New York Advanced Practice Nurse CE Package
This convenient package was designed to help Advanced Practice Nurses in New York meet requirements for license renewal. Included are mandatory course topics related to child abuse reporting and infection control.
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Infection Control for New York Health Care Professionals -2024 Update 4
Course release date: 4/9/2024
About the Course:
This course reviews the seven infection control training elements mandated for New York State healthcare professionals. It details airborne, droplet, and bloodborne pathogens that may be transmitted in the work environment leading to healthcare/hospital-acquired infections (HAI).Infection prevention and control (IPC) will be addressed to reduce contact and transmission of pathogens, including multidrug-resistant Tiers 1 to 4 organisms. The course follows the syllabus for infection control and prevention issued by the New York State Departments of Health and Education according to New York State law. The current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for enhanced barrier protection (EBP) in skilled nursing facilities, core elements of sepsis, and infection identification and control are included. CDC guidance, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, evidence-based research, and current New York State law are the foundation for course content.?
- Pain Management: Evidence-Based Guidance for Prescribing Opioids 5 5
Course release date: 6/12/2023
About the Course
This course will provide a general review of federal and state-controlled substance regulations and the prescribing practices for controlled substances, including drug diversion. However, the focus is on clinical safety considerations when prescribing non-cancer-related opioid medications for acute/chronic pain in adults.
- New York Mandatory Child Abuse Identification and Reporting for Healthcare Professionals 2nd Edition 2
Course Release: 10/9/2023
About the course
New York mandated reporters, including those who have previously undergone child abuse recognition training, must complete an updated course that includes implicit bias, identifying adverse childhood experiences and guidelines to identify child abuse while interacting virtually. Training must be completed by April 1, 2025.
This course fulfills the requirements for training in identifying and reporting child abuse, maltreatment, and neglect in New York.
- Clinical Management of Substance Use Disorders 5 5
Course release date: 7/10/2023
About the Course
Substance use and abuse cost society more than $740 billion annually in workplace productivity, healthcare, and crime-related expenses (NIDA, 2020). Substance use disorders are complex phenomena affecting individuals' and families’ lives. This course reviews common substance use disorders, including alcohol, anxiolytics, stimulants, hallucinogens, and tobacco/vaping. The course also examines federal and state-controlled substance regulations and the prescribing practices for controlled substances. The focus is on clinical and safety considerations by nurse practitioners when prescribing non-cancer-related opioid medications for acute/chronic pain.