Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Deborah Dowell
5.00 Hours
Opioids are commonly prescribed for pain. This CEU course provides recommendations that address when to initiate or continue opioids for chronic pain, assesses risk and harm of opioid use, and opioid selection, dosage, duration, follow-up, and discontinuation.
Antibiotic Resistance Threats
Industry Specialists
6.00 Hours
This CE course covers bacteria causing severe human infections and the antibiotics used to treat those infections. Information on current CDC initiatives and what can be done to combat this growing threat are discussed. Summaries of each of the bacteria are provided in this course, as well as how to manage infections and impli....
After the Storm: Worker Health and Safety During Storm Disaster Cleanup
Joseph ''Chip'' Hughes, Jr.,MPH, NIEHS. Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA, MCN. Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES, M
1.00 Hours
As families return to their homes in Houston as floodwaters from superstorm Harvey recede, it is a race against time. A suffocating smell already fills the living rooms, puddles remain in hallways, and spots of mold multiply quickly. Within days, the soppy lawns of neighborhoods are dump sites as workers begin gutting homes, pul....
Community Health Workers and their Role in the Prevention and Control of Hypertension
Katherine Newton, MA, PhD
1.00 Hours
In this webinar participants will be able to identify the Health Resource Services Administration performance measures related to hypertension, describe how to measure hypertension in the body, understand how to encourage patients to control and manage their high blood pressure, and understand the principle barriers faced by pat....
Conference Highlights: CROI 2017
Chris Cole, Physicians Weekly’s and AKH Staff and Planners
0.50 Hours
The annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) brings together top basic, translational, and clinical researchers from around the world to share the latest studies, important developments, and best research methods in the ongoing battle against HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases. CROI is a global....
Raising awareness of scoliosis among children’s nurses
Cheryl Honeyman
1.00 Hours
Scoliosis affects up to 3% of adolescents, some babies and young children, and many children with existing neuromuscular and syndromic conditions. It is the most common spinal deformity. Not all children with scoliosis require active intervention, but for more significant, progressive curves, bracing and/or surgery may be requir....
An overview of communication, movement and perception difficulties after stroke
Joanna Dark and Ruth Sander
This learning module focuses on nursing strategies to address communication, movement and perception difficulties following stroke. Weakness or paralysis on one side, hemiparesis or hemiplegia, are discussed, as well as a range of less obvious but equally devastating impairments caused by brain damage. Disclaimer Please note....
Reframing frailty as a long-term condition
Helen Lyndon and Clifford Kilgore
Frailty is a clinical syndrome that focuses on loss of reserve, energy and wellbeing. Older people with frailty tend to present late and often in crisis to health and care services so their care may be hospital-based, episodic and unplanned. Frailty should be reframed as a long-term condition that can be managed proactively in p....
Psychological interventions used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder
Judith Gellatly and Christine Molloy
1.00 Hours
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common mental health problem associated with poor quality of life, impaired functioning and increased risk of suicide. Improvement is unlikely and symptoms will remain chronic unless adequate treatment is provided. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on the manage....
An evidence-based approach to intramuscular injection technique
Sherri Ogston-Tuck
Intramuscular injections require a thorough and meticulous approach to patient assessment and injection technique. This article, the second in a series of two, reviews the evidence base to inform safer practice and to consider the evidence for nursing practice in this area. A framework for safe practice is included, identifying....
Preparing a successful, role-specific CV
Bob Price
1.00 Hours
An internet search reveals just how many articles there are on preparing a curriculum vitae (CV). The preparation of a CV should not be regarded as a'one-off' event, to be updated periodically. A successful CV requires thoughtful preparation to ensure it is directed towards a specific post and should consider two important persp....
Improving care for people with learning disabilities
Sue Turner
1.00 Hours
People with learning disabilities have poorer health than the general population and experience health inequalities - partly as a result of problems with accessing health services. Health services have a duty to address health inequalities, by making reasonable adjustments to their services so they are more accessible to people....
