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North Dakota Nursing Continuing Education Packages
These CE packages were designed specifically to meet your North Dakota nursing license renewal requirements.
North Dakota Nursing CE Package – 12 Hours
North Dakota Nursing CE Package – 12 Hours

Included Courses:
- Asthma Management in Special Populations 3
- Basic Psychiatric Concepts 6
- Crisis Resource Management for Healthcare Professionals 3
Mandatory Courses
These topics are required by the state of North Dakota for nursing license renewal.
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Implicit Bias Training Requirement
Webinars to fulfill the Implicit Bias Training requirement for Michigan Nurses.
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Elite Nursing Passport – 1 Year
- The ability to personalize your learning plan with unlimited access to Elite’s library of learning*.
- Hundreds of courses covering 30+ specialty areas, including in-depth courses, state-required subjects, and courses with pharmacology hours.
Elite Nursing Passport – 1 Year

- The ability to personalize your learning plan with unlimited access to Elite’s library of learning*.
- Hundreds of courses covering 30+ specialty areas, including in-depth courses, state-required subjects, and courses with pharmacology hours.
The Elite Nursing Passport is ideal for nurses who seek to learn broadly or deepen their expertise while also fulfilling state license renewal requirements. As a member, you can customize the learning plan you want with unlimited access to our entire library of learning*, including in-depth specialty topics and state required courses.
What’s included:
- One year of unlimited access to all courses in our CE library*
- 200+ individual courses covering 30+ specialty topic areas
- Courses with pharmacology hours
- Unlimited access to podcast episodes and podcast CE contact hours
- 50% discount on exam and certification preparation courses, like the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Adult and Adolescent Core Course
*Excludes Exam and Certification Preparation courses
Elite Nursing Passport – 2 Year
- All the same great benefits you get with the 1-year membership at a 20% savings
Elite Nursing Passport – 2 Year

- All the same great benefits you get with the 1-year membership at a 20% savings
The Elite Nursing Passport is ideal for nurses who seek to learn broadly or deepen their expertise while also fulfilling state license renewal requirements. As a member, you can customize the learning plan you want with unlimited access to our entire library of learning*, including in-depth specialty topics and state required courses.
What’s included:
- Two years of unlimited access to all courses in our CE library*
- 200+ individual courses covering 30+ specialty topic areas
- Courses with pharmacology hours
- Unlimited access to podcast episodes and podcast CE contact hours
- 50% discount on exam and certification preparation courses, like the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Adult and Adolescent Core Course
*Excludes Exam and Certification Preparation courses
Nursing Continuing Education Course Options
Explore the full library of nursing continuing education courses, covering a wide variety of topics and specialties.
A National Tragedy: Never Shake a Baby – N33917
A National Tragedy: Never Shake a Baby – N33917

About the Course:
This course reviews the significance of pediatric abusive head trauma (PAHT), also known as shaken baby syndrome, and its cause, pathophysiology, risk factors, identification, and care strategies. Children less than 2 years of age are at the highest risk for this preventable and irreversible injury. Knowledge of risk, case identification, and care strategies are important to good evaluation and treatment.
ADHD: Etiology and Management for Healthcare Professionals – N47687
ADHD: Etiology and Management for Healthcare Professionals – N47687

About the Course:
Now more than ever, it is important that healthcare professionals be prepared to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) throughout the lifespan. ADHD is no longer seen as a childhood disorder, and it is likely that many adults affected by ADHD are undiagnosed. This intermediate-level course has been developed to educate healthcare professionals, such as nurses, social workers, counselors, psychologists, and marriage and family therapists, and to bring clarity and a deeper understanding to the research, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD in individuals of all ages and various life stages.
Adolescent Substance Use Disorders for Healthcare Professionals
Adolescent Substance Use Disorders for Healthcare Professionals

About the Course:
The key risk periods for substance use disorders (SUD) occur during life transitions, such as adolescence. This means that substance use assessment and intervention is especially critical for the adolescent population. The emphasis for this education program is on helping healthcare professionals to effectively assess adolescents for substance use disorders and intervene effectively with adolescents who are dealing with such disorders.
Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias: Symptoms, Stages, and Communication Strategies
Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias: Symptoms, Stages, and Communication Strategies

About the Course
As a major cause of physical and mental disability, and increased functional dependency, AD affects not only the patient but the caregiver as well. Allied healthcare providers will play a major role in education, communication, and treatment of this disease, and the research shows that their interaction is with the patient and their respective support team. Learning about ADRD, the impact on the brain, AD stages and symptoms, and caregiver burden will enable you to better serve this population. This course will provide insight into the disease allowing you to have deeper understanding into the lives of patients and those who care for them.
An Overview of Dietary Supplements for Nurses – N46202
An Overview of Dietary Supplements for Nurses – N46202

