Image Interpretation - Radiographs of the Paediatric Chest: Cystic
Andrew Yeung
0.50 Hours
This session will look at disease processes that can give rise to a cystic appearance on chest radiographs.
Image Interpretation - Radiographs of the Paediatric Chest: Self-Evaluation Session 2
Dorothy Keane
0.50 Hours
A self-evaluation exercise designed to help you to assess your image interpretation skills on chest radiographs.
Managing Patients Undergoing General Anaesthesia in the MRI Unit
Barbara Nugent
0.75 Hours
This session is primarily for MRI radiographers, radiologists, physicists, clinical scientists and other relevant staff who have direct responsibility for patient and staff safety when scanning patients during General Anaesthetic (GA) sessions in an MRI unit. It outlines the additional safety measures required when dealing wi....
Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Introduction
Regina Fernando
0.50 Hours
This session considers the role of ultrasound in investigating obstetric conditions and discusses its value alongside other imaging modalities. Tips on equipment use, technique, orientation and reporting will be offered.
Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Abnormal First Trimester
Hazel Edwards
0.50 Hours
This session will discuss the ultrasound appearances of common early pregnancy complications including subchorionic haemorrhage, miscarriage, pregnancy of unknown location, ectopic pregnancy and gestational trophoblastic disease.
Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Applications of Doppler Ultrasound
David Cole
0.50 Hours
This session considers the use of Doppler ultrasound to investigate and monitor those pregnancies at risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality due to utero-placental insufficiency.
Image Interpretation - GI and GU: Introduction to Urinary Tract Imaging
Julie Nightingale
0.50 Hours
This session will briefly discuss the anatomy and physiology of the genito-urinary (GU) system, identify common signs and symptoms of disease and provide a brief overview of imaging techniques used to evaluate pathology.
Image Interpretation - Accessory Projections: Upper Limb
Paul Simpson
0.50 Hours
This session will describe and demonstrate a range of specialist projections of the upper limb/s, which are rarely requested and can therefore be unfamiliar to some radiographers.
Image Interpretation - CT Anatomy: Facial Bones
Julie Howson
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the anatomy of facial bones on a series of axial, coronal and sagittal computed tomography (CT) images. There are opportunities to assess your learning throughout the session.
Image Interpretation - CT Anatomy: Ankle and Foot
Dorothy Keane
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the anatomy of the bony ankle and foot on a series of axial, coronal and sagittal computed tomography (CT) images. There are opportunities to assess your learning throughout the session.
Introduction to Culture
Katie De Freitas
0.50 Hours
This session aims to describe what is meant by 'culture' and why it is important for health professionals to be aware of its impact on health.
Improving Outcomes in Obesity Management - Module C: Treatments & Interventions in Obesity Care
Ann K. Cashion, PhD, RN, FAAN
1.50 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
Improving Outcomes in Pain Management - Module D: Pain Management: Types of Chronic Pain
Yvonne D'Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS
2.00 Hours
Our five Modules offer the current standards of care for the patient with pain. Our Course is organized as follows: -Pathophysiology of Pain -Acute Pain -Chronic Pain Overview -Types of Chronic & Persistent Pain -Cancer Pain Management
Improving Outcomes in Pain Management - Module E: Pain Management: Cancer Pain
Yvonne D'Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS
1.50 Hours
Our five Modules offer the current standards of care for the patient with pain. Our Course is organized as follows: -Pathophysiology of Pain -Acute Pain -Chronic Pain Overview -Types of Chronic & Persistent Pain -Cancer Pain Management
Improving Outcomes in Sepsis Care and Resource Management - Module D: Prevention & Treatment
Debra Siela, PhD, RN, CCNS, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CNE, RRT
1.25 Hours
This course will focus on sepsis care and resource management. The five course modules describe the prevalence and pathophysiology, assessment, sources and predisposing conditions, prevention and treatment and the case manager’s role in Sepsis planning and treatment goals.
Improving Outcomes in Sepsis Care and Resource Management - Module E: Case Manager's Role
Debra Siela, PhD, RN, CCNS, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CNE, RRT
1.25 Hours
This course will focus on sepsis care and resource management. The five course modules describe the prevalence and pathophysiology, assessment, sources and predisposing conditions, prevention and treatment and the case manager’s role in Sepsis planning and treatment goals.
Managing and Preventing Third Party Payer Denials
Toni Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
Third party payment denials remain a critical challenge for case managers in healthcare, especially with recent denials coming from Medicaid and Medicare. The impact of denials has increased with the implementation of the two-midnight rule and requirements associated with placing patients in the right level of care based on thei....
New CMS QAPI Standards & Revised QAPI Worksheet
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
During this program, attendees will learn all The National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for hospitals and how those goals compare and contrast to CMS standard equivalents. Infection control standards and NPSGs on infection control issues are very important to hospitals and healthcare facilities, as are the goals regarding alarm....
CMS to Hospitals: How to Overcome the QAPI Worksheet and Standards
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI) is one of three CoP sections with a correlating CMS worksheet. State and federal surveyors use the worksheet on all survey activities in hospitals when assessing compliance with the QAPI standards, including validation and certification surveys. This program will cover t....
Nurse Case Managers & Social Workers: Relationship Best Practices Part II
Toni Cesta, Ph.D., RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
Social workers play a unique role in the interdisciplinary care team. In best practice case management models, social workers work with psychosocially complex patients and family caregivers to provide psychosocial support, interventions and assistance with discharge planning. This program will review how case management proc....
A Midwife Like Me
Industry Specialists
A film produced in partnership with the International Confederation of Midwives showing the incredible work midwives across the world are doing to inform and empower women and their families.
How to Resucitate a Newborn Baby
Industry Specialists
This film will show you how to resuscitate a newborn baby. It is based on the Resuscitation Council UK's guidelines and will focus on the following essential maneuvers: keeping the baby warm, assessing the baby, opening the airway, and chest compressions.
Harm Risk Behaviors & Suicide Prevention - Module A: Societal Views, Prevalence & Economic Impact
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....
4 Essential Communication Strategies that Promote Patient Safety
Beth Boynton
2.00 Hours
This instructional continuing education course is designed for nurses who are in direct care or middle management positions in hospitals; long-term care facilities, and other frontline in- and out-patient practice settings. Despite 15 years of national focus on improving patient safety outcomes, we continue to have staggering s....
A Novel Approach to Understanding Stress, Trauma, and Bodymind Therapies
Mardi A. Crane-Godreau
2.00 Hours
This advanced CE course offers an alternative perspective on the concept of stress, and provides a clearer understanding of the mechanisms of action of bodymind therapeutic and educational systems (BTES). The concept of the Preparatory Set (PS), defined as the unitary, largely subcortical, organization of the organism in prepar....