Emergency Nursing (CEN) 25-Hour CE Renewal Package
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
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Navigating Delegation: Balancing Responsibility and Collaboration 1
Course release date: 1/29/24
About the Course
Episode 1: In the ever-changing landscape of healthcare, it's crucial to grasp the distinctions between Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). This course delves into the responsibilities, delegation, and scopes of practice for each role, equipping nurses with the knowledge they need to function effectively within their healthcare teams. The episode delves into the legal and regulatory considerations of healthcare delegation, highlighting the roles of different team members and suggesting the potential advantages of reintroducing team nursing for enhanced patient outcomes.
Episode 2: In the ever-changing landscape of healthcare, it's crucial to grasp the distinctions between Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). This episode explores the essential distinctions between Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) in the dynamic healthcare landscape, emphasizing their roles, responsibilities, and scopes of practice. The conversation also touches on the importance of effective communication, empowerment, and collaborative teamwork in providing optimal patient care, particularly in areas like the ICU with specific patient needs and frequent skilled assessments.
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Cardiac Rehabilitation: The Nurses' Integral Role in Heart Recovery 1
About the Course
Episode 1: A cardiac rehab nurse discusses her experiences and the challenges in the field. She highlights the crucial role of nurses in patient recovery after cardiac events, the structure of rehab programs, and the importance of nursing expertise in managing medications and comorbidities. The episode also addresses barriers such as limited resources and low reimbursement rates. Despite these obstacles, she finds the work rewarding, especially in seeing patients regain confidence and improve.
Episode 2: This discussion covers practical strategies for cardiac rehabilitation, emphasizing both physical recovery, like exercise guidelines, and psychosocial aspects, including managing anxiety, depression, and nutrition. The importance of collaboration with other healthcare professionals and the use of community resources, such as home-based and virtual rehab, is highlighted. The conversation concludes with advice for nurses interested in specializing in cardiac rehab.
Listen, Learn, and Earn CE Hours with this podcast course. Available on <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fce-podcasts-for-nurses%2Fid1566589270&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cb18f01a26fc94895acde08da9cd0dc88%7C2dc6507f93b6402a8f75bb11f1a524a1%7C0%7C0%7C63799471811448
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Positioned for Healing: Comprehensive Care in Prone Positioning 1
Course release date: 10/31/2025
Course Overview
This episode explores prone positioning as a critical intervention for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and severe respiratory conditions such as COVID-19. With insights from an experienced critical care clinician and educator, the discussion covers the science, history, and practical application of this life-saving technique, including the development of safe implementation tools and protocols.
Listeners will learn about the physiological benefits of prone positioning, key clinical indicators and contraindications, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovations that enhance patient and provider safety. This episode provides actionable knowledge for healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes, reduce complications, and integrate evidence-based practices into critical care settings. -
Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis 4
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Course release date: 6/1/2024
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with a current review and updated, evidence-based guidance for the diagnosis and management of sepsis and septic shock. The objective is to address knowledge gaps, enhance clinical skill, and enable effective strategies of collaborative care to improve patient outcomes. -
Supplements of Abuse: Unmasking Potential Risks 1
Course release date: 8/1/2025
Course Overview
Use of dietary supplements continues to increase. In addition to their use for the management of medical conditions, dietary supplements are often misused or abused for recreation, body image concerns, athletic performance, and mood enhancement. This course is an overview of commonly abused supplements and their safety implications. -
Opioid Stewardship in Multimorbidity: Balancing Pain, Function, and Polypharmacy 1
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Course release date: 11/1/2025
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide physicians, PAs, and nurses with evidence-based strategies for safe opioid prescribing in patients with multiple chronic conditions and complex medication regimens, improving interprofessional care and patient outcomes. -
Nurses' Mental Health: Suicide Prevention 1
Course release date: 4/26/2024
About the Course
Episode 1, Prioritizing Mental Wellness in Nursing: Cultivating Supportive Culture, delves into the mental health challenges confronting nurses, highlighting the impact of long hours, heavy workloads, and trauma exposure on their well-being. The discussion underscores the prevalence of burnout, compassion fatigue, depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts among nurses. Emphasis is placed on the importance of proactive strategies, destigmatizing mental health struggles, and enhancing access to support resources within the healthcare environment to safeguard nurses' mental health.
