Courses
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| Social Determinants of Health Path Assessment | 0.00 | |
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Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: This assessment measures overall learner competencies as aligned with the modules presented in the social determinants of health learning path. The objectives being assessed are the social factors that impact a person’s health, how providers can incorporate the social determinants of health into their patient assessments, how these determinants impact patients’ ability to adhere to their care plans, and how to improve the care-planning process by incorporating social health information. Identify the social factors that impact a person's health. Incorporate the social determinants of health in patients' assessments. Explain how the social determinants of health impact patients' ability to adhere to their care plans. Writer |
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| Infection Control: Basic Concepts | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Healthcare-associated infections are a serious issue. On any given day, approximately 1 in 31 hospitalized patients has a healthcare-associated infection, and over 75,000 of these infections result in death (CDC, 2018). Astounding, isn’t it? And these numbers don’t account for infections acquired in other healthcare settings. Preventing the transmission of infections from one person to another is critical. The goal of this course is to provide staff in all healthcare settings with the basics of infection control. Sequence the six components in the chain of infection. Differentiate between each of the four methods of transmission. Apply standard and transmission-based precautions. Expert Reviewer |
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| Employee Wellness: Managing Emotions | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to understand, express, and regulate your own emotions. It also refers to your awareness of what the people around you are feeling. One of the hallmark skills of EQ is the ability keep your emotional brain and your thinking brain working together, even in intense or stressful situations. Why is this important? What can it do for you? The goal of this course is to teach all staff strategies to manage emotions. Choose between responding intentionally to a conflict and reacting on the basis of emotions. Apply practices to strengthen your emotional intelligence, or EQ. |
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| HIPAA: Privacy Rule | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: All healthcare organizations must follow a specific HIPAA rule, known as the Privacy Rule. This rule limits the use and disclosure of protected health information, known as PHI. The Privacy Rule also grants people the right to view and correct their medical records, receive copies, or request that copies are sent. The goal of this course is to provide all staff with knowledge of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Recognize common violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Identify ways to prevent violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Instructor |
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| The Use of Root Cause Analysis | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Within any healthcare organization, there are systems, policies, and procedures that can be improved or events that could have been prevented. A root cause analysis is a tool that helps healthcare organizations improve their systems by using a team process of discovery. When you understand how to use a root cause analysis, you can apply it to create better solutions, prevent adverse events, and create more effective and efficient systems. This course discusses what a root cause analysis is and how to use it. Describe how a root cause analysis can be used proactively and reactively. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Minimizing Trips, Slips, and Falls | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: This course is about workplace slip, trip, and fall hazards. It alerts you to the serious consequences that can result even from a simple fall or a near fall and provides information about measures that can help you prevent these incidents and reduce potential injuries. Identify common hazards that might lead to trips, slips, and falls. Explain how to prevent injuries from trips, slips, and falls. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Employee Wellness: Managing Stress | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Stress is part of everyone’s life. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. A certain level of stress is healthy because it motivates you to be productive. However, too much stress can do the opposite, leaving you feeling drained and irritable. You can’t escape stress, but you can learn to respond to it differently. The goal of this course is to teach employees how to identify triggers and develop a personal stress management plan. Identify at least three common causes of stress in the workplace. Describe at least two techniques to manage and decrease your own stress. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Lockout/Tagout Procedures | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Every year, workers are injured or killed when the equipment they are working with unexpectedly turns on or the residual energy stored in the equipment is released. Lockout/Tagout, or LOTO, is a set of procedures used to control hazardous energy during the service or maintenance of machine and equipment. The aim of LOTO procedures is to protect workers from the release of hazardous energy. The goal of this course is to provide all staff with an overview of lockout/tagout procedures. Explain key principles of lockout/tagout and why they were implemented. Instructor |
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| Bullying in the Workplace | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: We have all seen bullies in our lifetime, often as one child picking on another on the playground or teenagers not allowing a student to sit with them at lunchtime. You do not expect to see bullies at work; but, sadly, they are there. The goal of this course is to educate all employees on how to recognize, respond to, and prevent bullying. Explain how bullying differs from appropriate professional behavior. Identify ways to deal with and stop bullying on the job. Recognize bullying in your own behavior. Expert Reviewer |
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| Employee Wellness: Caregiving Side Effects | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Caregiving demands a tremendous amount of compassion and empathy. While this can be incredibly rewarding, it can cause some adverse side effects. The goal of this course is to provide all staff with an overview of caregiving side effects. Recognize the signs and symptoms of caregiver stress. Apply practical methods to address the symptoms of caregiver stress. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Communicating Effectively | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Good communication can be challenging because of the many distractors in today’s workplace, such as technology, stress, and multitasking. If communication is weak, it can lead to poor work relationships and decreased satisfaction for everyone. It is essential for you to learn how to communicate effectively with everyone you come into contact with. This course discusses how to communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally. Identify the key elements of communication. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Pediatric Immunizations Overview | 0.25 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Pediatric immunizations are orchestrated specifically to protect young children from life-threatening diseases. These immunizations are often administered on a schedule. This course discusses the immunization schedule recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as related contraindications for pediatric immunizations. Identify the recommended immunizations for pediatric ages, ranging from birth to 18 years. Describe potential complications related to various pediatric immunizations. Describe potential pandemic effects of non-vaccination of the pediatric population. Adam Roesner, BSN |
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| Working with Difficult Individuals | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: There are many reasons that it can be difficult working with certain people. There may be communication breakdowns, personality clashes, or conflicting work habits. You may not like everyone you work with, but you do have to respect everyone. By learning ways to reduce conflicts, you’ll likely become more respected, too. In this course, you’ll learn strategies to calmly address misunderstandings before they become actual conflicts. Professional relationships can improve when you know how to deal with differences, communicate clearly, and listen respectfully. Apply appropriate interventions to help manage high-risk or crucial situations that can lead to difficulties in communication and workflow with coworkers. Writer |
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| About Privacy and Confidentiality for Non-HIPAA Covered Entities | 0.25 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Expiration: You work for a company that provides services to many people. You may need to discuss personal information about the people you serve, but this must be done thoughtfully. Everyone’s personal information must be kept safe. Explain how to protect confidential information. Recall what to do when confidential information is shared without consent. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Employee Wellness: Emotional Awareness | 0.25 | |
