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A Review of EMTALA
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Duration: 1.25 Origination: Dec 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

Identify key terms as defined under EMTALA. 

Identify provider obligations under EMTALA and penalties for violating EMTALA statutes. 

Recognize how EMTALA guidelines apply to different emergency situations, including patient screening, stabilization, and appropriate transfer.

Learning Objectives

Define key terms and requirements associated with EMTALA.

Describe how EMTALA applies to certain situations.

Anesthesia: Perioperative
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 2.00 Origination: May 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

The perioperative nurse plays a primary role in the anesthesia experience. Knowledge of techniques, patient assessment, and care management for the patient receiving or recovering from anesthesia positively impacts patient outcomes. This course discusses anesthetics and adjuvant medications used in the perioperative setting, anesthesia-related complications, and the nurse’s role in assisting with anesthesia management.

This course provides nursing professionals with information about the principles and practices of anesthesia care in the perioperative setting.

Learning Objectives

Identify the stages and types of anesthesia, and associated medications commonly used in the perioperative setting. 

Recognize important assessment areas and nursing interventions for the perioperative patient receiving or recovering from anesthesia. 

Describe complications of anesthesia and their treatments.

Employee Wellness: Caregiving Side Effects
Duration: 0.25 Origination: Aug 2022 Expiration: Dec 2028
Launch Course

Caregiving demands a tremendous amount of compassion and empathy. While this can be incredibly rewarding, it can cause some adverse side effects. The goal of this course is to provide all staff with an overview of caregiving side effects.

Learning Objectives

Recognize the signs and symptoms of caregiver stress.

Apply practical methods to address the symptoms of caregiver stress.

Employee Wellness: Managing Stress
Duration: 0.25 Origination: Sep 2022 Expiration: Dec 2028
Launch Course

Stress is part of everyone’s life. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. A certain level of stress is healthy because it motivates you to be productive. However, too much stress can do the opposite, leaving you feeling drained and irritable. You can’t escape stress, but you can learn to respond to it differently.

The goal of this course is to teach employees how to identify triggers and develop a personal stress management plan.

Learning Objectives

Identify at least three common causes of stress in the workplace.

Describe at least two techniques to manage and decrease your own stress.

HCAHPS: Transitions of Care and Discharge
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Duration: 1.00 Origination: Aug 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

Improving hospital processes surrounding discharge and transitions of care can reduce adverse events and readmissions. Process improvements may also lead to better patient adherence to the treatment plan and their overall experience with care. Healthcare professionals must understand care coordination and transitions of care and how they impact HCAHPS survey results.

The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey is a national standardized survey required for hospitals participating in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) programs. Survey results are linked to hospital reimbursement from CMS. 

Learning Objectives

Identify the impacts of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) programs on healthcare organizations. 

Categorize transitions of care, care coordination, and discharge planning. 

Select strategies to improve interprofessional teamwork.

In Session: Practicing Clinical Skills to Prevent Suicide in Adults
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.25 Origination: Jul 2023 Expiration: Dec 2026
Launch Course

The goal of this course is to provide addictions, behavioral health counseling, marriage and family therapy, nursing, psychology, and social work professionals in health and human services settings with an opportunity to apply your existing knowledge to assess and intervene with an at-risk adult.

Learning Objectives

Identify risk factors and warning signs for suicidality in adults. 

Indicate the appropriate steps to assess an individual’s level of suicide risk. 

State the essential interventions to implement based on the level of identified risk.

Nurse Self-Advocacy in Perilous Working Conditions
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.00 Origination: Oct 2023 Expiration: Dec 2026
Launch Course

The nursing profession is fraught with anxiety and intimidation, which hinders the ability of nurses to assert themselves, voice their needs, and advocate for their patients. New or inexperienced nurses may encounter significant challenges related to their work environment and may need support and education to learn how to recognize unhealthy work environments and affect positive change. 

The goal of this course is to teach new nurses how to recognize unhealthy work environments, as well as how to advocate for themselves and practice self-care.

Learning Objectives

Identify barriers to a healthy work environment and differentiate between different forms of violence. 

Apply strategies to promote a healthy work environment. 

Recognize signs of burnout and practical self-care strategies.

Overview of Evidence-Based, Suicide-Specific Interventions
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.50 Origination: May 2023 Expiration: Dec 2026
Launch Course

It was once assumed that addressing underlying conditions was the best way to treat suicidality. We now know that suicidal people need interventions that directly target suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Suicide-specific interventions will give you the tools to help clients manage suicide risk.

In this course, you will learn about specific evidence-based and research-informed interventions that directly target suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Through case examples, you will gain a better understanding of ways to implement these strategies.

The goal of this course is to provide addictions, behavioral health counseling, marriage and family therapy, nursing, psychology, and social work professionals with knowledge about evidence-based, suicide-specific interventions.

Learning Objectives

Describe three evidence-based interventions for treating individuals at risk for suicide or who have made a recent attempt.