Episode 2, Self-Care Strategies and Suicide Awareness for Nurses, focuses on suicide awareness and prevention in nurses' mental health discussions. It examines the importance of supportive workplace cultures fostered by healthcare organizations and emphasizes strategies for nurses to prioritize self-care and advocate for mental health education. -
Bite Back: Unpacking Animal Bite Infections 1
Course release date: 11/4/2025
Course Overview
The course will review common causes of animal bite infections in the U.S. It will describe common animals whose bites lead to infections, and the risk of infection with each type of animal bite. This course is relevant for a variety of people in the healthcare field. Primary care and emergency providers may encounter patients who present with animal bites and need to be prepared to develop a treatment plan. Not all animal bites have the same risk of leading to an infection. The microbiology varies based on the commensal organisms in the mouths of different animals. Providers will need to be aware of the initial management of these bites, including antimicrobial therapy and post-exposure vaccinations. Rapid identification of risk and needs is essential for proper management. Providers should be up to date on treatment and vaccine recommendations to provide the best care to patients. -
Analgesic Overdose 5
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Course release date: 7/1/2024
Course Overview
Over-the-counter analgesics acetaminophen, aspirin, and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen and naproxen are very popular. Unfortunately, they are also the cause of thousands of intentional and unintentional overdoses each year. Because they are inexpensive and widely available, these agents are often used with the intent to cause self-harm. With the proper treatment, patients who have taken a toxic dose of one of these medications should recover without sequelae, and the treatment of deliberate overdoses of acetaminophen, aspirin, and the other NSAIDs is best described in one word: simple. However, poison center experience indicates a knowledge gap in what many nurses know and what they need to know to deliver good care in these situations. These knowledge gaps can and do cause errors in treatment, some minor and some serious. This course will provide nurses with comprehensive and up-to-date information about acetaminophen, aspirin, and NSAID poisoning. Assessment and treatment will be thoroughly explained, and common management errors (what they are and how to avoid them) will be discussed. This knowledge will allow nurses to provide the best possible care in cases of analgesic overdose, improving patient outcomes and avoiding potentially damaging long-term effects. -
School Nurse Emergencies 1
Course release date: 9/5/2025
Course Overview
Episode 1: Common Emergencies in School Settings
In this episode, we focus on the most common emergencies that school nurses encounter, including asthma attacks, allergic reactions, injuries, and chronic conditions like diabetes and epilepsy. We'll explore their causes, initial response strategies, and best practices for management. This episode aims to help healthcare professionals understand how to effectively handle these frequent medical emergencies to improve preparedness and student safety in the school environment.
Episode 2: Strategies and Collaboration in School Emergencies
In the second episode of the series, we dive into advanced strategies for managing complex school emergencies. Emphasis is placed on the importance of collaboration between school nurses, teachers, staff, parents, and the broader healthcare community. We discuss the implementation of emergency action plans, the use of simulation training, and how nurses can advocate for better resources to enhance emergency preparedness. This episode aims to provide healthcare professionals with practical tools and insights to improve response coordination and emergency management in schools.Listen, Learn, and Earn CE Hours with this podcast course. Available on Apple, Spotify, and other podcast apps.
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Missed Maternal Red Flags: Critical Postpartum Emergencies in the First Year 1
Course release date: 1/23/2026
Course Overview
The postpartum year is one of the most vulnerable periods in maternal health, yet many life-threatening complications emerge only after the patient has left the hospital. This episode explores the subtle and overt red flags of postpartum emergencies including delayed preeclampsia, cardiomyopathy, venous thromboembolism, infection, and mental health crises. Listeners will learn how nurses can strengthen assessment skills, reinforce effective discharge education, and support patients who may not recognize when their symptoms require urgent care. The discussion highlights practical approaches for improving safety, communication, and continuity of care during the first year after birth. -
Alternative Modalities for Mental Health 1.5
Course release date: 9/1/2024
Course Overview
Mental healthcare is in higher demand than ever before. An overwhelming 90% of the public believes there is currently a mental health crisis in the US, with major concerns including the opioid epidemic, COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety stemming from current events, loneliness, and mental health issues in children, teens, and adults. Despite the great demand, more than half of the public report being unable to access the mental health services they need. This issue is particularly acute for minorities, low-income adults, and uninsured adults over 65 years old. Furthermore, cost remains a significant barrier to obtaining mental health services, with lower coverage compared to physical healthcare services and difficulties in finding providers who accept health insurance as major challenges. In light of these obstacles, many Americans are turning to alternative modalities for mental healthcare. -
Suicide Assessment and Prevention 6
Course release date: 4/1/2026
Course Overview
Suicide is a major preventable public health problem and cause of mortality. This course will review the major aspects of suicide assessment, management, and prevention, with a special focus on military veterans. Primary care contact may represent the last opportunity for intervention in the severely depressed suicidal patient, making the thorough comprehension of identification and treatment of depression and suicide risk imperative.