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Origination: Expiration: You have probably heard about an “IQ” score that measures intelligence, but have you ever heard of “emotional intelligence” or EQ? Emotional intelligence is your ability to understand, express, and manage your emotions, as well as your insight into what the people around you are feeling. EQ can add to your quality of life and contribute to career success. In this course, you’ll learn about developing emotional awareness, which is the foundation of emotional intelligence. Describe emotional intelligence. Explain how to recognize your feelings and the feelings of others. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Clinical Management of Category III Fetal Heart Rate Tracings | 0.25 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) workgroup standard for fetal heart rate monitoring assessment and categorization, first proposed in 1997 and subsequently updated in 2008 was meant to promote commonality of FHR tracing nomenclature and interpretation. Based on these recommendations, a three-tiered categorization pattern based on the visual assessment of the fetal heart rate pattern was adopted. This module aims to review and apply essential FHR content in several clinical scenarios to highlight an important Clinical Pearl: The Category III tracing is a rare intrapartum FHR pattern that is highly associated with fetal acidemia and adverse neonatal outcomes. Consistently apply 1997 and 2008 NICHD definitions and terminology when describing intrapartum fetal heart rate patterns. Identify intrapartum fetal heart rate tracings using the 2008 NICHD 3-tiered system. Recognize the fetal heart rate characteristics that define a Category III pattern. Review the diagnostic imprecision and clinical significance of minimal fetal heart rate variability. Expert Reviewer |
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| Shoulder Dystocia: Secondary Maneuvers | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, MOC, and ANCC
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: This course is intended for current users, physicians and nurses, with an interest in enhancing their understanding of the clinical content presented in the Shoulder Dystocia module. Improve obstetrical team performance in deliveries complicated by SD. Illustrate proper technique for performance of Rubin maneuver. Illustrate proper technique for performance of Woods maneuver. Illustrate proper technique for performance of posterior arm delivery. Writer |
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| Fetal Heart Tracing Pattern Evolution | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring is an integral part of modern day obstetrics and when properly interpreted, may provide valuable insight into the fetal metabolic state. During labor, the physiologic stress posed by regular uterine contractions and maternal expulsive efforts may adversely impact the fetal acid-base status, leading to changes in the fetal heart rate pattern. This module aims to review and apply essential FHR content in several clinical scenarios to highlight an important Clinical Pearl: Management of the laboring patient requires that the FHR pattern trends are interpreted in context with the clinical scenario and progress of labor. Consistently apply 1997 and 2008 NICHD definitions when describing intrapartum fetal heart rate patterns. Identify the importance of FHR variability evolution when assessing the FHR pattern. Review the importance of FHR tracing trend assessment when managing the abnormal intrapartum FHR tracing. Recognize the importance of clinical scenario, FHR pattern evolution, and stage of labor when managing the Category II tracing in labor. |
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| Influenza Vaccine | 0.50 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Expiration: Influenza, also known as the “flu,” can have a significant cost due to restricted activities, illness, and deaths. Pregnant women, children, older adults, and individuals with respiratory or chronic debilitating conditions are particularly vulnerable to serious complications of influenza. This course will teach you simple steps to protect yourself and those you serve from getting or spreading the flu. The goal of this course is to provide all staff with the basics of flu prevention, symptoms, and treatment strategies. Identify signs and symptoms of influenza. Describe ways to prevent the spread of influenza viruses. Expert Reviewer |
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| Communicable Diseases in Children | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Symptoms such as fever, cough, and chills can alert you to the presence of an infectious or communicable disease in a child. When identified, these symptoms can alert you to potential concerns in your environment. Some symptoms are less obvious and may require careful inspection of the child to determine potential risk factors. Children are exposed to a variety of environments. Caregivers working with families must have the ability to identify health care concerns quickly to stop the spread of disease. Identify common signs and symptoms of communicable diseases in children. Indicate effective prevention and management strategies for reducing the occurrence and impact of communicable diseases. Instructor Expert Reviewer |
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| Reducing the Spread of C.Diff in Hospitals | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
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| HIPAA: Do's and Don'ts of Social Media and Electronic Communication | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Social media and other forms of electronic communication allow people to instantly share pictures and messages with anyone, anywhere. But as the opportunities to share information online have increased, so have the challenges for keeping information private. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, was designed to protect individuals’ rights and their personal healthcare information. HIPAA applies to both the storage and transfer of electronic protected health information, so these electronic communications must be handled carefully. Describe at least three ways to avoid HIPAA violations when using electronic communication. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Maintaining Professional Boundaries | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: As a healthcare professional, you may find yourself in situations where issues with professional boundaries develop. Some boundary violations can be quite serious for you, your team members, your organization, and the people you provide care for. For this reason, it is important for you to be aware of these risks. You should understand the difference between a boundary crossing and a boundary violation. You must also be able to recognize situations that may lead to a boundary crossing or violation and know how to prevent problems. The goal of this course is to share with general staff in any setting the basics of how to maintain professional boundaries. Describe the difference between a boundary crossing and a boundary violation. Recognize common situations that may lead to a boundary crossing or violation. Identify ways to prevent boundary crossings and violations. Instructor |
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| Essentials of HIPAA | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: This course, which was designed to comply with HIPAA law, will help you protect the privacy of the people you provide care for. Allowing unauthorized individuals to see a person’s personal health information can have severe consequences for you and your organization, even if it happens by accident. The goal of this course is to provide post-acute care staff with basic information about the principles of confidentiality, privacy, and security. Explain why HIPAA exists. Identify at least three things in the medical record that can be used to identify an individual. Describe at least three best practices to prevent HIPAA violations. Expert Reviewer |
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| CEN: Communicable Diseases | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: he purpose of this course is to inform the emergency nurse of communicable diseases, including a comprehensive assessment and appropriate interventions. Identify alterations in the biological, physiological, and psychological status of patients experiencing communicable disease emergencies. Describe a comprehensive plan for the care of communicable disease conditions including diagnostic and treatment interventions, and patient education. Instructor |
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| Practice Scenarios for Social Determinants of Health | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: The Healthy People 2030 campaign categorizes social determinants of health (SDOH) into five domains and each one has an impact on health outcomes and informs best practices in the delivery of healthcare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). This course provides practice scenarios for use of a rapid assessment tool for screening patients for social determinants that impact their health. Describe social determinants of health, including the five domains within each of them. Discuss the use of rapid assessment tools for understanding patients’ barriers and risks to optimal health associated with social/environmental conditions where people live, work, and play. Instructor Staff Writer |
