Strokes: ischemic and hemorrhagic, 911 operators' goals for strokes, EMS response, ED response, thrombolytic therapy, and primary and comprehensive stroke centers.

Thorough review of the characteristics, progression, and impact of AD, medical therapies, effective communication and behavior management, assisting with ADLs, ethical issues, and end of life care.

Signs and symptoms of asthma, the underlying disease process of asthma, home response to an attack, the step approach to the treatment of an attack, common asthma medications, and treatment variations for special populations.

Age-related changes that may adversely affect the balance of older adults, nursing and therapy interventions, sensory systems, and balance evaluations.

Basic information for healthcare workers who may encounter patients with avian influenza (bird flu), including human and avian virus descriptions, mechanisms of transmission, protection against avian flu, and precautions for avoiding a bird flu pandemic.

Overview of bloodborne diseases, OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, modes of transmission, exposure control plan, protective equipment, warning labels, and exposure incident follow-up.

Types of breast cancer, epidemiology, risk factors, clinical manifestations, screening, stages, treatments, psychological impact of having breast cancer, follow-up care.

Job burnout including stress on the body, cardinal symptoms of burnout, stages of burnout, management of burnout, and prevention of burnout.

Overview of COPD including airway obstruction, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, causes, findings, treatment, acute exacerbations, and telephone Q and A.

Pregnancy complications including spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, hydatidiform mole, placenta previa, abruptio placentae, hyperemesis gravidum, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, preterm labor and birth.

Thorough review of normal circulation, ischemia, atherosclerosis, coronary syndromes, typical coronary patient, treatment, prognosis, prevention, and telephone nursing.

A detailed clinical look at type 2 diabetes, including insulin resistance, examination and diagnosis, laboratory tests, treatment options, pharmacology, education for lifestyle changes, complications, prevention, and telephone nursing.

A review of the physiological effects, the types of current employed, and the rationales, applications, and contraindications for the use of electrical stimulation.

A review of current emergency cardiac care for healthcare professionals who are already certified in basic or advanced life support.

Characteristics and functions of emotions; the limbic system of the brain, the neurology of emotions, management of primary emotions, and emotional intelligence.

An overview of palliative and hospice care for nurses and other healthcare professionals including palliative care in the U.S., ethical challenges, communication skills, medication options, care of the special patient (AIDS, dementia and cancer), dealing with the dying child and the care of the patient during the last hours.

This course meets the domestic violence continuing education requirement for healthcare providers in the state of Florida including implications, risk factors, signs and symptoms, documentation, FL's reporting guidelines, interventions and resources.

This course meets the HIV/AIDS requirement in Florida. The course covers: Incidence of HIV/AIDS in Florida, the Florida Omnibus AIDS Act, modes of transmission, clinical management, and CDC strategies for prevention of HIV/AIDS.

This course meets the HIV/AIDS requirement in Florida. The course covers: Incidence of HIV/AIDS in Florida, the Florida Omnibus AIDS Act, modes of transmission, clinical management, and CDC strategies for prevention of HIV/AIDS and review of special population risks.

This course meets the HIV/AIDS requirement in Florida. The course covers: Incidence of HIV/AIDS in Florida, the Florida Omnibus AIDS Act, modes of transmission, clinical management, and CDC strategies for prevention of HIV/AIDS, review of special population risks, psychosocial issues and concerns of family and care providers.

This course meets the HIV/AIDS requirement in Florida. The course covers: Incidence of HIV/AIDS in Florida, the Florida Omnibus AIDS Act, modes of transmission, clinical management, CDC strategies for prevention, special population risks, psychosocial issues, concerns of family and care providers and possible co-infections and their management.

This course meets the Florida requirement for reporting and prevention of medical errors (Statute 456.013), covering types of medical errors, risk factors, reporting, improving outcomes and public education.

Health literacy concepts, including: plain language; cultural and linguistic competence; clinical, prevention, and navigation aspects; the health literacy scale; usability of health information; composition of spoken, printed, and online messages.

Overview of healthcare informatics, information management vs. decision support, myths associated with computer use in healthcare, pitfalls of computer-based healthcare documentation, and strengths/weaknesses of software design for healthcare documentation.

A look at the nature of change, the relationship of patient conviction and confidence to positive motivation, and techniques for facilitating behavioral change in patients.

An overview of the problems with prevention and treatment of HIV in Africa including transmission, prevalence, cultural aspects and response.

A thorough review of HIV/AIDS in the U.S, including etiology, epidemiology, risk factors, confidentiality and legal issues, education, prevention, and treatment.

Infection control practices and procedures; the chain of infection, CDC guidelines, Standard Precautions, Contact Precautions, Droplet Precautions, Airborne Precautions; engineering controls, work practice controls, and environmental controls.

Signs, symptoms, transmission of H1N1 influenza virus. Groups at high risk for complications, types of treatment, and infection control measures.

Transmission, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of seasonal influenza. Includes CDC recommendations issued in September 2009, antiviral drugs, and TIV and LAIV vaccines.

This course meets the domestic violence requirement for nurses and other healthcare professionals in the state of Kentucky. The course covers scope and dynamics of domestic violence, signs and symptoms, legal issues reporting guidelines and interventions.

A summary of the profession of legal nurse consultant, including expert witness vs. legal consultant, components of a medical malpractice case, supporting legal appeals, qualifications, work settings, professional resources.

An overview of the history of medical forensics, including postmortem examination, postmortem changes to the body, autopsy and virtopsy, techniques of surveillance, forensic imaging, forensic reconstruction, Bertillonage, and DNA profiling.

Definition and review of metabolic syndrome including measurements, laboratory tests, causes, potential consequences, and preventive measures.

