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Adverse Events and Medical Errors: Response and Analysis
ACCME Accreditation Duration: 0.50 Origination: Mar 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

This course will address the importance of reporting errors for prevention of future adverse events and improved patient safety, as well as the role of root cause analysis (RCA) as an investigation tool for identifying the underlying systems failures that may have led to the error. It will also examine the benefits and barriers to reporting and the role of healthcare culture in reporting. Finally, it will explain the basic process of reporting that is common in most healthcare organizations.  

Learning Objectives

Describe the systems approach to medical errors and how it increases the likelihood that errors are reported. 

Understand the benefits of reporting errors, especially the importance of reporting errors for patient safety improvements. 

Identify the barriers to reporting errors and the role that healthcare culture plays. 

Explain the basic process of reporting errors in a healthcare organization. 

Explain the purpose of RCA, and describe the guidelines for the use of this investigation tool.

Disclosure of Unforeseen Outcomes
ACCME Accreditation Duration: 0.75 Origination: Mar 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

Medical errors and unanticipated outcomes not only have the potential for devastating consequences, but they are a relatively common occurrence in healthcare. Accordingly, providers must be well-versed in understanding the basic steps of disclosing these events to patients and their families, as well as the legal ramifications of such action. Fortunately, there are models and ethical frameworks that help guide these decisions and conversations, but every provider must determine the approach that is best for their practice.  

Learning Objectives

Understand the basic steps of the disclosure process, the ethical frameworks for disclosure, and the pragmatic, regulatory, and legal reasons for disclosure. 

Explore the emotional and psychological effects of medical errors on providers and patients.

Optimizing Patient Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.00 Origination: Mar 2025 Expiration: Dec 2028
Launch Course

Heart failure (HF) treatment is costly and requires a multidisciplinary approach. Evidence-based treatment guidelines improve patient outcomes, and it is essential to become familiar with these guidelines to reduce patient mortality. Healthcare team members play a significant role in treating acute HF (AHF), helping to reduce the morbidity and mortality of the disease and decrease the use and costs associated with care. This course aims to educate nurses and nutrition and dietetics professionals in the acute care setting about evidence-based heart failure treatment guidelines.

Learning Objectives

Describe heart failure, including its classification systems, presentation, treatment, and evidence-based therapies.

Describe strategies for patient self-management.

Pediatric Patients and Concussion Management
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.25 Origination: Jul 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

Concussion is a form of mild traumatic brain injury that is common in children and adolescents. Despite increased awareness about the injury, concussion remains under-reported and under-diagnosed. Nurses and Radiology Technicians must be aware of the identification, diagnosis, and management of concussions in pediatric patients. 

Learning Objectives

Identify signs and symptoms of concussions in pediatric patients. 

Recognize the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of concussions in pediatric patients. 

Recall the complications of concussions in pediatric patients.

Pediatric Problems in Ambulatory Care
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 2.00 Origination: Jan 2024 Expiration: Dec 2026
Launch Course

Pediatric ambulatory care consists of well-child checks, preventive care, and the treatment and management of acute and chronic health conditions. Nurses provide holistic care to the pediatric patient by synthesizing their nursing assessments with parent/caregiver concerns. Nurses collaborate with the healthcare team to identify and address common pediatric health problems encountered in the ambulatory care setting.

Learning Objectives

Recognize the causes, diagnosis, and management for common conditions in pediatric ambulatory care. 

Recall nursing considerations for common conditions in pediatric ambulatory care.

SIADH Management
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.00 Origination: Mar 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) is a condition that occurs when the body produces too much antidiuretic hormone (ADH), which causes fluid retention and electrolyte imbalance. SIADH can have various causes and manifestations and can lead to serious complications if not recognized and treated promptly. This course will provide you with the knowledge to thoroughly assess and manage patients with SIADH in the hospital setting.

Learning Objectives

Explain the pathophysiology, causes, and diagnosis of SIADH. 

Identify the signs and symptoms of SIADH and potential complications. 

Review common treatments and nursing interventions for patients with SIADH.