Tracheostomy Tubes Care and Cleaning
Erika Probst, RNC, MSN
1 Hours
Tracheostomies are a common procedure in healthcare today with over 100,000 tracheostomies performed every year in the United States. This makes tracheostomies and tracheostomy tube care a critical component of nursing care. This course will discuss the reason tracheostomies are performed, components of the tracheotomy tube, cha....
Vaccine Administration
Jennifer Hamborsky, MPH, MCHES; Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH; and Charles Wolfe
2 Hours
This CEU course discusses staff training and education; patient care before administering vaccine and during vaccine administration; infection control; vaccine preparation; route and site; nonstandard administration; managing acute vaccine reactions; documentation; strategies to prevent administration error; and vaccine adverse....
Stress 101
Aila Accad
1 Hours
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 90% of all physician visits are stress related. It is important for health professionals to understand the dynamics of stress, how stress contributes to illness and what to do to change stress habits. In this course, healthcare professionals will be able to identify how the st....
Treatment of Fetal Alcohol Disorders
Patricia B. Getty, Jon Dunbar-Cooper,Josefine Haynes-Battle, and LCDR Daniel A. Bailey.
3 Hours
One act of alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP) prevention can positively impact the life of the mother and the life of the unborn child. One change in how services are provided can multiply that impact many times over. This CE course provides healthcare professionals working with pregnant women and those with FASD the procedures f....
Support for People with Cancer
Industry Specialists
5 Hours
This course was developed from the National Cancer Institute booklet which is a resource for the person with cancer and those close to them. The booklet discusses: learning of the cancer diagnosis; family matters; sharing feelings about cancer; talking with the health care team; dealing with a new self-image; and living each da....
The Role of Community Health Workers and Diabetes
Michael Parchman, MD, MPH and Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPH
1 Hours
In this seminar participants will be able to identify the performance measures established by HRSA related to diabetes, as well as the signs and symptoms of diabetes. Participants will also learn how to manage their diabetes via a healthy lifestyle and regular monitoring of blood glucose levels. Focus will also be given to the r....
Understanding Urinary Tract Infections
Georgina Casey
What causes urinary tract infections (UTI)? Who is most at risk? How do we best manage UTI? When should bacteriuria be treated? Why do people with urinary catheters have greater risk of UTI and how does our nursing practice affect this? UTI are symptomatic inflammatory conditions of the lower urinary tract including the bladder....
Treatment of Dementia
M. Chris Wolf
1.5 Hours
Every 68 seconds another American develops Alzheimer's disease. Education and training in dementia care for health care staff has been identified as a priority by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease (NPAAD) developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servi....
The Pleasure & Power of Aromatherapy for Self-Care
Dawn Langley-Brady, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, CHPN, CCAP
1 Hours
Aromatherapy can be defined as the art and science of utilizing naturally extracted aromatic essences from plants to balance, harmonize and promote the health of body, mind and spirit. It is an art and science which seeks to explore the physiological, psychological and spiritual realm of the individual's response to aromatic....
The Importance of Prenatal Care and the Role of Community Health Workers
Candace Kugel, ARNP, CNM
1 Hours
In this seminar participants will be able to identify the HRSA performance measures related to pregnancy care, as well as two unique risk factors for pregnant women migrant farm workers during the workshop. We will also reflect on the important role that community health workers play in improving access to prenatal care for preg....
CHAPTER 15: Healthcare for Adolescents in places of detention
Dagmar M. Haller, Fanny WAELTI, Patrick Heller
This course is based in part on the following reference: Haller DM, Waelti F, Mandwewala S, Binder P, Narring F, Meynard A. Médecine de qualité pour les adolescents en détention : une opportunité à ne pas manquer. In Wolff H & Niveau G, eds. Santé en prison (2ème éd). Médecine & Hygiène, Genève, 2019.
