Clinical Drug Testing in Primary Care
Industry Specialist
10 Hours
This course provides information that clinical practitioners need when deciding whether to introduce drug testing in their practices. It offers guidance on implementing drug testing, and describes some of the ways that drug testing can contribute to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients seen in primary care. It also c....
Effects of Disasters on People of Low Socioeconomic Status
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Hours
Being of low socioeconomic status (SES), in the United States and around the world, may affect how people understand disaster risk, prepare for disasters, and respond to warnings and evacuation orders. This CEU course focuses on how people in poverty, with low income, and low SES experience disasters by exploring the difference....
HIV AIDS Clinical Care - Oral Health
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This short CEU course provides information on oral health for those working with HIV and AIDS patients.
Marijuana and Cannabinoid Neuroscience
Ken Mackie, M.D., et al.
1 Hours
This short CEU course focuses on the neurological and psychiatric effects of marijuana, other cannabinoids, and the endocannabinoid system. Both the adverse and the potential therapeutic effects of the cannabinoid system are discussed.
Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction - Phased Approach
Steven Batki, M.D., et al.
4 Hours
A core group of basic- and extended-care services is essential to the effectiveness of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction. This CE course describes the phase-treatment approach and duration, approaches to providing comprehensive care and maximizing patient retention, and using drug testing as a tool.
Introduction to Cultural Competence
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Andrea Kopstein, Ph.D., M.P.H., Karl D. W
3 Hours
his course defines cultural competence, presents a rationale for pursuing it, and describes the process of becoming culturally competent and responsive to client needs. In addition, it highlights the consensus panel’s core assumptions and introduces a framework, adapting Sue’s (2001) multidimensional model of cultural competenc....
Marijuana: Effects on Brain, Body and Behavior
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
This short course covers selected effects of marijuana on the brain, body and behavior. In addition to information about how it affects the mind and body, it includes statistics on marijuana use in the US. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Introduction to Trauma
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
This course provides basic information on sources and impacts of trauma and describes how behavioral health, human services, and other systems are becoming “trauma-informed.” This course also focuses on how people come to recognize the impact of trauma on themselves and others, and become aware of the ways in which women might....
Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs
NIDA (the National Institute on Drug Abuse)
1 Hours
NIDA (the National Institute on Drug Abuse) research is developing a clearer picture of the dangers of hallucinogenic and dissociative drugs. In this paper, they have compiled the scientific information to inform readers and hopefully prevent the use of these drugs. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Drug Cultures and the Culture of Recovery
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Andrea Kopstein, Ph.D., M.P.H., Karl D. W
1 Hours
his course identifies drug cultures as a domain that requires proficiency in clinical skills, programmatic development, and administrative practices. It explores drug cultures in regards to: their concept; their relationship to mainstream culture; their values and rituals; and how and why people value their participation in suc....
LEP Guide for Improving Patient Safety
Industry Specialist
5 Hours
This course focuses on how hospital leaders and other hospital staff can better identify, report, monitor, and prevent medical errors in patients with limited English proficiency. In addition, a training module that teaches a set of team behaviors and structured communication tools designed to reduce medical errors for LEP pati....
Intimate Partner Violence Against Transgender People and People of Color
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Program
2 Hours
Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects many LGBTQ and HIV-affected people, yet there remains a great deal of silence surrounding IPV, and many conversations about IPV outside LGBTQ communities are facilitated in a heteronormative context. This CEU course provides strategies to create dialogue on IPV in transgender communities....
HIV AIDS Clinical Care Treatment
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
5 Hours
This CEU course provides health care professionals working with the HIV-infected population information on antiretroviral therapy; reducing perinatal HIV transmission; care of HIV-infected pregnant women; health care of HIV-infected women through the life cycle; palliative care and HIV; and adherence.
Fundamentals of Cardiovascular Nursing: Biology and Epidemiology
Leanne H. Fowler, DNP, MBA, AGACNP-BC, CNE
5 Hours
This course provides nurses with foundational information to caring for patients with cardiovascular disease. This course can serve as a reference for nurses working in cardiovascular care areas or desiring to work in cardiovascular care. The curriculum begins with a review of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology. Cardiac hemod....
Club Drugs, Ecstasy, and Hallucinogens
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CEU course discusses common types of hallucinogens (LSD, Peyote, Psilocybin, and PCP) and club drugs (GHB, Rohypnol, and Ketamine) with regard to: how the drug is abused; how the drug affects the brain; addictive potential; other adverse effects on health; and treatment options. *This course is not approved for NBCC rene....
Dual Diagnosis: Understanding Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
Patricia Hocking-Walker, M.S.
1 Hours
Behavioral health professionals have a responsibility to be aware of the complex relationship between mental illness and substance abuse or dependence, known as dual diagnoses or co-occurring disorders. Topics include characteristics and prevalence, theories, screening and assessment, and treatment of dual diagnosis.
National Quality in Health Care for the Homeless
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CEU course provides health care workers with information on pursuing national quality in health care among the homeless, focusing on the following topics: the medical home model; the role of health information technology; the advantage of patient-centered medical home health care; the intersection of patient-centered medica....
HIV/AIDS: A 2-Hour Overview
Leanna Marchand, RN, BSN, JD
2 Hours
Major progress has been made in understanding the many facets of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency disease (HIV/AIDS). Inroads into detection, immune response, and transmission have helped in the development of therapeutic interventions, including four-drug combination therapies. The first four-drug comb....
Image Interpretation of the Paediatric Skeleton: Suspected Physical Abuse - Case Study 4
Claire Giles
0.5 Hours
This self-evaluation session presents a case study for review regarding paediatric suspected physical abuse.
Image Interpretation of the Paediatric Skeleton: Suspected Physical Abuse - Case Study 7
Claire Giles
0.5 Hours
This self-evaluation session presents a case study for review regarding paediatric suspected physical abuse.
General Radiation Protection - Radiology
Elizabeth Davies
0.5 Hours
The aim of this session is to provide a short introduction to the main methods of dose reduction used in radiation protection.
Hindfoot Pain: Enthesopathy - Radiology
Philip O'Connor
0.5 Hours
This session deals with the most common causes of heel pain and their imaging findings.
Image Interpretation - Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Foot and Ankle - Session 1
Dorothy Keane
0.5 Hours
This session will look at the anatomy of the foot and ankle using both diagrams and magnetic resonance (MR) images. It will then describe a range of mechanisms of injury affecting the bones and soft tissues. Techniques for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the foot and ankle will be discussed.
Image Interpretation of the Paediatric Skeleton: Child Development - Relevance to Imaging Children
Alison Tonkin and Claire Weldon
0.5 Hours
This session will describe and explore how children develop from birth to the end of adolescence and how this impacts on considerations for communication before, during and after their diagnostic imaging procedures.
Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Third Trimester Scanning
Nigel Thomson
0.5 Hours
This session will discuss the reasons for scanning a singleton pregnancy in the third trimester, and the techniques involved. The various patterns of fetal growth that may be encountered are illustrated by graphs.