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The Dangers of Alarm Fatigue
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 0.50 Origination: May 2023 Expiration: Dec 2026
Launch Course

This course provides nurses with information regarding safety concerns associated with alarm fatigue along with evidence-based research strategies to reduce the fatigue.

Learning Objectives

Describe the national patient safety goals set by The Joint Commission as they relate to alarm management. 

Discuss evidence-based strategies to reduce alarm fatigue.

The Role of Risk Management: A Quality Perspective
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Duration: 1.00 Origination: Sep 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

The role of risk management has a significant impact on the quality outcomes of acute care organizations. It includes systems and validated processes aimed at assessing and developing interventions to mitigate risk factors and optimize quality outcomes. HCPs are stakeholders in the risk management process and can benefit from understanding risk management strategies and objectives. In this course, you will learn about risk management in the acute care setting.

The goal of this course is to provide healthcare professionals in acute care settings with information to enhance their understanding of the role they play in risk management along with proven strategies for ensuring quality outcomes in their professional practice in acute care settings. 

Learning Objectives

Identify the importance of risk management, the processes, and tools used in risk management in the acute care setting.

Identify at least two concrete strategies for enhancing quality outcomes.

Trauma-Informed Care
ACCME and ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.00 Origination: Aug 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

Trauma-informed care recognizes and responds to the effects of trauma. All clients should receive trauma-informed care.

Learning Objectives

Define at least three trauma types and their effects. 

Identify strategies for trauma-informed care strategies and their implementation at individual and organizational levels. 

Recognize at least two ways trauma affects healthcare staff and strategies to support their well-being.

Understanding Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence
Duration: 1.25 Origination: Sep 2023 Expiration: Dec 2029
Launch Course

This course provides information about the dynamics of intimate partner violence, or IPV, risk factors, safety concerns, screening measures, and how staff can be the most helpful in these situations.

The goal of this course is to help administrative staff, general staff, and direct care staff in all healthcare settings gain a basic understanding of the dynamics of intimate partner violence.

Learning Objectives

Define domestic and intimate partner violence.

Describe risk factors for intimate partner homicide, including guns and strangulation.

Identify at least two screening measures used to identify persons who have experienced IPV.

Wellness Strategies that Support Addiction Recovery
ANCC Accreditation Duration: 1.00 Origination: May 2023 Expiration: Dec 2026
Launch Course

Substance use is linked to millions of deaths worldwide each year (Ritchie & Roser, 2019). Supporting individuals’ long-term recovery from substance use can help save lives. Recovery is a lifelong process that aims to keep an individual substance-free while improving their overall quality of life. Wellness strategies enhance recovery outcomes by focusing on optimal health across all dimensions of an individual’s life.

Learning Objectives

 

 

Discuss how wellness approaches can positively impact recovery from substance use disorders.

Recognize the eight dimensions of wellness.

Identify wellness strategies to facilitate long-term recovery from substance use disorders.

Wrong-Site Surgery: Prevention
ACCME and ANCC Accreditation Duration: 0.50 Origination: Apr 2024 Expiration: Dec 2027
Launch Course

Wrong-site surgery (WSS) has been consistently ranked among the top four most reported sentinel events in the U.S. healthcare system for 5 years in a row, as reported in the Joint Commission’s annual sentinel events report in 2023. Despite being classified as a "never event," the occurrence of WSS is still alarmingly high. These events are both shocking and damaging to the public's trust in the healthcare system.

This course provides physicians, nurses, and surgical technologists with knowledge of evidence-based practices for preventing wrong-site surgeries.

Learning Objectives

Identify risk factors that can lead to wrong-site surgery. Recall the steps of the Universal Protocol and the components of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist. Summarize evidence-based strategies for preventing wrong-site surgeries.