About the Course:
Nurses in many practice settings are likely to encounter patients that are using dietary supplements – some appropriately – whereas in other instances, not. This course is designed to provide an overview of these products that will empower nurses to guide their usage safely and effectively. Dietary supplements of many types are widely used by Americans. As a result, it is likely that nurses, in a variety of settings, will encounter patients who use these products.
An Overview of Geriatric Care
An Overview of Geriatric Care

About the Course:
This course presents common health conditions, care needs, and concerns associated with aging, including issues related to elder abuse, age-related memory changes and disease processes, and end-of-life issues.
An Overview of Prescribing Controlled Substances for Advanced Practice
An Overview of Prescribing Controlled Substances for Advanced Practice

About the Course
This course provides an overview of the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances and three of the most common disease states that warrant more frequent prescribing of controlled substances.?
Assessing and Preventing Falls – N32056
Assessing and Preventing Falls – N32056

About the Course:
This course provides information that facilitates the development and initiation of a fall assessment program that includes preventive strategies to safeguard patients and others from the danger of falling.
Assessment and Prevention of Suicide for Healthcare Professionals – N47287
Assessment and Prevention of Suicide for Healthcare Professionals – N47287

About the Course:
This course is intended for all healthcare professionals who care for individuals and veterans at-risk for suicide or who are survivors of suicide. The course discusses the background, statistical data, etiology, risk factors for, and treatment and management of suicide in the United States. Risk of imminent harm with communication strategies is presented with a special focus on the veteran and healthcare workers populations.
Asthma Epidemiology and Social Determinants of Health – N54938
Asthma Epidemiology and Social Determinants of Health – N54938

About the Course:
Asthma Management During Pregnancy
Asthma Management During Pregnancy

About the Course:
This course focuses on asthma management for the pregnant woman with asthma. The need for effective asthma management will be emphasized, with the anticipated outcome for a healthy baby and mother. The physiological changes during pregnancy and their impact on asthma control will be discussed, including the pharmacology and potential medication risk for the unborn child. Care of the pregnant woman throughout pregnancy, labor, and delivery as related to asthma will be presented, and patient asthma management education necessary to ensure optimal pregnancy outcomes for the pregnant woman with asthma and her unborn child.
Asthma Management and Patient Education
Asthma Management and Patient Education

About the Course:
Asthma is a disease that can be controlled and managed but doing so requires involvement by the person with asthma and their family. Symptoms are constantly changing in response to the weather, exposure to environmental and other triggers, and changes in the individual. Recognition of early warning signs and prompt treatment are key aspects of asthma control. This course focuses on the content and process of individual- and family-centered asthma education.
Asthma Management in Children
Asthma Management in Children

About the Course:
This course discusses the application of asthma management in childhood, from infancy through adolescence. Throughout this course, the term infants refers to newborns through 1 year of age, preschool refers to children 1 to 6 years of age, school age ranges from 6 years of age to puberty, and adolescence ranges from puberty to 18 years of age.
Asthma Management in Special Populations
Asthma Management in Special Populations

About the Course:
This course focuses on asthma management for the adult with asthma. Asthma guidelines from the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will be presented. Types of asthma commonly seen in adults are discussed. Comorbid conditions that worsen asthma outcomes are also reviewed. The relationship of obesity and asthma throughout the life span is also examined. Implications for the older adult patient with asthma are also addressed.
Asthma: A Comprehensive Overview
Asthma: A Comprehensive Overview

About the Course:
The course discusses the state of asthma globally and nationally, including the prevalence and cost burden to society, and presents the national objectives for asthma management. The content reflects current research findings and evidence-based practice guidelines and focuses on the definition, pathophysiology, consequences of lack of control, clinical signs and symptoms, common triggers, as well as individual and family education regarding basic environmental control.
Basic ECG Recognition and Interpretation – N31978
Basic ECG Recognition and Interpretation – N31978

About the Course:
This course provides an overview of the most common, basic non-life-threatening rhythms to refresh your knowledge and increase confidence in your rhythm interpretation skills. The course reviews the normal sinus rhythms and the most common cardiac dysrhythmias to help you better understand the effects dysrhythmias have on patients and recommended nursing interventions.
Basic Psychiatric Concepts
Basic Psychiatric Concepts

