Fertility Awareness Methods
Jane Knight and Celia Pyper
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the scientific basis of different fertility awareness methods (FAM) which can be used for the purpose of preventing and/or spacing pregnancies.
How Wounds Heal & How You Can Help
Industry Specialists
This lesson covers basic wound pathophysiology and the healing process for different types of wounds. Reviews basic care considerations (applicable to paraprofessionals) as well as nutritional concerns.
An overview of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Helen King and Rebecca Myatt
0.50 Hours
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative malignancies with differing patterns of behaviour and responses to treatment. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and stem cell transplantation are the main treatment modalities, but targeted therapies such as monoclonal antibodies are improving survival. The complex....
Guidelines for Low-Risk Labours
Julie Harrison
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the evidence, UK NICE guidelines, effective methods, barriers and solutions to intermittent auscultation in intrapartum fetal monitoring.
Duplex Diagnosis of Lower Extremity Venous Thrombosis
Nathan Liang MD
The diagnosis of lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a morbid condition and a large function of a noninvasive vascular laboratory. DVT is responsible for as many as 250,000 hospitalizations per year in the United States, and can occur in many different settings, either acquired due to the presence of an external thro....
Raising awareness of scoliosis among children’s nurses
Cheryl Honeyman
0.50 Hours
Scoliosis affects up to 3% of adolescents, some babies and young children, and many children with existing neuromuscular and syndromic conditions. It is the most common spinal deformity. Not all children with scoliosis require active intervention, but for more significant, progressive curves, bracing and/or surgery may be requir....
Educating children’s nurses to communicate bad news
Doreen Crawford, Doris Corkin, Jane Coad and Rachel Hollis
0.50 Hours
Some parents are unhappy with the way news is broken to them. This learning module seeks to educate and inform the reflective practitioner on a series of communication strategies to enhance their skills. This is important because the way news is disclosed can affect the way news is accepted and the level of support the family wi....
Gout: pathogenesis, clinical presentation and management
Burbage Gail
0.50 Hours
Gout is a painful inflammatory condition that can affect a variety of joints, causes significant distress and is associated with a number of comorbidities. This learning module aims to dispel the myths surrounding this condition and explore the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, risk factors and diagnosis. It also describes th....
Priorities at the end of life: caring for people who are dying
Ann Regan and Jane Colling
0.50 Hours
Care of people who are dying is an emotive topic, and there is only one chance to get it right for each individual approaching death. Failure to do so can hinder and complicate the grieving process of those left behind. Embedding core nursing values is integral to improving the quality of care given to all patients and those clo....
Management of gastroenteritis in children under five years
Adam Davies
0.50 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....
Naloxone - management of opiate overdose in a community setting
Brian Cronin / Gordon Ryan
The purpose of this module is to discuss the recent change in legislation regarding the use of Naloxone, examine the use and abuse of opioids, review the pharmacology of opioids and naloxone, show how to recognise and deal with opioid overdoses and give a brief overview of the service and supports available for opioid users.
Avoiding Diagnostic Failures in the Emergency Department
Rosemary Gafner, Ed.D.
The majority of malpractice claims arising from the ED involve diagnostic failures. The difference between diagnostic “failures” and diagnostic “errors” is that errors occur when you carry out the entire diagnostic process appropriately and arrive at a diagnosis that, while wrong, was reasonable given all of the information avai....
Domestic Violence and Healthcare
Martha L. Coulter Dr, PH
2.00 Hours
Merging her practical experience in counseling with an academic and research perspective, Martha L. Coulter Dr, PH of the University of South Florida, Professor of Public Health and Director of the Harrell Center for the Study of Family Violence, presents a vivid overview of domestic violence as expected in physicians practice t....
NSAIDS and Sports Injuries
Alexander Nikolaidis
For many years the prescription of NSAIDs for all kinds of sport injuries (soft tissue injuries, tendon injuries and bone fractures) has been a staple of sports medicine. NSAIDs have well established analgesic effects, but also have proven side effects. Despite the risks, the medical community has considered the safety/effici....