This course meets the pain and symptom management requirement for Michican nurses, Review of the characteristics and sources of pain; traditional, nontraditional, and nonpharmacologic interventions for pain; evaluation of pain, documentation of pain.

Brief overview of mold characteristics, environments supporting mold, health effects, removal, preventing regrowth of mold, and remediation of mold infestations.

A review of motor vehicle crashes including societal cost, protection systems, type of injuries, scene size-up, and the assessment and management of typical injuries.

Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs): MRSA, VRE, MDR-GNB, MDRSP, ESBLs, VISA, VRSA, MSSA, and CA-MRSA. Discussion of selective pressure, colonization pressure, surveillance cultures, antibiograms, and decolonization.

Meets Nevada requirements for healthcare workers who may be called upon to treat people exposed to chemical, biologic, radioactive, or nuclear agents used in a terrorist act.

Review of requirements for mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect in NY, including definitions of maltreatment, abuse, and neglect; physical and behavioral indicators, risk factors; situations requiring reporting; procedures for placing a child in protective custody.

Infection control practices, procedures for healthcare professionals; meets NY State requirements. Includes the chain of infection; CDC guidelines; Standard, Contact, Droplet, and Airborne Precautions; engineering, work practice, environmental controls.

Nursing practice standards for RNs and LPNs in Ohio; promotion of client safety, applying the nursing process, and roles of the Ohio Board of Nursing and the Ohio Nurses Association. Course is approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing and meets requirements for CE on the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.

Topics include age-related changes in health status, medication use and misuse, polypharmacy, functional assessment of geriatric patients, assessing nutritional status, supporting family caregivers, elder abuse, palliative care, and hospice.

An overview of pain management that meets the mandated requirements of the State of Oregon, including pain assessment, interventions, ethical issues, age related pain management and definitions of types of pain.

A full discussion of pain, its perception, source, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, ethical issues and treatment of different populations.

Using the nursing process for pain and pain management: assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating.

Ethical theories, principles, and dilemmas, and federal and state pharmaceutical laws as they relate to the management of pain. Includes a comparison of the ethical codes of the American Nurses Association and the International Council of Nurses.

The special interventions for treating cancer pain and the pain associated with the end of life.

Postanesthesia care including the facilities, staffing, and functioning of a Level I PACU; normal recovery from anesthesia; medical complications in the PACU; and challenges in operating a PACU.

Postpartum physiology, psychology, assessment, normal postpartum adaptation, teaching the postpartum patient, complications of labor and delivery, and reportable signs and symptoms in the postpartum patient.

Posttraumatic stress disorder, its history, relevant concepts, diagnostic features, and interventions.

Review of pregnancy monitoring tests including normal hematologic values (HGB, HCT, RBC, WBC), iron-deficiency anemia, folic acid deficiency, the clotting cascade and clotting factors, von Willebrand disease, hypercoagulable and physiologic changes of pregnancy.

Anatomy, epidemiology, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of this common cancer in men.

Crisis intervention in the context of the nursing process for people who are exhibiting mood, anxiety, anger, substance use, or mental disorders.

Types of medical errors, risk factors, reportable sentinel events, adverse drug event (ADE), adverse event (AE), active errors, latent errors, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

Epidemiology, assessment, diagnostic testing, treatment, reporting and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Smallpox as a potential bioterrorism threat, with defining clinical characteristics, the vaccine, a nursing care plan, and a public health response plan.

Encourages women to embrace leadership in healthcare, with discussion of balancing personal and professional needs and overcoming challenges in the workplace.

An introduction to telephone nursing including best practices, areas of controversy, protocols, documentation forms, red flags, rules of thumb, and red herrings.

An overview of response to bioterrorism for healthcare professionals in Texas. Definition of bioterrorism, clinical features, CDC recommendations, best practices and reporting.

A review of characteristics, treatment, complications, disabilities, and prevention of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

A discussion of the special needs of disabled travelers, transportation, preparation for travel, challenges, documentation and potential hazards.

Comprehensive review including droplet nuclei, nontuberculous mycobacteria (MDR TB), extrapulmonary TB, latent TB infection, TB infection vs. TB disease, AFB smear and culture, Mantoux tuberculin skin test, QuantiFERON-TB gold test; the concept of anergy.

Rationale and practical considerations for achieving and maintaining hand hygiene in the healthcare workplace including hand hygiene and potential pathogens, cleaners, and factors affecting compliance with hand washing.

Meets Washington State Dept. of Health requirements on HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and training in a two-unit course for healthcare professionals. HIV/AIDS scope, risk factors Univeral Precautions, reduction, personal impact and support for family and care givers.

Meets Washington State Dept. of Health requirements on HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and training in a four-unit course for healthcare professionals. Epidemiology and etiology of HIV/AIDS,factors of transmission, confidentiality and psychosocial issues.

Meets Washington State Dept. of Health requirements on HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and training in a seven-unit course for healthcare professionals. Epidemiology and etiology of HIV/AIDS, factors of transmission, testing, counseling, treatment guidelines, confidentiality and psychosocial issues.

West Nile virus, incidence of West Nile infection, Culex pipiens mosquito, equine infection with West Nile, and community prevention programs for West Nile virus.

Review of end-of-life care designed to meet the West Virginia CE requirements legislated for nurses licensed in West Virginia. Included ethical challenges, communication, pharmacological measures, psychosocial issues, the special needs patient and care of the patient during the last hours.

A consideration of the incidence of workplace violence and steps to recognizing and preventing it. Definition of workplace violence, risk factors, security hazards, prevention measures and establishing a workplace violence prevention program.

Overview of wound care including phases of healing and steps for addressing acute and infected wounds, dealing with chronic wounds, debridement, dehiscence and granulation.