This course is designed for registered nurses, licensed practical/vocational nurses, and newly licensed registered nurses who desire a greater understanding of basic mental health concepts. A fundamental understanding of medical terminology, abbreviations, and nursing care is assumed.
COVID-19 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement – N44138
COVID-19 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement – N44138

About the Course:
This course is for healthcare professionals who want to identify ways to support grieving individuals because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Characteristics that influence COVID-19 grief, bereavement, and mourning are identified. Policies such as social distancing may mitigate the impact of contracting the virus but increase risk factors for mental health issues and complicated grief (prolonged grief disorder). The course presents major theories and models of mourning as they relate to coping with COVID-19 ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief.
Cancer in Women, 4th Edition – N5291
Cancer in Women, 4th Edition – N5291

About the Course:
This course provides nurses with evidence-based information to inform their practice when caring for women with a diagnosis of cancer, helping them to better understand the major cancers that affect women and the nursing care needs of these women and their families. Its comprehensive content serves as a foundation for competent and state-of-the-art nursing practice. The course covers the epidemiology of cancer in women, the impact of genetics and precision medicine in cancer care, psychosocial ramifications of cancer care, complementary medicine in cancer care, and reliable resources for patients and nurses and a discussion of the risk factors, diagnostic evaluation, and current treatments in breast, gynecologic, colon, lung, and skin cancers.
Cardiovascular Nursing: A Comprehensive Guide to Patient Care, 2nd Edition – N31791
Cardiovascular Nursing: A Comprehensive Guide to Patient Care, 2nd Edition – N31791

About the Course:
This course provides information to support nurses working across all healthcare settings who care for patients at risk for or that already have cardiovascular disease. The course can serve as a reference for nurses working in cardiovascular areas or provide those desiring to work in cardiovascular areas with an introduction to comprehensive cardiovascular care. Beginning with a foundation of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, the course then progresses into the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease. The content presented in the cardiovascular medications and risk factors chapter is referenced throughout the course as cardiovascular disease processes are discussed. Nursing application points in the clinical setting are integrated throughout to help in identifying key issues in the care of patients with cardiovascular disease.
Care, Compassion, and End-of-Life Issues – N33915
Care, Compassion, and End-of-Life Issues – N33915

About the Course:
The principles of end-of-life care focus on providing the best possible care and emotional support for patients and families with compassion and respect for the dignity of the patient. This course presents information regarding standards and competencies of palliative nursing practice, body changes as death nears, physical comfort measures at the end-of-life, factors relating to advance directives, and cultural considerations when providing end-of-life care.
Caring for Patients with Mental Health Issues, 3rd Edition
Caring for Patients with Mental Health Issues, 3rd Edition

About the Course
It is common for patients entering the healthcare system to experience increased stress and some degree of emotional discomfort. Usually, these individuals are presenting with a serious illness, significant pain, or trauma. They may or may not know their diagnosis. Even when patients come to a hospital for joyful reasons, such as having a baby, there can be worry accompanying the excitement until the outcome is clear. Families and friends of patients have their own worries and concerns about their loved ones. For these reasons, all nurses must be prepared to assist patients in the general healthcare setting with maintaining optimal mental health.
Challenges in Attaining and Maintaining Good Nutrition – N32640
Challenges in Attaining and Maintaining Good Nutrition – N32640

About the Course:
Teaching healthcare consumers about nutrition is an essential component of health maintenance and illness prevention and is within the nurse’s scope of practice. This course provides current information about nutrition best practices, as well as recommendations related to weight reduction and select eating disorders.
Challenges in Pain Assessment and Management – N33536
Challenges in Pain Assessment and Management – N33536

About the Course:
This course provides nurses with an overview of the physiology of pain and the differences between acute and chronic pain, focusing on assessment, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities, and the challenge of pain management for the persons experiencing pain.
Childhood Obesity in the 21st Century
Childhood Obesity in the 21st Century

Course release date: 10/26/2021
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to provide the learner with current evidenced-based information on the causes of childhood obesity and interventions to help promote healthy weight behaviors. Perspectives on family relationships, community offerings for physical activity, and healthy food options are included to provide a foundation for all HCPs in their practice settings. The content is divided by age groups to address specific growth and development issues. The course is applicable to all healthcare providers (HCP) regardless of clinical or academic role.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Identification and Drug Therapies – N29658
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Identification and Drug Therapies – N29658

