands of dental practice require that doctors be familiar with this aspect of the....
Identifying, Managing, and Preventing Work-Related Injuries in Dental Practitioners
Ms Sharon Boyd RDH, BS
An overview of common physical ailments and injuries caused by repetitive strain or positioning of dentists, hygienists, assistants, and other dental personnel; including how to avoid them and options to reduce long-term pain. This course is designed to educate members of the clinical dental team on how to identify risk facto....
A Basic Approach to Guided Bone Regeneration
Dr Rodrigo Romano
During the course you will learn the basic principles of Guided Bone regeneration for placement of dental implants or to enhance gingival architecture
Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
6 Hours
At the scene of any crash or other event involving traumatic injury, emergency medical services (EMS) providers must identify those patients who are at greatest risk for severe injury and must determine the most appropriate facility to which to transport persons with different injury types and severities. This decision process i....
EEG Principles
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
4 Hours
Electroencephalography is the neurophysiologic measurement of the electrical activity of the brain by recording from electrodes placed on the scalp or, in special cases, subdurally or in the cerebral cortex . The resulting traces are known as an electroencephalogram (EEG) and represent an electrical signal (postsynaptic potentia....
Influenza
Mohammed Ibrahim
Flu Immunisation is one of the most effective interventions immunisers can provide to reduce harm from flu and pressures on health and social care services during the winter. Increasing flu vaccine uptake in clinical risk groups is important because of increased risk of death and serious illness if people in these groups catch f....
Medical Ethics in Healthcare
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
3 Hours
In many ways, healthcare is an art and a scientific endeavor. Professionals try to act in ways that promotes the best health of the patient. But it is not always clear what is best for the patient. Thus at times choices have to be made that focus on what is best for the individual or their relatives, what medical records can be....
HIV & AIDS
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
3 Hours
Nearly 25 years after the first report of a handful of cases of a nameless deadly disease among gay men in New York and Los Angeles, there are still over 1 million persons living with HIV in the United States. About one-fourth of those with HIV have not yet been diagnosed and are unaware of their infection. The “new” syndrome....
Medical Marijuana: Helpful or Harmful?
Donn Kropp, RN, BSN
1 Hours
Marijuana occupies a strange place in our society, as both an illegal recreational drug, and a unique herbal medication that holds great potential benefit for the treatment of a variety of illnesses. We all know the cultural stereotypes of marijuana users: “potheads”, druggies, stoners sitting on the couch for hours on end. Mun....
Effective Conflict Resolution
Danny Silk, MSW
1 Hours
Conflict is no respecter of persons, and it rears its head at work, at home, and pretty much any place where two or more people spend time together. Conflict is unavoidable. Since conflict is here and not going anywhere, it’s paramount that we understand it and institute principles and practices to ensure we resolve conflict eff....
Hand Hygiene: Life and Death is in Your Hands
Donn Kropp, RN, BSN
1 Hours
Your hands greet your neighbors, embrace your spouse, caress your children. You care for yourself with your hands. Your hands feed you, brush your teeth, and rub your eyes when you’re tired. You work with your hands. Your hands change bedding, administer medicine, and clean wounds. Your hands have the power to soothe, to comfort....
DRUGS & BEHAVIOUR UNIT 1: THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM (Part 1)
Mr Fergus McGrath (eolach.ie)
Class number one gives an overview of the human nervous system, an account of the neuron (nerve cell) and an introduction to the brain with particular emphasis on the hindbrain and midbrain, which are two of its three subdivisions. This class emphasises the function of each structure as opposed to locating it anatomically.
Falls Prevention: Tools and Strategies
Rebecca Huff, MSN, RN,
1 Hours
In hospitals alone, patient falls are a leading cause of death in people age 65 or older. There is increasing regulatory and reimbursement pressure on hospitals to prevent patient falls. Learn the latest tools and strategies to help prevent falls from Rebecca Huff, MSN, RN, Vice President of Clinical Services at Medline Industri....
Hashimotos Thyroiditis From A Western Medicine And Holistic Perspective
Brooke Lounsbury
2.5 Hours
An online continuing education course for nurses, medical health professionals and others interested in understanding Hashimotos Thyroiditis disease, causes, symptoms, lab tests and treatment options from both a holistic and Western medicine approach. Hashimotos Thyroiditis is named after Dr Hakaru Hashimoto in 1912. Dr Hashi....
Fetal Heart Rate Nomenclature, Interpretation, and Management
George A. Macones, MD, FACOG
7 Hours
The ACOG eModule, Fetal Heart Rate Nomenclature, Interpretation, and Management was developed specifically as a learning resource for the practicing obstetrician-gynecologist. The content of the eModule, embedded between the Pretest and Posttest, is presented in four segments: Introduction and Objectives; Nomenclature; Category....