Drugs That Can Cause Breathlessness and Underlying Lung Disease
Elora Mukherjee
0.25 Hours
This session looks at drugs commonly associated with causing shortness of breath, the underlying pathogenisis of the pulmonary drug reaction and clinical manifestations.
Neutropenic Sepsis with Oral Ulceration
Tina Davies and Catriona Quillinan
0.5 Hours
This session considers the definition, investigation and management of neutropenic sepsis and associated oral ulceration.
Loss and Grief
Elaine Tabony - Lecturer practitioner for Health Visiting and School Nursing at Brunel University
The session will examine the presenting psychological difficulties for a child facing loss and grief.
Management of Breathlessness in an HIV Positive Patient
Gary Whitlock
0.5 Hours
This is a step-by-step description of a management plan for a breathless HIV+ (human immunodeficiency virus) patient.
Hormonal and Metabolic Regulation of Cardiac Function
Natasha Lawrence and Stephen Webb
0.5 Hours
This session provides an outline of the key hormonal and metabolic factors that regulate cardiac function.
Initial Management of Hand Burns
Helen Wohlgemut and Nadeem Khwaja
0.5 Hours
This session will describe how to reduce oedema in burns of the hand and offers guidance on how to assess the need for early surgery in patients with such injuries. Later sections will explore the principles of early surgery in burns of the hand.
Electrocardiogram (ECG)
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.5 Hours
Continuous ECG monitoring is widely used inside and outside the hospital to monitor the electrical activity of the myocardium. This session provides an overview of ECG monitoring and functionality, and examines the issues that might affect and interfere with its measurement.
Laboratory Testing and Pre-operative Imaging
Ridzuan Farouk
0.5 Hours
This session outlines the rationale for selective pre-operative investigations. Suggested tests based on the age and fitness of the patient, combined with the nature and severity of their surgery, are described.
Inhalational Anaesthetic Agents
Tom Peck
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the pharmacology of two commonly used volatile agents and nitrous oxide. The key concepts of minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) and the blood:gas solubility coefficient are discussed.
Intravenous Induction Agents (anaesthesia)
Sue Hill
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the novice anaesthetist to three of the commonly used intravenous induction agents: propofol, thiopental and etomidate.
Gases and Vapours (anaesthesia)
William Boaden
0.50 Hours
This session provides an outline of the gas laws that govern the behaviour of gases found in anaesthesia.
Additional Tests
Bryony Strachan
0.5 Hours
This session describes the value and role of additional intrapartum tests including fetal blood sampling, fetal ECG and fetal stimulation testing.
Humerus Fractures
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.5 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on descriptions for the radiographic aspects of proximal Humerus and humeral shaft fractures, evaluation and treatment options associated with 2-part, 3-part and 4-part proximal Humerus fractures and humeral shaft fractures.
Legal Ramifications for Documentation
Marcy Jack, JD, BSN, CPHRM
1 Hours
The quality of infusion therapy is evaluated by the quality of the nursing documentation. Accurate and complete documentation is considered a professional standard of nursing practice. Documentation that is incomplete or not consistent with organizational policy, state regulations, or state boards of nursing can be used to suppo....
Maintaining Pediatric Vascular Access Devices
Theresa Reed, BSN, RN, VA-BC
0.75 Hours
Treatment methods for acutely ill children now include regimens that require frequent infusions. Central vascular access devices (CVADs) have become an important tool in the medical management of children. It is important for patients and their care providers to have an understanding of the intensity of maintenance required and....
Implementing and Evaluating Smart Pump Technology
Pamela Phelps, PharmD, FASHP
1 Hours
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports that approximately 1.5 million hospital patients experienced, and are harmed by, medication-related adverse events each year. Half of these events are related to the use of infusion pumps. Infusion-related medication errors can result in serious injury or death. But, the development of "sm....
CMS Hospital CoP Made Easy Part II
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Part II of the series will cover patient rights in a hospital, including restraint and seclusion, grievances, informed consent, advance directives, visitation, and much more.
ED CMS CoPs
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
The emergency department (ED) is a high-risk environment for liability. In order to prevent problems from arising, administrators must make sure their facilities adhere to CoPs that affect their ED. This program will cover CoPs on ED and Interpretive Guidelines located in two separate sections of the Hospital CoP. Our expert....
CMS Hospital CoP Made Easy Part IV
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Part IV of the series will cover QAPI, utilization review, physical environment, radiology, lab, dietary, and more!
CMS Medical Records: Hospital CoPs and Proposed Changes
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
The Joint Commission has changed many of their standards to comply with the CMS CoPs. During this program, attendees will receive in-depth information about the CMS regulations and interpretive guidelines for medical records. Additionally, our expert will provide a crosswalk to those changes. Attendees will learn about many d....
Falls Prevention
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Preventing falls and fall-related injuries are important issues for all hospitals. Patient falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths for patients over 65 years of age. The goal is to reduce the number and severity of falls while increasing mobility. It is important that all healthcare facilities be up to date on the c....
National Patient Safety Goals for Hospitals
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....
Give Falls the Slip: TJC & CMS Hospital CoPs & Standards
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Falls and fall-related injuries are important patient safety and risk management issues for all hospitals. Patient falls are the leading cause of injury related deaths for patients over 65 years of age and the number one hospital-acquired condition, costing hospitals $30,000 per fall-related injury. Every hospital should have a....
Interdisciplinary Rounding to Improve Case Management Outcomes
Toni Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
Interdisciplinary care rounds are moving to the fore as a key strategy for coordinating care, managing length of stay and improving patient and family satisfaction. According to The Joint Commission, best practice for these rounds includes the full interdisciplinary care team with rounds conducted at the patient bedside. Case ma....
Informed Consent: Meeting CMS, TJC and DNV Requirements
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Informed consent is a costly deficiency for hospitals that can be easily prevented. A recent study found that misplaced consent forms cost hospitals $580,000 each year, and 66% of patients were missing signed consent forms at surgery, delaying 10% of surgical procedures. This program will provide the current CMS CoPs for hosp....