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Package Includes

PLEASE NOTE: Where a post-test is not required for course completion, you will be prompted to attest that you completed the course. Some courses contain interactive elements that must be completed to advance through the course. You must complete all courses in the package and the overall evaluation in order to obtain a certificate of completion. This package contains the following courses:

  • Battling Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci - No Test (0.5 Contact Hour)

    Sooa Devereaux, May M. Riley, Barbara Barzoloski-O'Connor; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

  • Delirium: Identification and Management - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Nicole Strickland; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Nursing Documentation: Legal Aspects - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Nicole Strickland; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Acute Stroke: Treatment and Outcomes - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Lisa Bowman, Andrea Powell; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

  • Communication with Patients - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Laura Bell; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • How to Develop Your Leadership Potential - No Test (1.25 Contact Hours)

    Ashley Coffey; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

  • Professional Responsibility in Infection Prevention - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Tracy Garrison; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Bioterrorism - No Test (4 Contact Hours)

    Edward Bartels; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Ethics for Nurses - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Nicole Strickland; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Parental Stress in the NICU - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Claire Hartman; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Anticoagulant and Antithrombotic Medications- No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Sarah Hunter; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/26

  • Asthma in Adults - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Lynda A. Mackin, Nicole Strickland, Paul Teelin, Crystal Dunlevy, Donna J. Bowles; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

  • Dating Violence in Adolescence - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Olive Peart; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Medication Error Prevention - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Cathryn Ayers; Course Expiration Date: 21/31/25

  • Common Sleep Disorders - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Tracy Garrison; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

  • HIPAA and Confidentiality for Licensed Professionals - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Jennifer Burks; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Preventing Suicide in Older Adults - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Bridgett Ross; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Best Practices for Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Amy Bonadies, Paul Teelin; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

  • Dementia in the Older Adult-No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Cassandra Shine; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

  • Pain Control: Evidence-Based Approaches - No Test (2 Contact Hours)

    Cathryn Ayers, Johnny J. Bethea, Paul Arnstein; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

  • Addressing Sexual Health, Sexuality, and Intimacy - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Meredith Moyers; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

  • Coping with Shingles - No Test (0.5 Contact Hour)

    Rebecca Smallwood; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+): An Introduction - No Test (1.5 Contact Hours)

    Jennifer Niles; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Working as an Interprofessional Team - No Test (0.5 Contact Hour)

    Amy Bonadies; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Calming the Patient with Cognitive Impairment - No Test (0.5 Contact Hour)

    Amy Bonadies, Elizabeth Vaccaro; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • General Principles of Infectious Microbes and Disease - No Test (1.25 Contact Hours)

    Sooa Devereaux, Barbara Barzoloski-O'Connor; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/25

  • Preventing Blood Incompatibility Errors - No Test (1 Contact Hour)

    Dana Bartlett; Course Expiration Date: 12/31/24

Goals and Learning Outcomes

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Recognize the neurologic deficits associated with left- and right-sided strokes, the significance of post-stroke depression, and the importance of depression screening.
  • Recall core concepts related to sexual function and the sexual response.
  • Recall how interprofessional collaboration in care approaches can enhance outcomes for patients with Alzheimer's diagnosis.
  • Provide a summary of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Asthma Management Guidelines, focusing on adults.
  • State at least three strategies to prevent and control the spread of VRE in healthcare facilities.
  • Describe ventilator management and understand the weaning process.
  • Define the terms bioterrorism, biological weapons, and weapons of mass destruction.
  • Recognize the attributes of the National Syndromic Surveillance Network (NSSP).
  • Identify at least three chemical agents that may be used as weaponized agents.
  • Describe the different types of behavioral and psychological symptoms that patients with dementia exhibit.
  • Describe common sleeping disorders.
  • Apply effective communication techniques leading to improved patient satisfaction, safety, and outcomes.
  • Identify the cause of shingles and adjacent conditions, as well as the common signs and symptoms.
  • Recognize risk factors for becoming a victim or perpetrator of violence within a dating relationship.
  • List the appropriate nursing actions when delirium is suspected.
  • Differentiate the past events and current ethical principles that govern patient care today.
  • Define the six components of the chain of infection.
  • Recognize practices that protect the security of electronic protected health information.
  • Describe the intent of HIPPA
  • Discuss why it is important for nurses to develop leadership potential.
  • Identify the lifespan health considerations of LGBTQ+ individuals (childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and older adulthood), including coming out and family systems.
  • Examine sources and types of medication errors.
  • Describe four characteristics of legally-credible charting.
  • Discuss considerations and guidelines for prescribing controlled substances.
  • Describe the need for and methods to balance harms associated with uncontrolled pain with potential harms associated with pain treatment.
  • Identify the common stressors of parents with an infant in the NICU and the relationship between parental stress and infant health.
  • Describe blood type compatibility between the donor and recipient and the processes involved in the safe transfusion of blood products.
  • Recognize three important warning signs for suicide risk in older adulthood.
  • Describe why new diseases emerge or reemerge in the United States and the benefits of adhering to standards of infection control.
  • Describe teamwork and partnerships among diverse patients, families, and staff members.

This multidisciplinary nursing CEU package covers multiple general nursing topics, including:

  • Acute Stroke: Treatment and Outcomes | 1.0 Contact Hours
  • Addressing Sexual Health, Sexuality, and Intimacy | 1.0 Contact Hours
  • Alzheimer's: Diagnosis, Management, and Support for Daily Life | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Asthma in Adults | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Battling Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci | 0.5 Contact Hour
  • Best Practices for Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Bioterrorism | 4.0 Contact Hour
  • Calming the Patient with Cognitive Impairment | 0.5 Contact Hour
  • Common Sleep Disorders | 1.0 Contact Hours
  • Communication with Patients | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Coping with Shingles | 0.5 Contact Hour
  • Dating Violence in Adolescence | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Delirium: Identification and Management | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Ethics for Nurses | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • General Principles of Infectious Microbes and Disease | 1.25 Contact Hour
  • HIPAA and Confidentiality for Licensed Professionals | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • How to Develop Your Leadership Potential | 1.25 Contact Hour
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+): An Introduction | 1.5 Contact Hours
  • Medication Error Prevention | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Nursing Documentation: Legal Aspects | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Opioid Prescribing, Chronic Pain, and Opioid Use Disorder | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Pain Control: Evidence-Based Approaches | 2.0 Contact Hour
  • Parental Stress in the NICU | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Preventing Blood Incompatibility Errors | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Preventing Suicide in Older Adults | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Professional Responsibility in Infection Prevention | 1.0 Contact Hour
  • Working as an Interprofessional Team | 0.5 Contact Hour

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Accreditation Information

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In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

 

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Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Nursing, Mississippi Board of Nursing, New Hampshire Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, North Dakota Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Registered Nurses

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.