Reducing medication errors in nursing practice
Linda Cloete
Medication errors remain one of the most common causes of unintended harm to patients. They contribute to adverse events that compromise patient safety and result in a large financial burden to the health service. The prevention of medication errors, which can happen at every stage of the medication preparation and distribution....
Prevention and management of constipation in adults
Brigitte Rosemarie Collins and Lorraine O’Brien
Constipation is a common, often chronic, condition that is a health concern for providers of care. The condition can be distressing and although seldom life-threatening can lead to patient discomfort and debilitating effects on patients' quality of life. Initial management of chronic constipation should include lifestyle changes....
A Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Approach
Joseph Cocozza, Ph.D., et al.
3.00 Hours
The majority of youth in contact with the juvenile justice system in this country have a diagnosable behavioral health condition. This CEU course discusses trauma and its effects on youth, especially those with behavioral health conditions; the types of trauma-related disorders, the behavioral manifestations of trauma that yout....
Patient advocacy
Pin Pin Choi
1.00 Hours
The role of nurses as patient advocates is well recognised by healthcare professionals, yet the processes and practices involved in patient advocacy are not clearly understood. A suboptimal level of advocacy is often apparent in the literature, encompassing paternalistic concepts of protecting patients from harm. This learning m....
Recognition and management of asthma in children and young people
Jenny Pinfield, Kerry Gaskin, Jackie Bentley and Jo Rouse
Asthma is a common childhood disorder that has global significance. Developing an understanding of the aetiology, effects, diagnosis and management of the disorder enables healthcare practitioners to reduce the physical, psychological and social effects of asthma on children, families and healthcare systems. This learning module....
Caring for patients with diabetes and depression
Paula Mayo
As the population ages, an increasing number of people are developing long-term conditions. This is a challenge for healthcare systems in terms of funding and support, and comorbidities add to the economic burden. This learning module considers the comorbid conditions diabetes and depression, which healthcare professionals incre....
Risks, Experiences, and Needs of Female Intravenous Drug Users
Industry Specialist
3.50 Hours
Women who inject drugs have substantially different needs and face higher risks of disease and violence than do men who inject drugs. This CEU course seeks to illuminate the many reasons a focus on drug-injecting women is important, including their significantly higher mortality rates, increased likelihood of facing injecting-r....
Preventing High Risk Behaviors and Violence in Youth
Corinne David-Ferdon, Ph.D., et al.
1.50 Hours
Youth violence is a significant public health problem that affects thousands of young people each day, and in turn, their families, schools, and communities. This CEU course includes programs, practices, and policies with evidence of impact on youth violence victimization, perpetration, and risk or protective factors for youth....
Pharmacological Management of Schizophrenia
Federal Bureau of Prisons
3.00 Hours
This CEU course provides recommendations for treatment of inmates in federal facilities who are diagnosed with chronic psychotic disorders.
Opioid Use, Misuse, and Overdose in Women
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
3.00 Hours
The prevalence of prescription opioid and heroin use among women is substantial. In order to examine the prevention, treatment, and recovery issues for women who misuse, have use disorders, and/or overdose on opioids, this CEU course explores what is currently known about the opioid epidemic and describes promising practices fo....
Psychotherapeutic Medication Guidelines for Adults
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
2.00 Hours
This CE course provides evidence-based recommendations for prescribing psychotherapeutic medication to treat severe mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia, and to inform and support health care professionals in making treatment decisions that maximize benefit and minimize harm....
Breastfeeding: Influence on Socio-Emotional Development
Kathleen Krol, Ph.D., et al.
1.00 Hours
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) duration plays a prominent role in promoting healthy brain and cognitive development in human children. This advanced CEU course examines whether and how the duration of EBF impacts the neural processing of emotional signals by measuring electro-cortical responses to body expressions in 8-month-old....