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| About Advance Directives | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Advance directives are legal documents with instructions that apply if an adult is not able to make decisions about their own healthcare. They are meant to ensure that a person’s values related to dying, quality of life, and other relevant matters are honored. The goal of this course is to inform all healthcare staff about the basics of advance directives. Identify the most common types of advance directives and find out if a person has made them. Explain how advance directives can improve quality of life, even at the end of life. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Building Care Teams and Establishing Checkpoints: Hypertension, Congestive Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Disease | 0.50 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Identify checkpoints for managing and preventing the hospitalization of patients with hypertension (HTN), congestive heart failure (CHF), and coronary artery disease (CAD). Identify best practices for building a care team of healthcare providers for patients with HTN, CHR, and CAD. Define key check points and follow-up with patients. Identify strategies for coordinating care with other providers. Recognize different ways to evaluate the care provided by the care team. Instructor |
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| New Employee Onboarding and Culture Development | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Failing to properly onboard employees results in poor performance and unnecessarily high turnover. In this course, we’ll cover best practices and lay out a plan for the first 6 months of a new employee’s orientation and performance expectations. We’ll also explore the importance of culture development as it relates to onboarding. Explain the importance of onboarding and how it relates to performance. Describe effective tools and techniques to reduce employee turnover and improve employee engagement. Expert Reviewer |
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| Quick and Effective Strategies for Engaging Patients in Treatment | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: When patients are not engaged in their treatment, risks include a worsening of existing health problems, the rise of new health issues, and medication regimens not being followed. This can lead to medical errors, disability, death, and more frequent use of costly treatment approaches such as emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Learn strategies you can use to engage patients in their treatment to avoid or reduce these risks. Describe strategies to facilitate patients' active involvement in healthcare discussions and decisions. Evaluate patient readiness to change and degree of activation, and tailor treatment recommendations to those factors. Employ communication strategies that support patient engagement. List approaches to maintain patient engagement when collaborating with or transitioning care to other providers. Staff Writer
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| Economic Stability as a Social Determinant of Health | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: Economic stability is defined as a domain of social determinants of health in the Healthy People 2030 campaign. In this course, you will learn how economic stability relates to an individual’s ability to access resources, such as food, adequate housing, and healthcare. Income and health are strongly, positively correlated (Khullar & Chockshi, 2018). Each of the components of economic stability, which include poverty, employment, food security, and housing stability, are linked to individual health outcomes. Describe the four components of economic stability. Explain how economic stability affects health and health outcomes. Describe strategies for helping patients overcome barriers to economic stability and how they positively impact health outcomes. Instructor |
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| Understanding Workplace Violence | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: As a healthcare worker, you are in regular contact with residents, visitors, and coworkers. When harassment or bullying occurs in the workplace, the impact on staff and visitors creates a troubled workplace. Facility operations are also disrupted with long-reaching effects. Workplace violence refers clearly to threats or actual use of physical force against a person in the workplace. In recent years, more healthcare workers have assumed a greater risk of exposure to workplace violence. In this course, you will learn how to spot, prevent, and respond to workplace violence. Define workplace violence. Identify steps to survive a hostile encounter. Determine when and how to report workplace violence. Instructor Staff Writer |
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| HIPAA: Basics | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly called HIPAA, protects the confidentiality and security of healthcare information. HIPAA creates and protects individual privacy rights for protected health information and governs the use and disclosure of that information. The goal of this course is to provide all staff with an overview of the principles of HIPAA. The content of this course is sourced from 45 CFR Parts 160,162, and 164 (2020) or HIPAA-related resources from the Health and Human Services (HHS) unless otherwise noted. Define the purpose of HIPAA. Recognize when a HIPAA violation has occurred. Identify three steps you can take to avoid a HIPAA violation. Expert Reviewer |
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| Critical Care Series: Life-Threatening Dysrhythmias | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Life-threatening dysrhythmias can occur in an inpatient setting, even more so in an intensive care unit. Changes to the electrical conduction system can cause sudden hemodynamic instability and cardiac death. Given this, critical care nurses must understand the different types of dysrhythmias, their causes, ECG characteristics, defibrillation, pacing, and nursing interventions. Describe at least three lethal dysrhythmias commonly encountered in the critical care setting. Identify the etiology, clinical presentation, and management of some of the lethal dysrhythmias. Staff Writer |
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| Mindfulness in Nursing: A Path to Resiliency | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Learn about the dangers of toxic stress for nurses and the benefits that mindfulness has to address those dangers. Practice several mindfulness techniques and discover hot to incorporate these practices into your busy day. Understand the impact toxic stress has both on physical and mental health Experience the benefits of Mindfulness |
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| Natural Disasters and Workplace Emergencies: Flooding and Landslides | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Floods and landslides can occur in many locations throughout the U.S. This course provides basic information about these hazards and the destruction they can cause. This course emphasizes the importance of being informed about flooding and landslide risks and hazards around you and various protective actions you could consider taking. The goal of this course is to provide employees with a foundation for staying safe during flooding and landslides. Identify environments conducive to flooding and landslide hazards. Select protective actions to minimize risk and maximize safety. Expert Reviewer |
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| Conflict Resolution | 0.50 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Conflict in the workplace is inevitable, because every person is different. However, handling it the right way leads to better relationships, an improved work environment, a stronger team, and personal goal achievement. This course presents techniques essential to handling conflict in the workplace. Identify different types of conflict. Explain how to handle conflict appropriately. Describe strategies for dealing with difficult people appropriately. Instructor Expert Reviewer |
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| Social Determinants of Health: Education Access and Quality | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Education access and quality is a pillar of the social determinants of health for Healthy People 2030 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). This course outlines the effects of education on an individual’s health. The four components of education access and quality include early childhood education and development, high school graduation, enrollment in higher education, and language and literacy. Identify the components of education access and quality and their effects on health. Recall patient care and education related to education access and quality. Instructor |
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| Strategic Interprofessional Planning | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Healthcare providers are constantly challenged to quickly adapt to organizational change and respond to turbulent environments with many interconnected and moving parts. Experts maintain that interprofessional healthcare teams can improve the quality of care, problem-solve more effectively, and improve outcomes. Building a team with diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives has been shown to have a positive impact on performance. Nurses can make a distinct impact by influencing the design of care delivery and improving the practice environment as part of strategic interprofessional planning . Identify your new strengths for contributing to interprofessional team strategic planning sessions. Apply good enough, push on (GEPO), SWOT, and simple rules when designing strategic plans. Instructor Staff Writer