Why Am I Taking This Drug? Incorporating Indications in CPOE
Gordon Schiff, MD and Pamela M Neri Garabedian, MS
1 Hours
Currently, medication orders lack information about the drug indication (the reason for taking the drug). Integrating indications could pave the way for a safer, more complete continuum of care for the patient and save time during prescribing and related tasks (e.g. medication reconciliation). Indications-based prescribing has t....
Visualizing the Patient Experience Using an Agile Framework
Chris Mitchell
0.75 Hours
As the US healthcare market has shifted from a fee-for-service to a pay-for-performance reimbursement model, patient experience survey ratings are under more scrutiny than ever. Performance is not only positively correlated to financial performance and health outcomes - it can also shape perceptions that drive customer loyalty.....
Social-Health Data Exchange Facilitates Chronic Disease Care
Yolande Pengetnze, MD, MSc and Teresa Jackson
1 Hours
The “Data Across Sectors for Health” (DASH) project deployed a technology platform between a hospital system and food pantries to facilitate improved care for food-insecure people with diabetes or hypertension. The social/health information exchange (S-HIE) enables inter-sectoral coordination/data sharing between hospital-based....
Turning Clinical Data Into Effective Action: A Case Study
Tim Putnam and Karin Abraham
1 Hours
This session will describe how a Critical Access Hospital in Batesville, Indiana is transitioning from guessing to wisdom through data from analytics and population health software. The session will present a case study based on the experience of Margaret Mary Health and describe how the facility finding success and participatin....
Understanding the intersections of HIV AIDS and intimate partner violence
Dr. Valerie Ekue
This recording will increase participants understanding and knowledge of how HIV/AIDS diagnosis intersects with Intimate Partner Violence, particularly among marginalized populations throughout South Carolina. Participants will increase their knowledge and core competencies regarding the dynamics of IPV that will build their cap....
Oral and Dental Care
Deb Shearman
0.5 Hours
Overview; Assessing, planning oral and dental care; Supporting independence with oral care; Caring for older people’s teeth and dentures; Oral care and dementia
What is Internet AddictionPart 2: Assessment and Treatment
Dr Kimberly Young
This course delves into how to assess Internet Addiction using the Internet Addiction Test, the most widely used standardized measure of the condition used in clinical and academic settings. This course explores the ways to approach treatment using digital diet and digital nutrition as basic guides along with evidenced-based tre....
Women and Girls
Yvonne Martinez, CADC-CS, ICCS, ICADC, NCAC-I, CRPS
3 Hours
Women and Girls is a basis for the development of core competencies in the substance abuse counselor serving women and girls. This unit offers a deeper look at a relational model of treatment, understanding trauma, family-centered needs, women's health care, interdisciplinary effectiveness, service-specific attitudes and attrib....
Understanding Dementia 5: Changed Behaviours
e3Learning
Working with people who have dementia is not easy. It can be upsetting, trying and challenging, but it can also be very rewarding and satisfying. This series is made of up five courses, each providing training in different aspects of dementia care. The aim of this is to provide an understanding of dementia, with the goal of:....
Intro to Interceptive Ortho ZOOM 7'22'20
Dr Gerry Samson DDS, ABO, FACD, TE
ZOOM session with Dr's Scott Goodman and Gerry Samson discussing highlights of "Introduction to Interceptive Orthodontics"
Using Lasers in Conservative Veneer Smile Designs
Dr. Hugh Flax, DDS
1 Hours
The growing popularity in the public arena for “no prep” or “minimal preparation” smile enhancements is advocated by our profession’s technological enhancements and research. Long term investigations have demonstrated a 94% survival rate of minimally invasive porcelain veneers. Calamia’s original investigation in 1983 was perfor....
Work Environment Importance
Linda Miles
Hierarchy of communication for effective and efficient practices.
Understanding Oral Health Messages for Dental Receptionists
The Dental Business Academy
We believe that each member of the dental team has a role to play in the success of the practice. We have therefore developed a range of short online modules primarily for dental receptionists, however they can also be completed by other team members working in the dental sector.