NursingCE CME Courses

Earn 25 ANCC Pharmacology contact hours that are most relevant to NPs, APRNs and FNPs.

After completing this online CE course, nurses will better be able to:

• Identify the sources of law
• Identify when Boards of nursing where created
• Describe the purpose of Boards of nursing
• Examine the Ohio Board of Nursing’s (Board’s) standards of practice for registered nurses and licensed
  practical nurses
• Identify the duties of the registered nurse and the licensed practical nurse as set out by the Board
• List the steps in the Ohio Board of Nursing Disciplinary Process

Target Audience: Registered Nurses

After completing this online CE course, nurses will better be able to:

• Discuss ways in which nurses can advocate for more high-quality training for prescribers of
  opioids, access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) in every state, development
  of abuse-deterrent formulations (ADFs), naloxone access for the public, and access to medication-assisted
  treatment programs (MATs) for those with opioid use disorder
• Prepare nurses to be educators, for their patients, the public, and fellow healthcare providers about
  this national epidemic of opioid use.
• Train nurses to assess for risk factors of opioid misuse, to know the red flags, signs, and symptoms
  of opioid misuse in order to recognize them in patients, co-workers, family and friends, and
  properly reconcile medications safely and consistently as a safeguard against medication diversion
• Assist nurses in the basics of naloxone use for the rescue treatment and reversal of an opioid
  overdose, and methods of locating local resources for anyone (including themselves) suffering
  from opioid use disorder, such as approved MAT programs.

Target Audience: Registered Nurses

After completing this online CE course, nurses will better be able to:

• Describe the statistical prevalence of suicide and suicide attempts
• Outline definitions relevant to suicides such as mean and method
• Discuss individuals at-risk for suicides by describing warning signs
• Outline the factors that attribute to suicide risks such as risk factors, protective factors, environmental factors, health factors, and historical factors
• Discuss special considerations of suicide for Veterans
• Identify the symptoms and treatment options for Veteran’s mental health disorders
• Identify common symptoms of depression
• Describe the processes of assessments for suicide risks, suicidal thoughts, and suicidal intent
• Discuss preparatory behaviors in individuals at-risk for suicide
• Discuss the risk factors for individuals with previous suicide attempts
• Identify indications for urgent and immediate action when suicide crisis presents
• Describe common treatment for depression and brain stimulation theory
• Discuss the role of nursing in suicide assessment and prevention measures

Target Audience: Registered Nurses

After completing the Nursing CE Substance Abuse and Addiction Course, learners should be able to:
• Define substance use disorders.
• Identify risk factors for substance abuse and addiction.
• Identify commonly abused substances and the effects.
• Understand patient-centered care techniques for affected patients.

Target Audience: Registered Nurses

By the end of this module, the reader should be able to:

• Describe the three different classes of controlled substances most commonly misused: indications, risks, benefits, common adverse effects, and alternatives for opioids, central nervous system (CNS) depressants and stimulants
• Define medication tolerance, dependence, and addiction
• Discuss general guidelines for safe prescribing practices
• Discuss pain management, including both acute and chronic pain and special considerations needed for controlled substance use in the elderly and pregnant populations
• Review the special circumstances involved in palliative medicine and end-of-life care
• Review the prevention, screening, and signs of potential substance abuse and addiction
• Describe appropriate response to and current treatment options for substance abuse and addiction
• Review the New York State and federal requirements for prescribing controlled substances

After completing the Recognizing Impairment in the Workplace Course, learners should be able to:

• Define Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and addiction
• Identify risk factors for SUD
• Describe specific behavior changes and physical signs associated with SUD
• Recognize specific signs of diversion for nurses
• Verbalize SUD reporting responsibilities of the nurse
• Describe the nurses’ role in investigation and intervention
• Describe discipline vs. non-discipline approaches to SUD
• Discuss treatment options leading to recovery
• Describe possible return to work requirements for nurses with SUD

Target Audience: Registered Nurses

After completing this online CE course, nurses will better be able to:

• Briefly define the terms and review national statistics related to child maltreatment, and where available, abusive head trauma
• Identify risk, protective and preventive factors surrounding abusive head trauma
• Detail the signs and symptoms of pediatric abusive head trauma
• Describe how to assess pediatric patients in suspected cases of abusive head trauma and document the
  findings thoroughly
• Prepare nurses to educate caregivers to avoid accidental head trauma due to falls, accidental injuries, etc.
• Discuss the implications for nursing practice and future research

Target Audience: Registered Nurses

After completing the Nursing CE Palliative Care Course, learners should be able to:
• Understand various types of loss.
• Discuss the purpose of health care directives and role of proxies.
• Describe various theories of grief.
• Describe factors and manifestations of grief.
• Provide nursing interventions that can be used to support the mourning process.

Target Audience: Registered Nurses

After completing the Nursing CE Pain Management Course, learners should be able to:
• Understand theories that explain the physiology of pain.
• Identify different types of pain and their characteristics.
• Assess pain in a patient using subjective and objective data.

Target Audience: Registered Nurses