Gender and Substance Abuse
Yvonne Martinez, CADC-CS, ICCS, ICADC, NCAC-I, CRPS
3.00 Hours
Gender and Substance Abuse includes perspectives on gender differentiation and considerations in substance abuse treatment, admissions statistics, physiology and etiology. Included is a brief overview of substance abuse and aggression, violence, perpetrators and victims and gender and cultural influences.
Diseases of Fish
Judy St. Leger, DVM, DACVP
Description of e-learning: This 1-hour lecture on diseases of fish covers the gross morbid anatomy of a wide variety of fresh- and saltwater fish.
Gender and Sexuality for Those Who Identify as LGBTQ
Industry Specialists
1 Hours
This CEU course provides information for health care professionals relating to the terms used among the LGBTQ community, and the opportunities and risks of coming out, along with the phases of the coming out process. This material was reprinted, with permission, from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s publications....
Group Therapy Treatment for Substance Abuse (Revised)
Philip Flores, Ph.D., COP, FAGPA, et al.; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
11 Hours
Groups can support individual members in times of pain and trouble, and they can help people grow in ways that are healthy and creative. This CE course assists counselors in enhancing their therapeutic skills with regards to leading groups that are designed to promote recovery from substance abuse.
Groupwork with Men Who Batter
Jeffrey Edleson, Ph.D.
1 Hours
Currently, there is wide variation in content, style, and length of batterer intervention programs, from small group treatment programs to universal prevention efforts. This CEU course focuses on the research on small group treatment programs for men who batter by first providing a brief overview of the history and current prac....
Evolutionary implementation of GS1 standards in the area of medical devices in the University Clinical Center in Gdansk, Poland
Mrs Joanna Nowak,
During this webinar mrs Joanna Nowak, master of organization and management, will share on the implementation of GS1 for medical devices in the Gdansk Hospital in Poland. In this hospital Mrs Nowak has been head of Medical Procurement Unit since 2001 and is responsible for supplies of medical devices for the University Clinical....
Nursing Negligence: Even If It’s Not Your Fault, It Will Be Your Problem
Rosale Lobo, PHD, MSN, RN, CNS, LNCC
6 Hours
The realities of time stamping 50 facts you NEED to know Avoid the key hazards of drop down boxes in charting Deposition behaviors that add to nursing credibility Hard evidence about what your charting communicates Is the defense counsel for you? Or against you? Charting by exception - a meaningless phrase Trends in nursing liti....
GI Bootcamp for the Healthcare Team
Peter Buch, MD, AGAF, FACP
6 Hours
Assessing abdominal pain: Is an emergency looming? The BEST strategies to identify the cause of elevated liver function tests Clostridium difficile: How many recurrences until we utilize fecal transplant? What you need to know about “interval” colon cancer Probiotic treatments 2018 Identify the source of the GI bleed Irritable b....
Human Trafficking for Child Welfare Agencies and Caseworkers
Industry Specialist
1.5 Hours
Due to their potentially unstable living situations, physical distance from friends and family, traumatic experiences, and emotional vulnerability, children involved with child welfare are at risk for being targeted by traffickers who are actively seeking children to exploit. This CEU course explores how child welfare agencies....
FPIES: What We Know, What We Don’t Know and What We Still Need to Know
Jean-Christoph Caubet (MD), Marion E. Groetch (MS RDN), and Anna H. Nowak-Wegrzyn (MD FAAAAI)
1.25 Hours
This session will provide practical tips on the weaning infants with FPIES and discuss the questions that we have not answered yet in terms of possible mechanisms involved, foods involved and the natural history of FPIES. This workshop explores what we know, do not know and still need to know about food protein induced enterc....
Dying As A Prisoner
Katie Soden, Lesley Hall
0.50 Hours
This session explores end of life care issues for a patient who is also a prisoner. The session addresses the issues faced in different settings, including prison, hospital or hospice. This session was reviewed by Katie Soden and Christina Faull and last updated in March 2017.