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| Social Determinants of Maternal-Fetal Health | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: The goal of this course is to educate nurses and physicians about key social determinants of health (SDOH) and health disparities affecting maternal and fetal outcomes. Identify at least four social determinants/disparities of health impacting maternal-fetal health outcomes. Describe at least two clinical and/or social support interventions to be used in clinical practice to decrease bias regarding social determinants and improve maternal-fetal health outcomes. Subject Matter Expert Writer |
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| Effective Teamwork | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Teams are essential in today’s world. Whether it’s in a professional or personal capacity, you’ve undoubtedly worked in a team before. Most likely, some of the teams were more successful than others. So, what makes a team? More importantly, what makes a successful team? The goal of this course is to provide all staff with the essential components of being an effective team member. Explain the team process. Describe best practices for high performance and high output teams. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Strategies for Engaging Patients in Treatment | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, MOC, and ANCC
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Recent research and healthcare reform efforts highlight the central importance of engaging patients in treatment as a key factor in improving patient outcomes. The high costs of patients’ lack of engagement include inadequately addressed existing health problems, the emergence of new health issues, non-adherence to medication regimens, medical errors, deaths, disability, and more frequent use of high-cost services such as emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations, versus preventive and routine care. The goal of this course is to equip nurses and physicians in the acute care setting with strategies to engage patients in treatment prior to discharge from the ED, promote greater follow-through with discharge recommendations, and reduce the high utilization of costly treatment approaches. Recall strategies to facilitate patients’ active involvement in healthcare discussions and decisions, assess patient readiness to change, and tailor treatment recommendations to those factors. Name communication strategies that support patient engagement and approaches to maintain patient engagement when collaborating with or transitioning care to other providers. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Bias in Healthcare | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: All healthcare professionals must be aware of bias and the challenges that bias can create in healthcare. This includes knowing some of the challenges people face with the healthcare system. In this course, you will learn best practices to help recognize and manage bias. Define bias. Identify how biases can affect healthcare. Describe steps that can help decrease barriers created by bias. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Natural Disasters and Workplace Emergencies: Earthquakes and Tsunamis | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Earthquakes and tsunamis unleash powerful forces of nature. They cause catastrophic infrastructure and property damage and can result in tremendous loss of life. This course presents some basic facts about earthquakes and tsunamis, including considerations for preparedness and protective actions. The goal of this course is to provide all staff with a basic overview of earthquakes and tsunamis. Explain where and how earthquakes and tsunamis occur. Identify potential hazards before an earthquake. Employ protective actions to enhance safety during and after an earthquake or tsunami. Expert Reviewer |
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| Sexual Harassment: What Employees Need to Know | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Sexual harassment in the workplace creates an uncomfortable working environment for employees and can also create hardships for employers. This course will explain to staff working in any healthcare setting what sexual harassment is and what they can do about it. Define sexual harassment. Describe how sexual harassment affects employees and organizations. Explain at least three ways to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Writer Subject Matter Expert |
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| Cultural Competence and Healthcare | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Cultural competence in healthcare refers to the delivery of quality care. It refers to meeting the needs of people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and those from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Cultural competence must be a two-way system to benefit people with differing beliefs, attitudes, values, and behaviors. This course discusses cultural competence and how organizations can use cultural competency to create an atmosphere of inclusion. Define cultural competency. Describe the role of cultural competency in healthcare. Writer Subject Matter Expert |
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| Suspected Child Abuse Assessment | 0.50 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Every year, hundreds of thousands of children in the United States are abused or neglected (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018). It is imperative that medical professionals have a better understanding of what they can do to address this serious issue. In this course you will learn the definitions of child abuse and neglect, how to screen and assess risk factors that predispose children to maltreatment, and how to help children and families receive the care that they need. Define child abuse and child neglect. Identify risk and preventive factors for child abuse and neglect. Describe how to evaluate a child suspected of being abused and/or neglected. Jennifer W. Burks, R.N., M.S.N. |
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| Preventing Wrong-site Surgery | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Universal Protocol is a Joint Commission strategy for preventing wrong-site surgeries, along with monitoring adherence by accredited facilities. The safe surgery checklist initiative, by the World Health Organization, was established to provide an outline of necessary tasks to complete in each perioperative phase of care. Along with these, there are many other risk-prevention strategies and tools to help keep surgical patients safe from harm. The goal of this course is to equip nurses and CSTs with tools and other evidence-based practices for preventing wrong-site surgeries. Identify common causes and risk factors for wrong-site surgeries. Describe the steps of the Universal Protocol and the three phases of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist. Summarize innovative, evidence-based strategies for preventing wrong-site surgeries. Instructor Expert Reviewer |
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| Excellence Series: Data Presentation | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Data must be presented in a way that is quick and easy for the target audience to understand and facilitates timely and effective decision-making about how best to respond. Interpreting and using data are essential components of evidence-based nursing practice, which has been linked to improved patient outcomes and quality of care. However, many nurses do not use evidence-based practice (EBP) or participate in nursing research efforts. Understanding data collection and presentation methods are an important first step to greater nurse participation in EBP and quality improvement (QI) initiatives. Describe data collection and presentation methods that are best for understanding quality of care performance and making decisions that are timely and actionable. Recognize the relationship between nursing research, data presentation, and evidence-based practice. Instructor |
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| Shoulder Dystocia: Teamwork and Training | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: This content is intended for all members of the obstetric team and is based on the educational theory that team performance is enhanced when all members of the team have the same understanding of the task and procedure to be performed. Enhance situational awareness for patients at increased risks for shoulder dystocia (SD). Design a team-based SD simulation drill. Improve obstetrical team performance through enhanced cooperation in deliveries complicated by SD. Review methods to enhance communications with teams. Writer |
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| Culture and Mental Health | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Culture affects how individuals talk about and recognize their mental health symptoms. It also affects how providers conceptualize and work with individuals with diverse backgrounds. It is important to recognize how culture influences the ways individuals and providers approach mental health. Healthcare providers should be encouraged to use interventions and strategies that assist in delivering culturally competent care. This course will examine the reasons for healthcare disparities among culturally diverse individuals, how both the cultural backgrounds of patients and their providers can impact patients’ mental health outcomes, and what kinds of actions providers can take to provide more effective care to patients of diverse cultures. Distinguish between some of the different assumptions and values that mental health providers and individuals hold, which influence their approaches to mental health. Explain why patients of diverse cultures with mental health needs are encountering disparities. Select assessment and intervention strategies that promote culturally competent care.
