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....
2015 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines
Industry Specialists
9.00 Hours
This CEU course discusses the following topics to assist health care workers in the prevention and treatment of STDs: alternative treatment regimens for Neisseria gonorrhoeae; the use of nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis; alternative treatment options for genital warts; the role of Mycoplasma g....
A Meaningful Approach to Quality Clinical Improvement
Edward Zuroweste, MD and Hans Dethlefs, MD
0.25 Hours
At their best, clinical core measures serve as an important window to examine the impact and quality of care being delivered at health centers. However, without an effective system in place clinical core measures can require a great deal of time and effort without yielding important quality improvement. This session will examine....
Critical and Long Term Ailments: COPD/Respiratory Emergencies
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
25.00 Hours
This Continuing Education Unit highlights the toll of emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The study finds that many patients are not meeting the treatment goals they believe are possible.
A Holistic Approach to Gut Health
Brooke Lounsbury
1.00 Hours
There has been recent rediscovery into how important digestive health is to our overall health. It has been said that all health starts in the gut. This is very true on many levels. Our bodies cannot perform without the intricate dance of chemical, hormonal and physical interactions that take place every second within our digest....
Interpretation of Investigations: Practical Application
John Saetta
0.50 Hours
This session will look at when it is appropriate to do an investigation, when it is not and the factors a practitioner needs to consider before ordering investigations.
An Underperforming Colleague: What To Do?
Fatima Jaffer (BSc, MBBS)
0.50 Hours
This session discusses the complex and often challenging issues of underperformance in doctors across the training grades, and to identify and help to manage and support trainees in difficulty.
Clinical Governance
Christina Faull
0.50 Hours
This session will describe clinical governance and consider how its various components assure delivery of high quality care. The session will encourage you to consider your role in clinical governance as a foundation doctor and throughout your future career.
Working with Others: Developing Networks
Lisa Martin and Laura Meadows
0.50 Hours
This session will increase your knowledge in the importance of developing networks and how your role as a registered practitioner can impact on patient care and the service which you provide. Multi-professional working and learning is essential for any healthcare practitioner. Networking gives you the opportunity to not only wor....
Blood Transfusion and Consent Scenario
National Health England
0.25 Hours
In this scenario you are going to meet a patient called Agnes. You will follow her journey from her GP, to hospital and then to discharge. You will explore her story and be presented with questions along the way.