About the Course:
This course provides a detailed review of the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for advanced practice nurses who have responsibilities that encompass all aspects of primary and specialized care.
Clinical Challenges and Psychopharmacology for Substance Use Disorder for APRNs
Clinical Challenges and Psychopharmacology for Substance Use Disorder for APRNs

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.
Communication in Health Care, 2nd Edition – N48430
Communication in Health Care, 2nd Edition – N48430

About the Course:
This course offers a roadmap toward healthcare professionals’ understanding and application of effective communication in patient care settings. The course navigates clinicians through the fundamentals of communication science and its relevance to communication in clinical practice then moves on to explore impediments to effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients. Through this course, practitioners who practice in any healthcare setting will acquire new insight into, or advance their current knowledge of, the cultural, environmental, organizational, and other barriers to communication that disrupt valuable interactions with their patients and colleagues.
Crisis Resource Management for Healthcare Professionals
Crisis Resource Management for Healthcare Professionals

About the Course:
Understanding Crisis Resource Management (CRM) and utilization of the concepts within team emergent responses can improve patient outcomes. The course will outline CRM concepts and demonstrate the application within emergent situations in healthcare. CRM concepts discussed will include leadership and followership, role identity and clarity; effective communication strategies; situational awareness; resource allocation; and dynamic decision making. Physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other health team members should understand CRM to improve their performance in emergent team responses and ultimately improve patient outcomes. CRM framework is also applicable in medical and environmental emergent situations where teams work together to ensure patient safety.
Cultural Humility for Healthcare Professionals
Cultural Humility for Healthcare Professionals

About the Course:
The purpose of this education program is to present an introduction to cultural humility and offers tools for healthcare professionals to use when working with diverse patients in a culturally humble manner.
Depression: A Major Public Health Concern, 2nd Edition
Depression: A Major Public Health Concern, 2nd Edition

About the Course
The purpose of this course is to provide current, evidence-based information about depression for nurses from various educational and practice backgrounds. This will include (1) depression as an illness; (2) diagnostic criteria for different depression disorders; (3) suicidal ideation and how to intervene; (4) genetics and the brain; (5) bipolar disorders; (6) models of depression; (7) mechanisms of action of antidepressants, including potential adverse events and special considerations for the use of different medications; (8) treatment approaches to help patients with depression; (9) chronic illness and depression; (10) substance use; (11) anxiety disorders related to depression; and (12) depression in special populations.
Diabetes Prevention and Management for Healthcare Professionals
Diabetes Prevention and Management for Healthcare Professionals

About the Course:
Diabetes is a significant health problem in the United States and throughout the world. It is imperative that the healthcare community take aggressive steps to reduce the number of Americans who have the disease and to promote more effective treatment so that persons with diabetes can enjoy their maximum quality of life. This education program presents information on both the impact of the disease and how to provide effective healthcare professional interventions to those affected.
Diabetes in Children, 4th Edition – N26586
Diabetes in Children, 4th Edition – N26586

About the Course:
This course presents the complex metabolic, developmental, emotional, and social implications for a child with diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, and the family. The course discusses the unique considerations for this population to help the nurse provide supportive and flexible care. Also critically important is the nurse’s role in providing education to the parents or caregivers, as well as education appropriate to the child’s developmental level.
Diagnosis and Management of Tick-Borne Illness – N33534
Diagnosis and Management of Tick-Borne Illness – N33534

About the Course:
This course reviews the epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation, workup, and management of three tick-borne conditions increasing in prevalence around the United States: Lyme disease, Powassan virus, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The course will help nurses distinguish between these tick-borne diseases and viral illness or erythematous rashes. Additionally, the course reviews post-Lyme disease syndrome, treatment of Lyme disease coinfections, and prevention of tick attachment.
Documentation for Nurses, 4th Edition
Documentation for Nurses, 4th Edition

About the Course:
Nursing documentation is an integral part of clinical nursing care. This ensures that nurses account for the care that is provided and the resulting patient outcomes. Requirements for documentation in terms of regulatory, accreditation, and legal requirements are continually evolving, especially with the advent of electronic medical records. This course emphasizes compliance with documentation for nurse accountability and performance evaluation. Incomplete, inadequate, or inaccurate documentation can adversely affect reimbursement and accreditation and have legal consequences that may expose the nurse to liability. Additionally, incomplete documentation can negatively affect communication and coordination of services between healthcare providers, which can in turn affect patient care.
Nurses commonly experience conflict between time spent caring for patients and time needed to accurately record care provided and a patient’s response to treatment. Documentation done using best practices accurately reflects the patient’s true clinical situation as well as trends toward recovery or complications. Inadequate or poor documentation may not tell the whole story of care or patient outcomes and could result in allegations of negligence, fraud, abuse, or malpractice. Good documentation can support workflow, improve efficiency, and increase productivity.
Documentation in the Electronic Age for Nurses
Documentation in the Electronic Age for Nurses

