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Pediatric Pain Management: Pathophysiology and Assessment
The experience of pain affects people of all ages, including children. Many factors contribute to the undertreatment of pain in this age group. Children’s health outcomes and quality of life are adversely affected without proper recognition and pain management. The course examines the pathophysiology of pain and pain assessment strategies appropriate for different ages and developmental levels. The course will also review pediatric pain assessment tools.
Define pain, clarify commonly misused terms, and develop an understanding of how pain works.
Recognize the signs and symptoms of pain in children.
Identify pain assessment tools in children of different ages and developmental levels.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Healthcare Employee
Ensuring that a healthcare system is culturally competent can reduce health disparities. Healthcare employees who have effective interpersonal and working relationships are essential to successful healthcare outcomes. Healthcare staff provide care to individuals from many backgrounds, so it is essential that they get proper Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training. DEI training should be integrated into the standard hiring and onboarding process for the entire healthcare workforce. The goal of this course is to provide healthcare employees with training about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Define cultural competence, implicit bias, and indirect discrimination.
Describe at least two assumptions and myths related to stereotypes.
Explain best practices when working with people from different races, cultures, values, and sexual orientations.
List at least three barriers to providing quality healthcare.
Identify at least two ways to make the healthcare environment welcoming for all people.
Improving Clinical Competency Through an Understanding of Military Culture
Military cultural competence is essential to effectively engage, understand, and support active duty service members, reservists, and veterans in behavioral health treatment. Those in the military represent a specific cultural group. This course will provide you with an introduction to military culture. You will learn about the overall structure of the military, the core values of the primary branches, and the unique experiences of specific sub-populations within the military. This information will help you more effectively engage with, understand, respect, and support the military service members who seek your services.
The goal of this course is to provide addiction, behavioral health counseling, case management/care management, marriage and family therapy, nursing, psychologist, and social worker professionals in health and human services settings with information about military culture in general, the effects of military culture on sub-populations, and how behavioral health concerns affect military service members and veterans.
Describe key aspects of military culture, the sub-populations within military culture, and the unique needs and experiences of those groups.
Describe the overall structure of the military and its primary branches.
Recall two perceived consequences by service members and veterans of receiving a behavioral health disorder diagnosis.
Reducing Suicide Risk in Adolescents and Transition-Age Youth
In 2020, suicide was the third leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], National Center for Injury Prevention and Control [NCIPC], 2020). Rates of suicide among youth continue to increase, making it essential for behavioral health clinicians and other professionals working with adolescents and transition-age youth to understand the dynamics of suicide among young people.
After providing a foundation on how widespread the problem is and the prevailing theories about the drivers of suicidal behaviors, this course will teach you about how to effectively screen potentially suicidal youth and ways you can intervene to lower their risk.
Identify warning signs as well as risk and protective factors that affect vulnerability to suicide in youth.
State three assessment strategies to identify suicide risk in adolescents and transition-age youth.
Describe interventions that reduce the risk of suicide in adolescents and transition-age youth.
Nursing Ethics: Fundamentals
Although medical care can be often concrete, healthcare professionals, including nurses, are faced with ethical dilemmas that are not as clear-cut. In healthcare, sometimes situations arise where there is an “area of gray.” In those moments, thoughtful analysis using reason and ethical principles is needed. Many healthcare institutions have developed ethics committees to navigate patient care in difficult situations.
The goal of this course is to equip nurses in the acute care setting with knowledge of key terms, theories, and principles of bioethics, as well as the procedures, functions, roles, and responsibilities associated with an ethics committee in the acute care setting.
Name five major ethical theories.
Recognize the four major bioethical principles.
Define paternalism, veracity, fidelity, confidentiality, futile treatment, living will, durable power of attorney for healthcare, and “medical assistance in dying.”
List the roles and responsibilities of an ethics committee and its ethicist in the acute care setting.
Managing Pediatric Trauma: Assessment
This course is intended to provide nurses with knowledge of pediatric stages of development, mechanisms of injury, and assessment best practices including the pediatric assessment triangle as they relate to trauma.
Describe pediatric trauma care and stages of development as they relate to trauma.
Identify common mechanisms of injury in the pediatric population.
Recall assessment techniques and emergency interventions for pediatric patients who experience trauma.
Managing Pediatric Trauma: Interventions
This course is intended to provide nurses with knowledge on interventions for pediatric trauma, including injuries to the head, chest, abdominal cavity, and extremities. Interventions for asphyxiation, drowning, burns, and electrical shock will also be presented. This course is the second part of the Managing Pediatric Trauma series. The first course in this series is Managing Pediatric Trauma: Assessment.
Recall prehospital care and field triage of pediatric trauma patients.
Describe interventions for pediatric patients who have experienced asphyxiation, drowning, burns, and electrical injuries.
Describe interventions for pediatric patients who have experienced trauma to the head, thorax, abdomen, and extremities.
Identifying and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect
This course will teach you about the various types of child abuse and neglect that are currently the most common, and the physical and behavioral warning signs that may accompany different kinds of child maltreatment. You will learn some general guidelines for mandatory reporting and how you can find out the specific reporting requirements of your particular state.
Identify the behavioral and physical signs of abuse and neglect.
Describe the role of the mandated reporter and where to access state-specific rules related to mandated reporting in your state.
Weight Loss Medications: A Comprehensive Review
When lifestyle modifications such as improving nutrition and increasing physical activity do not achieve adequate weight loss, pharmacotherapies may be needed. Pharmacotherapy is used as a supplement to lifestyle modifications and should only be implemented in patients who meet certain criteria and have a need to reduce their risk of obesity-related comorbidities. This course will review candidate criteria for weight management drugs, which drugs have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and their safety or effectiveness. It will also review dietary supplements used for weight loss and the lifestyle behaviors needed to increase the efficacy of pharmacotherapies. The goal of this course is to educate the healthcare team in the acute care setting on weight loss medications.
Indicate the criteria for weight loss drug therapy in patients affected by obesity.
Recognize the safety and effectiveness of prescription drugs and devices, and dietary supplements used for weight loss.
Recall lifestyle behaviors that are needed in conjunction with weight loss drugs, devices, and supplements.
Substance Use Treatment for Women
In this course, you will learn about how substance use impacts women differently. You will learn ways that you can provide gender-responsive treatment to women struggling with substance use or at risk of developing a substance use disorder.
The goal of this course is to provide addiction, behavioral health counseling, marriage and family counseling, nursing, psychology, and social work professionals in health and human services settings with information about substance use treatment for women at various stages of development.
Discuss the unique aspects of substance use and substance use disorders among women.
Explain how the use of specific substances, as well as the impact of those substances, changes across the lifespan.
Describe ways to address the biological/psychological, social, and developmental needs of women with substance use disorders.