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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.