About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to identify various methodologies of electronic nursing documentation, explore dependency on standardized nomenclature to provide trending and analyzable data and outcomes for both the patient population and healthcare at large, as well as future innovations.
Emerging Infectious Diseases – N47384
Emerging Infectious Diseases – N47384

About the Course:
This course provides an overview of emerging infectious diseases (EID), offering useful historic and scientific underpinnings, as well as an introduction to the less obvious consequences of rapidly spreading infections. The course is aimed at empowering nurses to best serve their patients, despite the challenges projected by EID-associated disruptions. In broad strokes, this course provides general ID and EID information, discusses consequences of a pandemic, provides an overview of how governments and organizations prepare for EID, methods to combat the spread of ID, and descriptions of specific nursing approaches useful to prevent and manage EID.
Essentials of Trauma Nursing, 3rd Edition
Essentials of Trauma Nursing, 3rd Edition

About the Course
The goal of this course is to provide nurses with comprehensive content on trauma nursing care, including mechanisms of injury, common injuries seen, and resuscitation and management of traumatically injured patients. The course serves as a reference for trauma registered nurses working in emergency departments and trauma care units and for those practicing in non-trauma clinical areas who desire to know more about trauma care.
Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Practice
Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Practice

About the Course
Nursing practice is guided by three major pillars: ethical concepts, professional standards, and laws/regulation to ensure safe and professional nursing practice. A nurse must know and understand all three of these guiding pillars. A nurse will be held to these guiding pillars and lack of knowledge or understanding will not be an excuse if something happens to a patient. This course will first describe ethical concepts that influence nursing practice, then examine professional standards, most of which are based on specific ethical concepts. Finally, laws and regulations will be discussed. By the end of the course the nurse will have a better understanding of the three pillars that guide nursing practice.
Ethics and Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals – N47689
Ethics and Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals – N47689

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.
Evidence-Based Implicit Bias Implications for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals
Evidence-Based Implicit Bias Implications for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals

About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to provide a historical context of race and racism and its relationship to the development of racial implicit bias. The development of implicit bias will be discussed along with research demonstrating the impact of implicit bias on the clinical encounter. Recommendations for mitigating implicit bias are offered.
FDA Programs for Medication Safety – N33922
FDA Programs for Medication Safety – N33922

About the Course:
This course provides an overview of available U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) medication safety information, including drug labeling, black box warnings, Medication Guides, Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMSs) programs, and available FDA medication safety communication and information for nurses and patients.
Fundamentals of Mentorship
Fundamentals of Mentorship

This course explores the fundamentals of mentorship, offering insight into a phenomenon that supports and strengthens our development as professionals, motivates us to expand our capacities, and inspires us to reach our aspirations – in other words, to help us do all that we can.
Fundamentals of Telehealth: Registered Nursing Practice in the Virtual Care Environment – N29561
Fundamentals of Telehealth: Registered Nursing Practice in the Virtual Care Environment – N29561

About the Course:
This course explores the basic telehealth concepts and technology applicable to the registered nursing telehealth arena, examining the role of the telehealth nurse, paying attention to legal and regulatory concerns, and temporary changes to regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The course discusses how telehealth can be used in disasters, emergencies, epidemics, and pandemics and concludes with a review of the competencies for nursing telehealth practice so nurses can be knowledgeable and effective.
Getting Started with Wound Care Basics – N49223
Getting Started with Wound Care Basics – N49223

About the Course:
Graduates of several healthcare professions have requirements within their practice act to evaluate and treat wounds. Yet, studies have shown that new health professionals are uncomfortable with wound care basics such as how to examine and evaluate wounds or set a plan of care in place that is adherent to established standards. This video course educates the learner on how to complete appropriate and detailed wound assessments, identify the necessary wound debridement methods, and identify basic wound dressings that are most widely available in healthcare settings..
This on-demand video course.
HIV/AIDS 2021 Update: Prevention, Transmission and Treatment – N46740
HIV/AIDS 2021 Update: Prevention, Transmission and Treatment – N46740