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| Social Determinants of Health: Health and Healthcare | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: This course is the fourth in a five-part series on the social determinants of health as defined by the Healthy People 2020 initiative. One of the pillars of the social determinants of health is health services. This course provides an in-depth and interactive analysis of how individuals' access to healthcare and primary care, along with their health literacy, affects their health and wellbeing. You will learn how to leverage this knowledge to improve your patients' health outcomes. Describe the components of health literacy and access. Explain how health and healthcare affect overall health outcomes for your patients. Identify issues with health literacy and access in your patients. Create a care plan that overcomes barriers to health and healthcare access and literacy. Instructor |
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| Hazardous Chemicals: The Essentials | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: This course provides information on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) regulations regarding hazardous chemical hazards and toxic substances in the workplace, and the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) as aligned with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS). The goal of this course is to provide all staff with an overview of how to work safely with hazardous materials and what to do in the event of a hazardous chemical spill. Define a hazardous chemical. Discuss the OSHA standard for hazardous chemicals. Writer Anthony A. Barone, M.P.S., M.P.H., CBCP, CEM, CHMM, NRP, PMP, and Chief Executive Officer and Protective Paramedic at EMERGILITY, LLC.
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| The Quality Payment Program | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, MOC, and ANCC
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: This course will give a high-level overview of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Historically, the provider payment system was flawed, focusing on volume vs. quality of care. This course will further define the QPP and its two-track pathways for Medicare-eligible participants, known as Qualifying Participants (QPs). The two QPP pathways, Merit-based Incentive Payment Systems (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) will be discussed, including enrollment stipulations and 2023 proposed payment changes. Lastly, this course will briefly discuss the COVID-19 implications affecting the QPP. Recall the overarching concept of the QPP and the CMS 2023 proposed changes. Identify how both the MIPS and APM QPP tracks work, the CMS 2023 proposed changes, and COVID-19 implications. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Strategies for Engaging Families in Treatment | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Recent research and healthcare reform efforts highlight the central importance of engaging patients and their families in treatment as a key factor in improving patient outcomes. In family-centered care, collaborative relationships between healthcare providers and the patient’s family members are emphasized for their benefits to quality care. In contrast, lack of engagement of the patient and their family members in treatment is associated with inadequately addressed existing health problems, the emergence of new health issues, treatment complications, medical errors, deaths, disability, and more frequent use of high-cost services such as emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations vs. preventive and routine care.
This course will provide an overview of strategies you can use to engage your patient’s family members in treatment to promote greater follow-through with discharge recommendations from the ED and reduce high utilization of costly treatment approaches. Identify strategies to facilitate shared decision-making and active collaboration with your patients’ family members. Employ communication strategies that support engagement of family members. Identify potential barriers to engaging family members in treatment and strategies for overcoming these barriers. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Pediatric Pain: Minor Procedures | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Pediatric patients experience pain from minor procedures on a regular basis in acute care settings. To help reduce pain in these children, nurses must be knowledgeable about the typical minor procedures and procedural sedation performed. In addition, they must have knowledge regarding validated pain assessments, medications and adjuncts, and non-pharmacological management of pediatric pain. The goal of this course is to equip nurses with knowledge of evidence-based practices for nursing management of pediatric pain associated with minor procedures. Recall minor procedures, procedural sedation, and pain assessment scales used in pediatric patients. Identify medications, adjuncts, and non-pharmacologic management of pediatric pain during minor procedures. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Cultural Competence | 0.50 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: This introductory overview of cultural diversity will help enable you to interact with others of diverse cultures and effectively perform your job responsibilities. Explain the importance of understanding a person's culture when providing services. Examine common issues in cultural diversity. Identify appropriate responses to cultures that differ from your own. Benjamin Reese, Jr., Psy.D. |
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| Ethics and Corporate Compliance | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Establishing an effective corporate compliance program helps healthcare organizations prevent, detect, and correct unlawful and unethical behavior. This course discusses the laws and behaviors related to ethics. It also discusses your responsibilities in preventing and identifying unlawful and unethical behavior. The goal of this course is to familiarize general staff in healthcare settings with the most common types of fraudulent and improper conduct. Identify common high-risk areas for fraudulent conduct. Recall at least three types of fraudulent or other improper conduct. Staff Writer |
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| Stress Management for Patients and Healthcare Professionals | 0.50 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Workplace-related stressors can have a negative impact on both nurses and the patients under their care. The effect of these stressors has led to intensifying burnout and compromising safe patient care. Nurses must be knowledgeable about how to deal with stress effectively. Recognize the impact of stress on mental and physical health. Identify strategies for improving self-care and stress responses. Subject Matter Expert Reviewer |
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| Multi-drug Related Organisms (MDROs) | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: To manage the threat posed by multi-drug-resistant organisms (MDROs), all healthcare workers and individuals must work together. Along with providing a comprehensive look at new and ever-changing MDROs, this course covers disease trends associated with MDROs, the national approach to combat MDROs, leading practices and clinical interventions, and the psychosocial effects of treatment. You will learn prevention measures and methods to control the spread of MDROs in our communities and throughout health care. Describe the current problem with multi-drug-resistant organisms (MDROs). Identify disease trends associated with MDROs. Identify the most common MDROs. Identify how to decrease the transmission of MDROs. Describe the national approach to combat MDROs. Describe the psychosocial effects of treatment. Instructor |
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| Clinical Management of Uterine Atony | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: A case of obstetrical hemorrhage due to uterine atony, requiring medical and surgical interventions and blood component replacement therapy is presented. Emphasis: A review of obstetrical hemorrhage, etiologies, and treatments is provided. The importance of early recognition and response to excessive blood loss is stressed. Medical and surgical interventions for uterine atony are reviewed. Current recommendations for blood component replacement therapy for massive hemorrhage are discussed. List common risk factors for OH. Review medical treatments for uterine atony. Identify pre-surgical and surgical treatments for uterine atony. Describe blood component therapy for massive hemorrhage. Expert Reviewer |
