DRUGS & BEHAVIOUR UNIT 4: PSYCHOSTIMULANTS
Mr Fergus McGrath (eolach.ie)
The psychostimulants examined in class four are cocaine, amphetamine, caffeine and nicotine.
Lower Extremity Wounds: Focus on Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Awareness
Medline University
1 Hours
As nurses, we are often consulted to see patients with lower extremity wounds in a variety of care settings to include acute care, home care, long term care, as well as outpatient wound centers. This presentation is designed to increase your knowledge regarding lower extremity wounds and PAD awareness, and to review current best....
G-Tube Care & Maintenance
Medline University
1 Hours
The goal of this program is to discuss enteral tubes and inform healthcare professionals regarding the procedure for administering feedings and medications, and for performing maintenance of the enteral tube. The course provides the healthcare professional with the tools necessary to recognize various feeding methods, list metho....
Eating Disorders and Osteoporosis
Industry Specialists
2 Hours
This course examines: the guidelines for achieving optimal health with diet, exercise, and body composition; osteopenia and osteoporosis; how to maintain bone health; the characterization and statistics of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, night-eating syndrome, and eating disorders not otherwise specifie....
Lewy Body Dementia
Industry Specialists
2 Hours
This course was developed from the National Institutes of Health booklet which is meant to help people with LBD, their families, and professionals learn more about the disease and resources for coping. It explains what is known about the different types of LBD and how they are diagnosed. Most importantly, it describes how to t....
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Industry Specialists
1 Hours
This course was developed from the National Cancer Institute booklet which is for someone who has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. This type of cancer starts in the lymph system. Another name for this cancer is Hodgkin disease. The booklet provides medical care information for people with Hodgkin lymphoma.
Formula Feeding
Vergie Hughes RN, MS, IBCLC, FILCA 2 L-CERPs,
This course looks at the history of infant formula, the worldwide decline of breastfeeding including the cultural trends and the international as well as U.S. organizations which are active in supporting breastfeeding.
Jaundice and Breastfeeding
Linda Rogowsky RN, BSN, MSN, IBCLC
This overview course gives detailed information of causes and treatments for jaundice in the breastfeeding newborn.
Healthcare IT Trends and Strategies
Industry Specialists
1 Hours
Healthcare Information Technology. Learners enrolled in this course will be exposed to Healthcare Information Technology. Practical Job Aids and Learn-By-Doing exercises are provided to ensure the learner has the tools and practice experience to gain exposure.
Healthcare Payer Trends and Strategies
Industry Specialists
1 Hours
This course covers the latest Healthcare Payer Trends and Strategies. The course will identify trends associated with payer quality metrics, explore the payer role with regard to population health, identify the payer trends related to Medicare and Medicaid, define the trends associated with health insurance exchanges, and examin....
Managing Your Emotions
Roger Neighbour
0.5 Hours
This session explains the importance of doctors managing their own emotions in the consultation, and suggests some ways that this can be done.
Third Party Consultations
Isabelle Mantella
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the issues and challenges during consultations with a third party present.
Language Barriers
Joe Kai, Jackie Beavan, Polly Wright
0.5 Hours
This session considers the common situation of a family member interpreting for a patient in a consultation.
Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of osteomalacia
Jennie Walker
0.50 Hours
Osteomalacia is a musculoskeletal condition that results in soft bones due to ineffective mineralisation. Nurses have a unique opportunity to improve awareness of osteomalacia and reduce its incidence through health education. Multidisciplinary management is important to minimise the effect of osteomalacia on activities of daily....
4 Essential Communication Strategies that Promote Patient Safety
Beth Boynton
2 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....
5 Minute Implant Abutment & Crown Using a Mini-Envelope
Dr. Brady Frank
0.5 Hours
Brady Frank provides us with an overview of 5-minute Implant, abutment and crown using a mini-envelope method.
A Novel Approach to Understanding Stress, Trauma, and Bodymind Therapies
Mardi A. Crane-Godreau
2 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 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....
Substance Abuse - Chemical Dependency
Nancy J. Williams, RDH, EdD Wayne McElhiney, DPh, DDS
3 Hours
Substance abuse occurs at an alarming rate in today’s society. An estimated 10.5 million Americans are affected by substance abuse (Bolton 2003). Though abuse of readily available drugs such as nicotine and alcohol remains constant, in recent years the misuse of prescription medications, particularly pain relief and cold medicat....
Critical and Long Term Ailments: COPD/Respiratory Emergencies
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
25 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 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....
Unusual Essential Oils
Mrs Penny Price M.Ed
A fascinating course exploring the properties and uses of less common essential oils, enabling you to use a wider variety of oils in your treatments. These essential oils, which you may not have considered using before, will be taught with a recap to their plant family and demonstrations on how the different essential oils ca....
CHAPTER 9 - VIOLENCE IN PLACES OF DETENTION: THE ROLE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
James McManus
Violence is endemic in prisons. Indeed, the very act of depriving someone of his or her liberty is an act of violence, but one which almost all societies accept as legitimate in certain circumstances. Not surprisingly, however, the generally accepted legitimacy of imprisonment does not in itself always prevent the inherent viole....
AHN-ALL-RPh-ALL-CPEProgram-Rapid Sequence Intubation-04.2020
Dr Connor Kelley
Don’t be Paralyzed by Rapid Sequence Intubation: A Pharmacist’s Guide