About the Course:
It is imperative that all healthcare professionals work to prevent HIV transmission and facilitate treatment among those infected. This course is designed to enhance healthcare personnel’s knowledge of the HIV/AIDS infection and provide information about the incidence of HIV/AIDS, prevalence, transmission, prevention, and treatments.
Health Care Management of Patients with Substance Use Disorders – N55579
Health Care Management of Patients with Substance Use Disorders – N55579

About the Course:
Healthy Aging, 3rd Edition – N31804
Healthy Aging, 3rd Edition – N31804

About the Course:
It is astounding to think that a little more than 100 years ago, the average life expectancy was 48 years. With the amazing advances in science, technology, and overall living conditions during the last century, the older adult population has grown substantially. Being aware of shifting demographics, leading causes of death and related preventive measures, and how to support seniors in adopting healthy behaviors is key to being able to maximally support the elders of the population to enjoy healthy living and aging. This course provides nurses and healthcare professionals with the additional knowledge to help encourage, teach, and guide older adults to actively practice healthy lifestyles for optimal living. The course presents the needs of the older adult patient to help healthcare professionals develop person-centered plans to provide satisfactory care and improve patient outcomes. Additionally, the course will set the stage for developing a healthier society for all to age well and successfully.
Hospice and Palliative Care for Healthcare Professionals
Hospice and Palliative Care for Healthcare Professionals

About the Course:
Human Trafficking in the United States – N33524
Human Trafficking in the United States – N33524

About the Course:
This course provides a sensitive review of the issue of abuse in human trafficking and how it affects patients and their families. The course presents an introduction into this complex crime, focusing on sex and labor trafficking, the common signs, symptoms, and conditions that occur in people who have been trafficked, and insights into the facts surrounding human trafficking and relevant health risks for individuals.
Humor as a Healthcare Professional Intervention
Humor as a Healthcare Professional Intervention

About the Course:
Research indicates that humor helps humans cope with stressful life events and provides them with strength to cope with difficult situations. The purpose of this education program is to provide healthcare professionals with information about the impact of humor on disease processes and how to appropriately engage in humorous interchanges with patients, families, colleagues, and healthcare providers.
Hypertension Management: Evidence-Based Guidelines
Hypertension Management: Evidence-Based Guidelines

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.
Illicit Drug Use in the United States
Illicit Drug Use in the United States

About the Course
The misuse of drugs in the United States is an ongoing problem. This course gives an updated on this important topic. The update provides an overview of the status of drug misuse in the United States, presents common substances, triggers, and interventions.
Indications for Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy
Indications for Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy

About the Course:
With the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease, it is likely that many nurses and advanced practice nurses (APN) will encounter patients using antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications in their practice. It is critical that nurses develop an understanding of how they work and how to optimize the management of their patients who depend on them. This course provides an overview of the safe use of antiplatelet, anticoagulant, and thrombolytic medications.
Infusion Therapy: Essentials for Safe Practice, 3rd Edition – N35026
Infusion Therapy: Essentials for Safe Practice, 3rd Edition – N35026

About the Course:
This course provides an understanding related to selection of the most appropriate VAD for the patient, potential complications with an emphasis on identification of signs and symptoms, preventative interventions, and interventions to take in the event of occurrence, as well as safe infusion administration. The course is designed for both newer and experienced nurses. Newer or less-experienced nurses will learn the information needed to become knowledgeable and confident in providing infusion therapy-related care. For experienced nurses, the course provides a review of the basics and the opportunity to grow in understanding the professional implications of practicing infusion therapy.
Introduction to Rural Nursing: The Center of Care for 60 Million Americans
Introduction to Rural Nursing: The Center of Care for 60 Million Americans

About the Course
As the largest segment of the rural healthcare workforce, nurses provide much of healthcare to the sixty-five million people who live and work in remote and resource poor settings (Rural Health Information Hub, 2020). Rural populations experience inequities in health and healthcare with higher rates of chronic illness, higher poverty levels, disruptions in access to quality healthcare, and tend to have higher proportions of elderly residents than urban populations (Rural Health Information Hub, 2020). This 4 hour course provides evidence and strategies to help rural nurses, and those aspiring to create their nursing practice in a rural setting, to understand how they might help to close the gaps that create inequities in rural health. This introductory course provides information on the roles and responsibilities of rural nurses in five practice settings that are common across states, reservations, and island territories.
LGBTQ for Health Care Professionals Improving Access to Care – N47880
LGBTQ for Health Care Professionals Improving Access to Care – N47880

About the Course:
This course discusses how to improve care and health outcomes of the LGBTQ population by recognizing the existing disparities and increased health risks present in this population. The course examines system and provider/client barriers to equality in healthcare.
Legal Issues for Nursing Documentation, 4th Edition
Legal Issues for Nursing Documentation, 4th Edition