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| The Current Landscape of Opioid Use and Misuse | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: Opioid use and misuse has become a significant problem within the United States. Each year, more and more people die from opioid overdose. As a healthcare provider, you play a critical role in addressing the opioid epidemic. This course will provide an overview of the opioid use and misuse trends in the U.S. A relatable story of a patient who has opioid use disorder will be used to explore fundamental information regarding opioid use and misuse. This course will also discuss how opioid prescribing has contributed to an epidemic and guidelines for opioid prescribing and use. Describe opioid use disorder, its relationship to prescription opioids, and patient outcomes that result from opioid use and misuse. Identify federal and state laws regarding prescription and dispensation of opioid analgesics and CDC guidelines for appropriate use of these medications. Staff Writer |
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| Bacterial Meningitis | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Members of the healthcare team must be able to recognize symptoms of bacterial meningitis to expedite testing and treatment, and advocate for preventive vaccination among appropriate age groups. With knowledge of preventive measures and awareness of early symptoms, the impact of meningitis can be greatly reduced. Define meningitis and identify meningitis classifications. List common causes, symptoms, and complications of bacterial meningitis. Identify treatment and prevention strategies for bacterial meningitis and associated complications. Instructor |
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| Supervisory Skills: The Basics | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Healthcare supervisors and managers are presented daily with challenges. These challenges present as process failures or those surrounding staff behaviors. An organization’s management team maps a path to support their supervisor’s success in dealing with these challenges. The approach is defined by proven characteristics, skills, and experiences. This course discusses the basic tools needed for supervisors and managers to be successful in their roles. Identify two qualities of good leaders, motivators, and coaches. Describe at least three approaches used to enhance communication. Writer |
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| Shoulder Dystocia: Primary Maneuvers | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, MOC, and ANCC
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: This course is intended for current users, physicians and nurses, with an interest in enhancing their understanding of the clinical content presented in the Shoulder Dystocia module. Enhance awareness of risks of shoulder dystocia (SD). Improve obstetrical team performance in deliveries complicated by SD. Illustrate proper technique of primary maneuvers: McRoberts, suprapubic pressure. Review post-delivery communication, team debriefing, shoulder dystocia documentation. Writer |
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| Buprenorphine | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Opioid dependence can be caused by the use of prescription opioids (obtained legally or illegally) or the use of illicit opioids (e.g., heroin). It continues to be a growing problem in the United States with opioid-related deaths occurring daily. Often, patients who discontinue opioid use require treatment to prevent relapse or the extreme effects of withdrawal. Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid agonist used for the treatment of patients with opioid dependence. It is available as a sublingual tablet, sublingual or buccal soluble film strip, and injection and is used in formulations with or without naloxone. The goal of this course is to educate nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians in acute care settings about opioid dependence and the therapeutic use of buprenorphine to treat the condition. Describe the key differences among the three drugs approved for the treatment of opioid dependence. Summarize the pharmacology, dosing, formulations, adverse effects, and interactions of buprenorphine. Explain the regulations that govern the prescribing and dispensing of buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid dependence. Instructor |
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| Obstetric Hemorrhage: Mitigating Risk to Improve Outcomes | 0.50 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: Two cases are presented. Risk factors, including recurring and nonrecurring, for obstetrical hemorrhage, are reviewed. Delivery preparations and preventative strategies are discussed. Methodologies that better quantify blood loss, allowing for earlier recognition of excessive blood loss, are presented. Management of the patient experiencing obstetric hemorrhage, including a review of current guidelines for blood component replacement therapy, are reviewed. List recurring and nonrecurring risk factors for obstetrical hemorrhage. List the four Ts of OH. Identify low, medium and high risk patients for OH. Review blood component therapy for large volume blood loss. Instructor |
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| HIPAA: Security Rule | 0.50 | |
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Origination: Expiration: The use of technology has bloomed in the healthcare industry. While technology’s use has improved the delivery and continuity of care, it increases the chance that an unauthorized person will be able to access individuals’ protected health information, or PHI. Therefore, to protect electronic PHI, your organization is required to follow a specific HIPAA rule, known as the Security Rule. The goal of this course is to describe the Security Rule and ways you can prevent breaches. Describe the HIPAA Security Rule. Identify at least three ways to prevent breaches of the HIPAA Security Rule. Expert Reviewer |
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| Building Care Teams and Establishing Checkpoints: Asthma and COPD | 0.75 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: You can better assist your patients who have asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by building care teams in primary care. Learn how to assemble these teams and utilize certain disease-specific checkpoints for improved patient outcomes and health management. Identify best practices for building care teams for patients with asthma and/or COPD. Define key checkpoints and follow-ups with patients. Cite different ways to evaluate the care provided by the team. Instructor Alisa Brewer, BSN, RN |
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| Building Care Teams and Establishing Checkpoints: Depression/Anxiety | 0.75 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Learn how to identify best practices for building care teams for patients with depression and anxiety, define key checkpoints and patient follow-ups, identify strategies for coordinating care with other providers, and evaluate the care provided by the team. Identify best practices for building care teams for patients with depression and anxiety. Define key checkpoints and follow-ups with patients. Identify strategies for coordinating care with other providers. Cite different ways to evaluate the care provided by the team. Instructor Adam Roesner, BSN |
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| Critical Care Series: Sepsis | 0.75 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Sepsis is the result of a dysregulated host response to severe infection that can result in systemic inflammation, immune system dysfunction, coagulopathies, multi-organ system failure, and death (Rhodes et al., 2017). The signs and symptoms of sepsis can vary in onset and presentation and depend on many individual patient factors. Early recognition and intervention is key to improving patient outcomes. Nurses are vital in this role as they are readily at the bedside and able to continually assess the patient and communicate changes in patient condition to providers. The goal of this course is to challenge the learner’s ability to identify key risk factors for sepsis and recognize signs and symptoms of early and progressive sepsis. It will also challenge the learner to accurately anticipate management strategies in the treatment of sepsis and sepsis-related complications. Identify key risk factors for sepsis. Recognize the signs and symptoms for early and progressive sepsis. Identify management strategies and in the treatment of sepsis and potential sepsis-related complications. Instructor |
