The Latest CMS Nursing CoPs for 2018
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
The nursing services section in the Hospital CoP and interpretive guidelines has undergone many changes, with 18 memos of importance, and the nursing services being cited over 4,350 times due to frequent updates. Make sure your nursing staff is prepared for 2018 changes. This program will cover 2018 proposed CoPs changes, inc....
Utilization Management & the Case Manager
Toni Cesta, Ph.D., RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
Utilization management was the first role applied in acute care case management models. Utilization management was first known as utilization review but has since evolved into something much more comprehensive. Today, utilization management encompasses elements of resource management as well as denials management. Attendees w....
COURSE C - Org, Educator and Accreditor cert
Mr WCEA Administrator
1.00 Hours
Test case to view the organizations certificate, the educator and the accreditor certificate
Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition in Malawi: Assessment & Intervention
NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Assessing, Managing and Promoting Child, Adolescent & Maternal Nutrition
This course will provide health professionals in Malawi with foundational knowledge and skills that will enhance their ability to provide comprehensive nutrition care to infants, children, adolescents, women of reproductive age, and their families. It covers nutritional requirements, malnutrition, nutritional assessments, and ke....
Nutrition Across the Life Course in Pakistan: Priorities in Children, Adolescents, and WRA
NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Assessing, Managing and Promoting Child, Adolescent & Maternal Nutrition
This course provides health professionals in Pakistan with a thorough understanding of nutrition for infants, children, and adolescents, emphasising its impact on long-term health. It covers key influences on adolescent health and teaches the HEEADSSS psychosocial interview to explore these factors. The course also highlights nu....
Gender and Nutrition in Ghana
NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Assessing, Managing and Promoting Child, Adolescent & Maternal Nutrition
This course gives health professionals in Ghana a foundational understanding of key gender concepts, such as inequality, equality, equity, and the difference between sex and gender. It explores how gender roles and cultural norms affect nutrition outcomes, leading to gender-specific challenges. Participants will learn to apply g....
Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition in Ghana: Assessment & Intervention
NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Assessing, Managing and Promoting Child, Adolescent & Maternal Nutrition
This course will provide health professionals in Ghana with foundational knowledge and skills that will enhance their ability to provide comprehensive nutrition care to infants, children, adolescents, women of reproductive age, and their families. It covers nutritional requirements, malnutrition, nutritional assessments, and key....
Unit 6. Introduction to Natural Family Planning Methods
Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB)
Unit 6: Natural family planning methods has both modern fertility awareness methods and traditional methods a couple may use to space children.
Unit 7. Counselling in NFP Services Provision
Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB)
Unit 7: couples need effective counseling to make informed reproductive choices. Therefore a NFP provider should provide effective guidance and counseling to couples seeking NFP services.
Module 9 - Radiography for Non-Accidental Injuries
Dr. Nicola Evans
• Learn essential techniques for identifying non-accidental injuries in pediatric radiography, emphasizing early detection and accurate diagnosis. • Understand the role of radiographic imaging in the multidisciplinary approach to child protection and safeguarding.
Tobacco Cessation Strategies for Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care and Specialty Care
Joelle Fathi
This course equips nurse practitioners with the knowledge and skills to address tobacco use disorder as a chronic, relapsing condition. Participants will explore the neurobiology of nicotine addiction, disparities in tobacco use across populations, and the latest evidence-based practices for screening, counseling, and pharmacoth....
Essential Transfusion Practice: Taking a pre-transfusion sample
NHS, eIntegrity, elfh
This module has been written for healthcare staff directly involved in taking pre-transfusion samples but may be relevant to all staff working with patients who may require a blood transfusion. Errors account for the vast majority of transfusion related incidents reported to the Serious Hazards of Transfusion haemovigilance....
Essential Transfusion Practice: Collection
NHS, eIntegrity, elfh
This module has been written for healthcare staff directly involved only in the collection of blood components, from the transfusion laboratory or designated storage facility (e.g. blood fridge), and delivery to the clinical area. Errors account for the vast majority of transfusion related incidents reported to the Serious....
SARS-COV-2 - COVID 19
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course provides information on what facilities should be doing to be prepared to respond to a case of an emerging respiratory virus such as the novel coronavirus, how to identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement IPC measures to ensure there is no further transmission to HCW or to other patie....
Improving self-management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Anne Phillips
Diabetes is an increasingly common life-long condition, which has significant physical, psychological and behavioural implications for individuals. Self-management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes can be complex and challenging. A collaborative approach to care, between healthcare professionals and patients, is essential to promote....
Preparing for your annual staff appraisal: advice for managers
Bob Price
1.00 Hours
Annual appraisals are part of performance management and are designed to motivate, develop and support employees in performing their roles to the highest possible standard. They provide an opportunity for constructive discussion of performance, identification of areas for development and agreement of approaches by which employee....
Prevention and management of depression in the primary care setting
Sheila Hardy
1.00 Hours
Depression is a common mental health condition in which severe and persistent symptoms can lead to suicidal ideation. Timely recognition of depression is essential to improve patients’ mental health and quality of life. This learning module outlines strategies to manage depression in primary care. It is anticipated that after co....
Dietary approaches to promote bone health in adults
Carrie Ruxton
Osteoporosis is a major public health issue, affecting around three million people in the UK. Several lifestyle factors play a role in the development of the condition, including low physical activity, smoking, excess alcohol consumption and low intakes of bone health nutrients. The most important of these nutrients are vitamin....
Penile cancer: diagnosis, clinical features and management
Bruce Turner and Lawrence Drudge-Coates and Sarah Henderson
1.00 Hours
This learning module aims to provide the reader with an overview of penile cancer. The focus is on clinical and medical aspects to help nurses understand incidence, aetiology, diagnosis and treatment, to enable them educate and support patients affected by this disease. Psychological support of patients and their partners is als....
Role of the nurse in addressing the health effects of climate change
Benny Goodman
1.00 Hours
Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health such as clean air, sufficient food, safe drinking water and secure shelter, and may be considered a threat to health. Healthcare professionals have been called to take action on carbon reduction. Action depends on various factors such as personal commitme....
Caring for adult patients who require nasogastric feeding tubes
Kristine Curtis
Nasogastric tubes provide a safe means of delivering nutrition support to many patients in hospital and the community. Insertion and care of these tubes will be familiar to many nurses. Evidence has shown that misplaced tubes, either on insertion or during use, can cause serious harm or even death to patients. This learning modu....
Patient safety: threats and solutions
Dorothy McCaughan and Gerri Kaufman
The recent landmark report into the care failings at Stafford Hospital has called for sweeping changes to end the NHS’s neglect of patient safety (Francis 2013). The report calls for a ‘fundamental change’ in culture so that patients are always put first, and it makes 290 recommendations covering a broad range of issues relating....
Preventing malnutrition in prison settings
Bethan Leach and Sarah Goodwin
1.00 Hours
Vulnerable patient groups are at increased risk of malnutrition. This learning module focuses on the importance of ensuring that the nutritional needs of those in institutional settings, in particular prisons, are met. Offenders often present with a number of health and social factors which can lead to a high risk of malnutritio....
Behavioral Health Needs of Men
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Patrick Reilly, Ph.D.
13.00 Hours
This course was developed from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration publication which examines the history and theories of male socialization, changes in perceptions of masculinity and male roles, fatherhood, and other factors related to men’s substance use, abuse, and treatment. Clinical examples and t....