About the Course
It is important for nurses to be able to identify areas of nursing practice that pose a risk for legal consequences so that they can take steps to protect themselves and avoid unfavorable patient outcomes. A well-documented patient record is one method to mitigate these risks. In addition to discussing the legal aspects of nursing documentation, this course will outline proper documentation techniques to avoid legal entanglement, including the use of consent forms in patient care and the need for incident reports to document adverse events.
Life Threatening ECG Rhythms: Recognition and Interpretation – N33533
Life Threatening ECG Rhythms: Recognition and Interpretation – N33533

About the Course:
This course serves as an overview of rhythms that may be life-threatening, either immediately or over the longer term for health care providers who have an understanding of cardiac structure, function, the basic features of the most common cardiac rhythms, and basic patient assessment skills. The course reviews many life-threatening dysrhythmias and the appropriate initial nursing interventions for each. Confidence in ECG rhythm interpretation skills will help you communicate accurately with other members of the health care team and provide excellent patient care.
Loss, Grief and Bereavement, 5th Edition
Loss, Grief and Bereavement, 5th Edition

About the Course
Clinicians are often not aware of up-to-date information about loss and grief, which is necessary to provide quality care to their patients. Those in clinical practice should be comfortable talking about death and dying and have the skills to provide effective care. In addition to anticipatory types of losses, this new edition focuses on sudden death, such as suicide and homicide. The course delineates the magnitude of suicide as a public health concern and the related implications for clinicians. Included are evidence-based suicide prevention strategies and interventions. Furthermore, clinicians will gain valuable knowledge of factors that influence the grieving process for survivors of homicide victims (co-victims) and help them navigate the criminal justice system.
Management Of Drug Challenges: Generic vs Branded Drugs, 2nd Edition
Management Of Drug Challenges: Generic vs Branded Drugs, 2nd Edition

About the Course
Written program is designed to help healthcare professionals best understand the generic drug environment, recognize when substitution is warranted, and work with their patients to fully understand and appreciate the process.
Management of Addiction, Withdrawal, and Overdose – N35032
Management of Addiction, Withdrawal, and Overdose – N35032

About the Course:
This course is beneficial for all nurses who care for the general population, particularly populations at risk for opioid misuse, addiction, and overdose. The course reviews common terminology related to opioid use and addiction, the basic pharmacology of opioids, the roots of the opioid epidemic, the theory of prevention model, and the unique points of potential intervention to help nurses prevent, identify, and treat opioid addiction.
Management of Anxiety and Depression for Healthcare Professionals – N57062
Management of Anxiety and Depression for Healthcare Professionals – N57062

About the Course:
Management of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) for Nurses
Management of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) for Nurses

About the Course:
Atrial fibrillation is a common healthcare problem. This course reviews the concepts of cardiac output, risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF), classifications of AF, the pearls of obtaining a history and physical of a patient with AF, diagnostic testing, and the overall implications for pharmacologic management. Prescribing guidelines will be presented in subsequent courses. Nursing considerations and evidence-based practice guidelines are included in this course.
Management of Atrial Fibrillation for APRNs
Management of Atrial Fibrillation for APRNs

About the Course
Atrial fibrillation is a common healthcare problem. This course reviews the concepts of cardiac output, risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF), classifications of AF, the pearls of obtaining a history and physical of a patient with AF, diagnostic testing, and the overall implications for pharmacologic management. APRN prescribing considerations and evidence-based practice guidelines are included in this course.
Management of PTSD for Healthcare Professionals – N57063
Management of PTSD for Healthcare Professionals – N57063

About the Course:
Stress is an adaptive response to demands or challenges made on an individual that might be required for survival. Adapting to stressful events is an individual response, and treatment is best targeted to the time immediately after the trauma. Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD has long-term physical and psychological sequelae that can affect the health and lifelong functioning of the patient. The purpose of this course is to help health care workers in their treatment of patients with PTSD, and to provide early intervention which can include psychological and pharmacological treatment. This course helps to prepare health care professionals to differentiate types of trauma, analyze a patient’s response to trauma, and provide appropriate traditional and holistic treatment options.
Managing Difficult Patients for Healthcare Professionals – N57067
Managing Difficult Patients for Healthcare Professionals – N57067

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.
Mandatory Reporting for Dependent Adult Abuse – N34006
Mandatory Reporting for Dependent Adult Abuse – N34006