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| Building Care Teams and Establishing Checkpoints: Diabetes | 0.75 | |
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Non-accredited Education
Origination: Expiration: Diabetes, a very common chronic condition, can be managed by prescribing proper diet, exercise, and pharmaceutical treatments. This course discusses building care teams for these patients, teaching team members key milestones and checkpoints, ensuring medication adherence, and coordinating care with other providers as it relates to diabetes. Implement best practices for building a care team of providers for patients with diabetes. Teach all members of the care team the key milestones and necessary care checkpoints for patients with diabetes. Coordinate care with other condition-relevant providers, and ensure medication adherence. List evaluation strategies for care teams that manage diabetes. Staff Writer |
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| Outpatient Risk Identification and Stratification for Opioid Misuse | 0.75 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: This course explores the risk factors for opioid misuse and reviews the classification of opioid use disorder. It also provides an overview of assessment and management tools and strategies that can be employed to ensure safe and effective pain management for patients using opioid medications. Recognize the prevalence of and risk factors for opioid misuse. Identify three evidence-based assessment tools to determine risks for individual patients Writer Subject Matter Expert |
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| Critical Care Series: Patient and Family Communication and Support | 0.75 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Therapeutic communication between the nurse, patient, and family can be challenging in high-stress environments. Typically, critical care units have higher acuity levels and intense time constraints, thus hindering effective interactions. However, nurses who receive education in communication methods are more prepared to effectively communicate with their patients and families. Given this, critical care nurses must understand communication barriers, cultural influences, the importance of patient-centered communication, and strategies to increase therapeutic interactions. Describe three therapeutic communication techniques and strategies to address the needs of patients in the critical care setting. Describe patient and family-centered communication, cultural differences, and communication barriers inherent to the critical care environment. Staff Writer |
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| Social Media: The Implications for Healthcare Professionals | 0.75 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: In healthcare, social media posts can influence the hiring process, violate patient privacy, and result in termination of employment. This module informs healthcare professionals of the risks of social networks, which break down the walls separating our personal and professional lives. Discuss how social media posts can lead to loss of employment. Indicate two ways that using social media in the hiring process can pose legal risks for employers. Identify three reasons why social media pages can lead to not getting hired. Instructor |
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| Boundary Risks for Behavioral Health Paraprofessionals | 0.75 | |
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Origination: Expiration: Boundaries are important in guiding acceptable and unacceptable interactions. People working in service or care professions are often in situations where the lines between a professional and social relationship become blurred. Setting and keeping professional boundaries are key to protecting your clients, yourself, and the service or care process. The goal of this course is to provide paraprofessionals in health and human services settings with information about professional boundaries, boundary crossings and violations, and situations when crossing a boundary may be acceptable. Define professional boundaries. Differentiate between a social relationship and professional relationship. Explain three differences between a boundary crossing and a boundary violation. Identify three considerations when deciding whether it is appropriate to intentionally cross a professional boundary. Staff Writer |
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| Quality Series: Role of Risk Management | 0.75 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: The role of risk management has a significant impact on the quality outcomes of acute care organizations. It includes systems and validated processes aimed at assessing and developing interventions to mitigate risk factors and optimize quality outcomes. Nursing leaders are stakeholders in the risk management process and can benefit from understanding risk management strategies and objectives. In this course, you will learn about risk management in the acute care setting. The goal of this course is to provide nursing professionals in acute care settings with information to enhance their understanding of the role they play in risk management along with proven strategies for ensuring quality outcomes in their professional practice in acute care settings. Identify the importance of risk management, the processes, and tools used in risk management in the acute care setting. Identify at least two concrete strategies for enhancing quality outcomes. Instructor Staff Writer |
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| Clinical Management of Category II Fetal Heart Tracing | 0.75 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: Three different obstetrical scenarios, complicated by a Category II Fetal Heart Rate pattern, are presented to illustrate the importance of clinical context when formulating management plans. Emphasis, characteristics, and potential etiologies of Category II fetal heart rate tracings are reviewed. Management of the patient with a Category II fetal heart rate pattern is discussed, with special emphasis on the importance of the clinical context and fetal heart rate pattern evolution. Describe characteristics of Category II FHR tracings. Identify common etiologies for Category II FHR tracings during labor. Examine clinical interventions for Category II FHR tracings. Review the etiology-based management of Category II FHR tracings. Expert Reviewer |
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| FMLA for Supervisors | 1.00 | |
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Origination: Expiration: As an employer or supervisor, you need to know what obligations the FMLA imposes on your organization when an employee requests leave from their job. This course will introduce you to key provisions of the FMLA such as which employees have rights under the FMLA and the circumstances under which they are eligible to take protected leave. Then, you’ll learn about your responsibilities both when an employee asks for leave and wants to return to work. Finally, you’ll learn how to comply with the FMLA and avoid potential pitfalls. The goal of this educational program is to provide administrators and human resource professionals with knowledge of FMLA. Determine whether the FMLA applies to employees at your organization. Identify FMLA qualifying events. Comply with the FMLAs mandates regarding employee leave and reinstatement. Expert Reviewer |
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| Using Telehealth in Clinical Practice | 1.00 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: This course provides an overview of telehealth practices including a brief history of telehealth, current trends and research, and associated technologies. You will learn how to provide telehealth services, including potential advantages and challenges. Case scenarios are included to offer examples for practical application. The goal of this course is to provide psychologists, professional counselors, social workers, addictions professionals, marriage and family therapists, and nurses in health and human services settings with current, research-based information on telehealth and guidelines for practice. Describe what telehealth is and the types of services that can be provided through telehealth. Summarize the different formats for delivering services via telehealth and the advantages and disadvantages of those formats. Explain at least three standards providers must follow to deliver effective telehealthcare that complies with federal and state regulations. Instructor Expert Reviewer |
