West Virginia Advanced Practice Nurse CE Package
- Meet all your state CE requirements
Including mandatory topics
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Controlled Substance Prescribing and Drug Diversion Prevention 1 1
Course release date: 7/10/2023
About the Course
Substance use disorders are a significant public health problem with a wide range of adverse effects on individuals' mental, physical, and social well-being. Mental health problems co-occurring with substance use disorders include depressive, anxiety, and psychotic disorders, as well as organic brain syndromes (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). Substance use disorders share many of the same features but differ in pharmacology and associated behaviors that account for the unique effects of each substance (Boland & Verduin, 2022). Alcohol, opioids, central nervous stimulants, cannabinoids, and tobacco describe the phenomenon associated with substance disorders. The hallmark of substance use disorders includes cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms of intoxication, withdrawal, and dependence (APA, 2013). Diagnosis is based on pathological patterns of substance use, but all substances activate the same brain reward pathway via dopaminergic neurotransmission (Paxos & Teter, 2019). Emerging techniques are assisting in the diagnosis of substance use and other mental health disorders. Brain stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and functional magnetic resonance imaging are utilized in both diagnosis and relapse in substance use disorders. Through these promising diagnostic imaging tests. Addiction is now understood as a chronic, treatable brain disorder from which recovery is possible according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse ([NIDA], 2022).
- Mental Health Disorders in the United States Veteran Population 2Course release date: 1/18/2023
About the Course
Veterans have been involved in wars for decades. Recent research indicates there are approximately 19 million veterans. The population includes veterans from World War II to the Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom eras. Because wars have been a fact of life for so much of history, it is clear that war-related mental health issues have also been around for much of history and may have been left untreated based on lack of resources, stigma, and case complexity. Therefore, the purpose of this education program is to assist the learner in recognizing mental health disorders, the disorders’ psychosocial effects, and treatment options for veterans and their families. - Clinical Challenges and Psychopharmacology for Substance Use Disorder for APRNs 8 8Course release date: 11/15/2021
About the Course:
This course is designed for both registered nurses and advanced practice nurses. Because of medical and psychiatric comorbidities, patients diagnosed with psychiatric disorders have complex prescription medication regimens. Since registered nurses are frontline providers, they are frequently responsible for educating patients about their medications. For advanced practice nurses, this course is intended to support and enhance their knowledge of diagnosing psychiatric disorders and to increase their confidence for prescribing psychotropic medications to adult patients. - Ethics and Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals - N47689 4Course release date: 4/28/2021
About the Course:
This course provides healthcare professionals information about ethical principles that guide practice, present factors that contribute to moral distress, and provide strategies to manage moral distress. The course provides an overview of ethics, ethical principles, and moral distress. - Hypertension Management: Evidence-Based Guidelines 4 4Course release date: 1/6/2022
About the Course
This program is intended to provide a hypertension treatment overview. Safe and effective prescribing decisions must be guided by an in-depth understanding of each agent: how it works, how to dose it, anticipated adverse events, drug interactions, etc. When combination drugs are included, there may be as many as 200 different pharmacological options (both individual agents as well as combination products) that are approved by FDA for the treatment of hypertension. As a result, this educational program is designed only to highlight the major categories of therapeutics by identifying key products and characterizing them as a class. To provide perspective, an effort was made to provide highlights of clinically meaningful outcomes studies for the various drug classes. - Managing Difficult Patients for Healthcare Professionals - N57067 5Course release date: 8/24/2021
About the Course:
Healthcare professionals will encounter difficult or hard to manage patients during their career. Examples of these difficult encounters include workplace violence, non-adherence to medical treatments, and manipulation of caregivers. This course explores how healthcare professionals can avoid potentially violent situations and work with difficult patients by being prepared and recognizing the signs and risk factors for these occurrences. De-escalation skills, diagnosis, preventative measures, training, and planning are all presented in this course to help healthcare professionals respond to difficult patients and ensure a healthy environment for everyone.