Multidisciplinary Nursing CEU Renewal Package: 30 Hours

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