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| Hypertension Guidelines | 1.00 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: Uncontrolled hypertension can cause multiple complications ranging from a myocardial infarction (MI) to stroke. Diagnosing and managing this chronic condition involves a team approach to improve a patient's outcome. There continues to be a global and national push to manage hypertension. There are various evidence-based approaches and strategies when treating patients who have or are at risk for developing hypertension. This course aims to educate nurses, registered dietitian nutritionists, pharmacists, physical therapists, physicians, and radiologic technologists about current guidelines and drug therapy for the management of hypertension. Recall blood pressure goals for various stages of hypertension. Recall lifestyle modification strategies in managing patients with hypertension. Discuss major concerns related to the four classes of antihypertensive drugs. Staff Writer |
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| Use of Defibrillation in the Pediatric Population | 1.00 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, MOC, and ANCC
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: Resuscitation of children and adults differs in a number of ways, including the appropriate time to activate the emergency response system, initiate rescue breathing, and use defibrillation. Children who collapse suddenly are likely experiencing ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (PVT), which requires immediate CPR. The ability to use a defibrillator safely and effectively on a pediatric patient experiencing cardiac arrest is essential to providing quality care. Describe the importance of early and rapid defibrillation for shockable rhythms in the pediatric population. Recall the appropriate pediatric defibrillation shock dose and regimens, and at least two safety concerns regarding the use of AEDs in the pediatric population. Explain the importance of the interprofessional team approach when performing pediatric defibrillation. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Central Arterial Aneurysms: Types and Management | 1.00 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Aneurysms can be deadly and can come on suddenly. Knowing what to do to help your patient with an aneurysm could be the difference between life and death for them. Early detection and management are the best tools to prevent a fatal outcome. Healthcare professionals should know what an aneurysm is, which of their patients are at highest risk, the signs and symptoms of an aneurysm, and how to manage an emergency rupture. This course focuses on central arterial aneurysms of the abdominal and thoracic aorta. Recall concepts associated with vascular physiology and types of aneurysms. Recognize clinical manifestations of central arterial aneurysms and associated risk factors. Apply common techniques for managing patients with abdominal and thoracic aneurysms, pseudoaneurysms, and dissections. Writer |
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| Hand Trauma: Emergency Measures to Rehab | 1.00 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: About 20 percent of emergency department visits are due to hand and wrist injuries. While most hand injuries are straightforward, many cause long-term complications that may profoundly alter a person‘s ability to work, create, and enjoy life to the fullest. This continuing education program, which includes the steps for preserving an amputated body part, addresses the assessment and treatment of patients with hand trauma. List the critical information that must be gathered upon admission of the patient with hand trauma Describe the six general categories of hand injuries Explain the steps needed to properly preserve an amputated body part Instructor |
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| Refresher for CPR | 1.00 | |
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Origination: Expiration: The goal of this course is to provide all staff with an overview of CPR. NOTE: This course does not replace the formalized training and return demonstration that must be completed for competency according to the American Heart Association. This course should only be used as a “refresher” to remind the learner of the key action steps in CPR. The content of this course is sourced from the American Heart Association’s CPR and ECC Guidelines unless otherwise noted. The American Heart Association is not affiliated with nor endorses this course. Define the importance of timeliness in performing CPR. Describe the signs and symptoms of a person in need of CPR. Review the correct procedure for performing CPR. Expert Reviewer |
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| Decreasing Medical and Treatment Errors in Behavioral Health | 1.00 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Origination: Expiration: The goal of this course is to provide education to entry-level professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, alcohol and drug counselors, psychologists, nurses, and social workers working in the health and human services field about types, prevalence, causes, and consequences of medical and treatment errors in the behavioral health setting, as well as how to address them and reduce risk of future errors. Discuss types and prevalence of medical and treatment errors in behavioral health. Describe causes and consequences of medical and treatment errors. Identify strategies to address an error and reduce the risk of future errors. Staff Writer Instructor
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| Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnant Women | 1.00 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Healthcare professionals often feel unprepared to ask about abuse or to counsel a pregnant woman who is being abused, although they are in a unique position to assess for IPV and to support women who experience it. As such, it is necessary for clinicians to skillfully screen for IPV and offer effective interventions when appropriate. Recognize three barriers to and three recommendations for assessing IPV. Recall four questions that are used to assess for IPV. Identify three intervention strategies for women experiencing IPV. Writer |
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| HCAHPS: Discharge and Transitions of Care | 1.00 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Expiration: Improving hospital processes surrounding discharge and transitions of care can reduce adverse events and readmissions. Process improvements may also lead to better patient adherence to the treatment plan and their overall experience with care. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey is a national standardized survey required for hospitals participating in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) programs. Survey results are linked to hospital reimbursement from CMS. This course provides updated information for clinicians about care coordination and transitions of care in relation to HCAHPS. Determine the impacts of Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) programs on healthcare organizations. Categorize transitions of care, care coordination, and discharge planning. Select strategies to improve interprofessional teamwork. Instructor Expert Reviewer |
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| Nursing Assessment of the Pediatric Patient | 1.00 | |
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, MOC, and ANCC
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: In this course, you will learn about pediatric anatomical and physiological differences, which will help you recognize normal variations throughout your assessment. Additionally, you will learn communication methods to help children feel more at ease during your assessment. Finally, you will understand essential warning signs that require immediate referral to additional medical professionals using the available resources and tools. Choose at least three strategies to help ensure success during an exam of the infant, child, and adolescent. Identify the proper way to perform a pediatric head-to-toe assessment using appropriate resource tools. Recognize signs in the infant, child, and adolescent that are concerning. Subject Matter Expert |
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| Discrimination in the Workplace for Supervisors | 1.00 | |
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ANCC Accreditation
Origination: Reviewed: Expiration: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. The federal laws are very specific about the ways in which you, as an employer, are expected to select, promote, and accommodate your employees. You can be held liable for discrimination whether or not you intentionally discriminated against your employee, so it is imperative that you understand the federal laws prohibiting discrimination. | ||