DRUGS & BEHAVIOUR UNIT 5: PSYCHEDELICS
Mr Fergus McGrath (eolach.ie)
The drugs examined in class five are LSD, MDMA (ecstasy) and hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Basics of Peripheral IV Therapy; Current Standards of Practice 2017
Capra Dalton
8 Hours
This course has been designed to provide basic conceptual and operational knowledge to healthcare clinicians who have had limited exposure to infusion therapy principals and practice. As the science of infusion therapy advances and technology expands, it is imperative that all healthcare clinicians and nurses practicing infusio....
Drugs and Behavior Complete Course
Mr Fergus McGrath (eolach.ie)
This on-demand, self-directed, self-paced, e-learning course is available 24/7/365 and is suitable as a CPD activity for professionals whose work requires a knowledge of substance use, substance misuse or addiction. Participants simply enrol in the course whenever suits them, study it at their convenience and finish it in their....
Managing Falls In the Nursing Home: Who, Why and What Next?
Rein Tideiksaar
4 Hours
Every day, in nursing homes located throughout the United States, hundreds of residents will experience one or more falls. Are some of these residents individuals that you provide care for on a daily basis? The answer is probably yes. Prevention of falls, whether causing injury or not, is a key safety issue in nursing homes.....
Medication Reconciliation
Patricia Schmehl
1.5 Hours
Medication safety has always had strong implications on nursing practice standards. In today’s healthcare environment the impact is greater than ever before. The large number of medication classes is astounding. Maintaining current knowledge of all of these medications along with dosing recommendations, multiple forms, and appli....
Human Trafficking
Maureen Sullivan-Tevault
2 Hours
Human Trafficking is considered a form of modern day slavery. It is a multi-billion-dollar industry and occurs in all parts of the world. It is believed that at latest count, over 20 million people, from all walks of life, has been victims of human trafficking. From child sex trafficking, to forced labor (farm workers, domestic....
EKG Recognition
Kevin Stansbury
6.5 Hours
EKG monitoring is becoming more common in inpatient and outpatient care settings as well as emergency and critical care areas. Nurses and other healthcare professionals are responsible for cardiac patients including monitoring and interpreting cardiac dysrhythmias. They must develop critical thinking skills required to quickly....
Injury Prevention in Elderly Care
Industry Specialists
3 Hours
This course provides guidelines to help reduce the number and severity of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in facilities. The recommendations in these guidelines are based on a review of existing practices and programs, State OSHA programs, as well as available scientific information, and comments received from representat....
Frontotemporal Disorders
Industry Specialists
2 Hours
This course was developed from the National Institute on Aging and National Institutes of Health booklet which is meant to help people with frontotemporal disorders, their families, and caregivers learn more about these conditions and resources for coping. It explains what is known about the different types of disorders and how....
Guide to Breastfeeding
Industry Specialists
0.25 Hours
This course focuses on: the importance of breastfeeding; finding support and information for the mother; how breast milk is made; what the mother needs to know before giving birth; learning to breastfeed; common challenges and questions with breastfeeding; what to know when breastfeeding a baby with health problems, during speci....
Nursing of the Geriatric Patient
Pamela Clark
2 Hours
This online continuing nurse education course has been designed to promote optimal geriatric patient care by providing current concepts that uphold safe nursing practice in this patient population. This course is applicable to all nursing practice settings in which elderly patients are served. This course provides 2 contact hour....
Impacts of Sleep Loss and Stress
Janne Grønli
0.25 Hours
Sleep has been ascribed a critical role in cognitive functioning. This advanced CEU course provides evidence linking sleep to mechanisms of protein synthesis-dependent synaptic plasticity and synaptic scaling. How disruption of sleep by acute and chronic stress may impair these mechanisms and degrade sleep function is also con....
Iron Infusion for the Treatment of iron Deficiency Anemia
Pamela Clark
1.5 Hours
Iron deficiency anemia is common among certain groups of people and oral iron supplementation is not appropriate for some of these. Intravenous iron infusions can significantly increase the quality of life for individuals suffering from this exhausting condition but are also associated with potentially serious complications. Res....
Helping Community Health Workers Promote Chemical Safety on the Job
Juliana Simmons, MPH
1 Hours
José Navarro was excited for his new career after landing a job in the poultry industry. After five years on the job, 37 year-old Navarro began coughing up blood. He died soon after when his lungs and kidneys failed. His death triggered a federal investigation raising questions about the health risks associated with the use of t....
NHA102: Infection Control
Mary McGeough, R.N., B.S.N.
Nursing home administrators will review and gain knowledge of current and emerging infection control procedures, common health care-related infections, infectious disease outbreaks, and how to develop effective infection control programs within a health care facility.
NUR108: Atrial Fibrillation
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Atrial fibrillation, or AF, is the most common type of cardiac (heart) arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm. AF occurs if rapid, disorganized electrical signals cause the heart's two upper chamb....
NUR107: Arrhythmia
Linda Fisk, BS, RN
An arrhythmia is a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm. A heartbeat that is too fast is called tachycardia. A heartbeat that is too slow is called bradycardia. Most arrhythmias are harmless, but some can be serious or even l....
Domestic Violence
Industry Specialists
2 Hours
To educate health care professionals on domestic violence issues as required by Florida State Law, Section 456.031. F.S. “Requirement for instruction in domestic violence."
Health Care for Migrant Women: Taking it to the Next Level
Candace Kugel, FNP, CNM, MS and Megan Danielson, CNM, MSN
1 Hours
Migrant women face significant disparities with an additional layer of complexity and require different intervention strategies. Among them are reproductive health, pregnancy and childbirth, sexual and intimate partner violence, and cancers that disproportionately affect women, including cervical and breast cancer. Women often f....
LARC in nulliparous women
Dr Gillian Darling
This module gives an overview of the efficacy of and the applications for the various long-acting reversible contraceptives.
End of Life Care and Palliative Care
Industry Specialists
3 Hours
When the Department of Health published its End of Life Care Strategy for England in July 2008, their aim was to promote high quality care for all adults at the end of life. The Strategy recognised that a 'cultural shift in attitude and behaviour related to end of life care' needed to occur within the health and social care wor....
Management of type 2 diabetes
Noreen McHale
This module aims to give a greater understanding of type 2 diabetes. It identifies those at risk, deals with the frequency of screening and the interpretation of results. The module deals with how best to support such patients, the importance of monitoring and the individualisation of patient care, including setting suitable tar....
Evidence-Based Practices for Preventing Childhood Abuse and Neglect
Beverly Fortson, Ph.D., et al.; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
1 Hours
Child abuse and neglect is highly prevalent and is associated with several risk factors. This CEU course provides a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help prevent child abuse and neglect. The strategies represented include those with a focus on preventing child abuse and neglect from happening....
Health Factors Affecting Women of Color for Social Workers
Industry Specialists
2.5 Hours
This CEU course examines the health care systems, the major diseases, and the barriers to accessing health care for women of American Indians / Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, Hispanics and Latinos, Blacks / African Americans, and Asian Americans.
Mental Health Medications Update 2012
Industry Specialist
3 Hours
This course gives a brief overview of how psychotherapeutic medications are used as treatment for mental illnesses. It covers specific medications for treating schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and ADHD. In addition to describing each type of mental disorder and the effect medications have on it, th....