Summarize the process for completing a safety plan and for reducing access to lethal means.

Recall the factors you should consider when determining what interventions may be needed for suicidal individuals.

Preventing and Handling Crisis Situations
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.00 Origination: Sep 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

Healthcare professionals often encounter patients experiencing agitation or displaying hostile behavior during their careers. De-escalation is a set of approaches and techniques used to assist patients in self-calming to avoid incidents of harm to self, others, or property. Professionals should understand escalation and physiological responses to threats. After determining the risk of escalation, healthcare professionals can use various aspects of verbal communication, such as tone and pitch, and nonverbal communication skills to defuse potentially hostile situations and apply the least restrictive interventions. 

Learning Objectives

Describe what de-escalation is and why it is important. 

Recall how to use de-escalation to prevent a crisis from developing. 

Indicate specific approaches you can use during a crisis to help individuals return to pre-crisis levels of functioning and prevent harm.

Preventing Suicide Among Veteran Populations
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.50 Origination: Jun 2023 Expiration: Dec 2026
Launch Course

Veterans are 1.5 times more likely to die by suicide than non-veterans (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs [VA], 2022). This course will explain the specific factors that increase suicide risk in veterans. You will also learn about assessment and intervention approaches used to manage suicide risk in this population.

The goal of this course is to provide knowledge to addictions, behavioral health counseling, case management/care management, marriage and family therapy, nursing, psychology, social work professionals, and physicians in health and human services settings about suicide prevention strategies for veterans.

Learning Objectives

Identify three factors that specifically increase suicide risk in veterans.

Recall screening and assessment strategies to identify veterans at risk for suicide.

Define three effective ways to intervene to reduce suicide risk among veterans.

Self-Care Strategies for Frontline Professionals
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.25 Origination: Mar 2023 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

Healthcare and behavioral health professionals providing services on the front lines of a sustained health crisis are exposed to traumatic events on a regular basis. Staff deemed essential have little escape from the grueling demands of their daily work. Professional self-care routines are often insufficient or seemingly impossible during times of heavy demand. Without healthy work-life balance, effective self-care practices, and social connection, maladaptive coping mechanisms may surface or return. Many professionals experience feelings of helplessness when, despite their best efforts, they are unable to provide clinical solutions for their clients or patients. Based on what is known about trauma, it is imperative for professionals to effectively address self-care needs in a timely manner, for themselves and for those they serve.

Learning Objectives

Define the psychological and biological effects associated with trauma and stress reactions.

Identify signs and symptoms of moral injury, vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress or compassion fatigue, and burnout.

Recall methods to enhance psychological resilience via self-care practices that can be applied to work and/or home.

Suicide Prevention in the Acute Setting
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Duration: 1.00 Origination: Jul 2025 Expiration: Dec 2028
Launch Course

This course will provide you with information about the numerous risk and protective factors of suicide. You will learn effective screening approaches you can use to identify elevated risk. You will also learn how to follow a positive screening with an in-depth clinical assessment, including several different models you can use to guide your assessment. The goal of this course is to provide alcohol and drug counseling, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, and social work professionals in health and human services with skills to identify individuals at increased risk of suicide.

Learning Objectives

Recognize risk and protective factors for suicide.

Explain how to effectively screen to identify individuals at risk of suicide.

Summarize the major components of a comprehensive suicide assessment.

Suicide Prevention: At-Risk Populations Assessment, Treatment, and Risk Management (WA)
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Duration: 6.00 Origination: Oct 2023 Expiration: Dec 2026
Launch Course

This multi-lesson module provides suicide training according to the state of Washington requirements. The four lessons cover:

Lesson 1: Assessing and Screening for Suicide Risk: provides skills to identify individuals at increased risk of suicide

Lesson 2: Overview of Evidence-Based, Suicide-Specific Interventions: provides knowledge about evidence-based, suicide-specific interventions

Lesson 3: Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Suicide Risk: provides information about community-based, upstream suicide prevention approaches

Lesson 4: Preventing Suicide Among Veteran Populations: provides skills in assessment and intervention to reduce suicide risk among veterans

Learning Objectives

Recognize three risk and three protective factors for suicide.

Discuss how to effectively screen to identify individuals at risk for suicide.

Identify three components of a comprehensive suicide assessment.

Recall the factors you should consider when determining what interventions may be needed for suicidal individuals.

Describe three evidence-based interventions for treating individuals at risk for suicide or who have made a recent attempt.

Summarize the process for completing a safety plan and reducing access to lethal means. E

Explain what upstream suicide prevention means and why it is important.

Describe how fostering life skills and resilience can help to prevent suicide.

Summarize the impact of connectedness as an upstream suicide prevention approach.

Identify three factors that specifically increase suicide risk in veterans.

Recall screening and assessment strategies to identify veterans at risk for suicide.

Define three effective ways to intervene to reduce suicide risk among veterans.