Critical Care Nursing CEUs

Signs and symptoms of asthma, diagnosis and assessment, pharmacologic treatments, long-term management, complications, and managing asthma attacks.

This course covers the requirement for annual bloodborne pathogens training as outlined by OSHA. Includes information on pathogens (HBV, HCV, HIV, Ebola, Zika); transmission and protection; personal protective equipment (PPE) and procedures; and exposure prevention and management.

Caring for patients with or at risk for CAD. Course covers pathophysiology, clinical forms, risk factors and prevention measures, assessment and diagnosis, complications and comorbidities, emergency treatment, and management of acute and chronic coronary artery disease.

Causes and current treatments for COPD. Covers the characteristics and causes of COPD, functional effects, preventive measures, lifestyle changes, long-term treatment planning, interventions, and acute exacerbations.

Learn about the causes, diagnostic testing, treatment, and patient care for various types of heart failure. Discusses strategies to prevent recurrence of heart failure and rehospitalization, and utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to cardiac rehabilitation.

Understand the psychological effects of a widespread infectious illness on the general population and effects unique to healthcare workers; learn strategies to reduce impacts on mental health among patients, yourself, and coworkers.

Learn about risk factors, possible preventive measures, clinical manifestations, and the disease process of Alzheimer's disease. Increase your knowledge of appropriate therapeutic interventions and strategies for addressing the effects of the disease, and methods of providing effective support for caregivers.

Care for individuals at risk for developing foot ulcers as a complication of diabetes; assessing and treating patients with diabetic foot ulcers, including foot assessment, off-loading, management, and amputation.

Type 2 diabetes: causes, prevention strategies for patients at risk, assessment and screening criteria, treatment, complications, and long-term plan of care.

Learn the indicators of elder abuse and dependent adult abuse and the risk factors for victims and perpetrators; how to accurately identify suspected abuse, reporting requirements, and protective interventions that may be taken.

Differences between palliative care and hospice care, ethical and legal principles in end-of-life care, pain management, care needs for special populations, effective communication with patient and family, care during final hours and postmortem.

REQUIRED FOR TEXAS NURSES Fulfills the 2-hour continuing education requirement for Texas nurses practicing in an ED setting regarding forensic evidence collection.

REQUIRED: SEE APPROVED LICENSES Fulfills the 1-hour HIV/AIDS continuing education requirement for RNs, LPNs, and CNAs in Florida. Overview of incidence, etiology, stages, and FL testing-related requirements.

HIV/AIDS etiology and epidemiology, transmission and infection control, testing, clinical manifestations and treatment, legal and ethical issues, and psychosocial issues.

REQUIRED FOR RN/LPN/ARNP LICENSURE Fulfills the requirement for 7 hours of HIV/AIDS training in Washington State. Covers transmission of HIV, infection control, WA laws concerning confidentiality and testing, clinical manifestations and treatment, psychosocial issues, and legal and ethical issues.

Infection prevention and control practices, the chain of infection, methods to prevent the spread of infection, use of personal protective equipment (PPE), strategies to minimize the risk of occupational exposures to infectious diseases.

Learn about effective and respectful care of LGBTQ patients, including health risk factors and clinical implications, best practices regarding patient information, communication, and legal issues.

REQUIRED FOR NURSES Learn about effective and respectful care of LGBTQ patients, including health risk factors and clinical implications, best practices regarding patient information, communication, and legal issues.

Comprehensive overview of preventing medical errors in the practice setting, including the most common medical errors and strategies to prevent them. Covers evidence-based interventions, the importance of communication, patient safety standards, and the role of organizational systems.

REQUIRED FOR NEW MEXICO APRN Fulfills the New Mexico requirement for 5 hours of CE on the management of noncancer pain for advanced practice nurses.

Overview of issues relating to organ and tissue donation, barriers to procurement, and the role of nursing in the donation process.

REQUIRED FOR NEW JERSEY NURSES Fulfills NJ requirement for 1 CH on clinical aspects of organ and tissue donation and recovery.

Managing pain: understanding the experience and physiology of pain, elements of a comprehensive pain assessment, interventions and strategies, roles and guidelines for providers, ethical concerns, and issues related to opioids.

REQUIRED FOR OREGON RN/LPN/NP Fulfills OR 6-hour CE requirement. Covers pain assessment and interventions, roles and guidelines for nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, and issues regarding opioid use.

Assessment, prevention, and treatment of pressure injuries, including risk factors, staging, wound treatment, factors affecting healing, and documentation.

REQUIRED: SEE APPROVED LICENSES This course fulfills the 2-hour Florida requirement for reporting and prevention of medical errors. Covers preventing medical errors in the practice setting and Florida's medical error reporting requirements.

Epidemiology, pathogenesis, risk factors, and symptoms of prostate cancer. Screening, diagnosis, stages, and treatment; rehabilitation interventions, and care of patients and their significant others.

Risk factors and triggers for stroke, types and signs, prehospital/ED evaluation, nursing care, treatment, management, and initial rehabilitation goals.

REQUIRED FOR WA RN/LPN/ARNP6-hour training approved by WA DOH on how to assess and determine risk for suicide, and appropriate treatment and management for at-risk individuals.

Types of wounds and phases of wound healing; assessment, treatment, and management of acute and chronic wounds. Covers infection, impediments to healing, care for specific types of wounds, advanced treatment modalities, and patient education.