About the Course:
Health care professionals are in a unique position to identify and report dependent adult abuse. This course is designed to educate nurses on dependent adult abuse dynamics, indicators and risk factors, and prevention initiatives.
Medical Consequences of Acts of Terrorism and Disaster: A National Perspective, 2nd Edition
Medical Consequences of Acts of Terrorism and Disaster: A National Perspective, 2nd Edition

Terrorism has become a fact of daily life in the United States and most of the world. It is not always obvious when a disaster is a terrorist attack and not all emergencies or disasters are terrorist attacks. Understanding the basics of a disaster and/or terrorist attack, as well as the role a healthcare provider plays in dealing with the medical consequences, syndromic surveillance/reporting requirements, and treatment are vital to successful mitigation and response in a disaster or terrorist attack.
Medical Marijuana: Use and Indications – N33919
Medical Marijuana: Use and Indications – N33919

About the Course:
This course presents the latest information about medical marijuana and is designed to help nurses understand its use, history, risks, benefits, and related best practices.
The course is intended for educational purposes only and in no way, encourages, endorses, or supports the use of marijuana.
Mental Health Concerns and the Older Adult
Mental Health Concerns and the Older Adult

About the Course
The healthcare worker meeting mental health needs will be able to view the older adult within the context of aging theories and identify interpersonal connection, biopsychosocial elements, and the assessment and treatment for common mental health problems in the older adult. The target audience is any healthcare worker who will assess, intervene, or treat mental health needs of an older adult client. Registered nurses, mental health technicians, mental health providers, case managers, and primary care healthcare workers can benefit from the perspective provided by this course.
Mindfulness for Healthcare Professionals – N47685
Mindfulness for Healthcare Professionals – N47685

About the Course:
Building mindfulness-based, stress-reduction principles and techniques into healthcare environments can increase positivity, safety, and pleasure in work. This course provides healthcare professionals with the knowledge to expand their understanding of what mindfulness is in its many forms. These include formal, structured approaches as various approaches to meditation, as well as informal, beneficial daily habits of thinking and behavior. The course explores the evidence base for the uses and benefits of mindfulness and presents ways to immediately apply these practices to daily personal and professional life.
Nursing Assessment, Management and Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
Nursing Assessment, Management and Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases

About the Course
Almost 4% of the world’s population is affected by one of more than 80 different autoimmune diseases. In the United States (US), as many as 50 million Americans are living with an autoimmune disease, at a cost of $86 billion a year (National Stem Cell Foundation [NSCF], 2021). This education program provides information on autoimmune diseases with the purpose of adding to the nurse’s ability to recognize, assess, and facilitate treatment of such diseases.
Nursing Care of the Postmenopausal Woman, 3rd Edition
Nursing Care of the Postmenopausal Woman, 3rd Edition

About the Course
This course describes the changes that a menopausal woman experiences including physiologic and psychologic changes. It provides the learner with insight into the alterations to a woman’s sexual self at menopause, periodic screenings needed to reduce the mortality and morbidity of middle-aged women, and an overall review of how a woman’s health is affected after menopause.
Nursing Leadership in Today's Healthcare Climate – N25175
Nursing Leadership in Today's Healthcare Climate – N25175

About the Course:
This course provides an overview of today’s complex healthcare arena discussing the numerous contemporary issues nurse leaders must face on a daily basis. The course presents the various healthcare environments and structures and discusses and outlines required core competencies of nurse leaders. Detailed explanations, tools, examples, and resources are provided to help the learner appreciate, develop, and apply these core competencies and skills at their own practice.
Nursing Management of Sepsis – N33521
Nursing Management of Sepsis – N33521

About the Course:
This course will provide nurses with an overview of the progression and treatment of sepsis, as well as an overview of screening tools available to recognize early signs and symptoms that will improve patient outcomes and reduce mortality associated with sepsis.
Nursing Management of Sleep Disorders – N33923
Nursing Management of Sleep Disorders – N33923

About the Course:
This course provides a basic understanding of the assessment of sleep disorders, presenting the pathophysiology of common sleep disorders and how to recognize, diagnosis, and treat these disorders found in adults.
Ostomy Management, 4th Edition
Ostomy Management, 4th Edition

About the Course
This course provides nurses caring for patients with an ostomy, or ostomates, with a synopsis of incontinent urinary and fecal diversion, and serves as an ostomy management primer. The course includes a review of relevant gastrointestinal and urinary system anatomy, disease processes or conditions requiring the surgical formation of an ostomy as well as the current best practices related to patient care.