Wisconsin Advanced Practice Nurse CE Package
72.95
This convenient 16-hour CE package includes a course to fulfill the Wisconsin APN requirement for 2 contact hours of Responsible Prescribing of Controlled Substances.
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Wisconsin APN Guidelines for Safe and Effective Controlled Substance Prescribing, 2nd Edition 2 2Course release date: 6/14/2022
Nurse practitioners who prescribe controlled substances have a great responsibility to ensure patients receive the care they need while preventing their prescriptions from becoming a source of abuse or diversion. This course serves to provide an overview of the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances in Wisconsin. - 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. - Social Determinants of Health for Health Care Professionals - N44140 3Course release date: 12/08/2020
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to identify the categories of social determinants of health (SDOH) for healthcare professionals, explain the differences and relationships between social determinants and behavioral factors and the possible effects on health, review population health and population management, and discuss the effect of COVID-19 on the SDOH. - The Role of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain 3 3Course release date: 2/2/2022
About the Course:
This continuing education program is designed to characterize the best practices for the use of prescription opioid medications intended for treating chronic pain, within the constraints emphasized by the FDA. It will also characterize other strategies to combat the misuse of prescription medications. This program will provide nurses with a solid foundation for responsible opioid use and include vigilant monitoring designed to identify misuse.