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Medication Error Prevention
Medication errors and substandard care occur often in today’s complex healthcare organizations. High-reliability organizations remain alert to potential errors and ways in which they can be prevented, regardless of how few adverse events occur. Healthcare organizations with a culture for patient safety focus on identifying the cause of errors and applicable prevention strategies rather than blaming or punishing the people involved in an error. Organizations that focus on patient safety in this manner have higher rates of error reporting and are better positioned to address problems at the systems level.
The goal of this course is to educate healthcare professionals about approaches to prevent medication errors.
Discuss how a culture of patient safety influences reporting and resolving errors.
Define the types of medical errors and their impact on healthcare.
Explain strategies to reduce medication errors.
Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: Core Elements
Antibiotic stewardship is a movement to improve antibiotic use through evidence-based practice. Team members become the stewards of antibiotics. This helps these medications continue to effectively fight infections. Antibiotic stewardship follows core elements to improve the use of antibiotics and their outcomes. This course discusses the core elements and benefits of an antibiotic stewardship program.
Describe the elements of an antibiotic stewardship program.
Identify at least three benefits of antibiotic stewardship.
In Session: Practicing Clinical Skills to Prevent Suicide in Adults
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.
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.
Medical Approaches to Identifying and Treating Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol use disorder is a primary health condition that interacts with and complicates many other health problems and psychiatric disorders. Unfortunately, only a small number of people with alcohol use disorder receive appropriate treatment for substance use issues. The incorporation of screening for alcohol use disorders in a general medical setting can significantly increase the number of individuals with alcohol use disorders who are identified and treated. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved 4 medications to treat alcohol use disorder, making treatment in primary care and other general medical settings a viable alternative to specialty care. This course will give you valuable information about these medications as well as several medications used off-label.
Identify strategies you can use to more effectively identify alcohol use disorder in a medical setting.
Recall factors that indicate someone may be a good candidate for medication-assisted treatment of alcohol use disorder as well as factors that suggest this approach is contraindicated.
Discuss the common medications used to treat alcohol use disorder, their benefits, and potential side effects.
Overview of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
The current opioid use epidemic has had devastating consequences for those impacted by it. Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is an effective, yet underused, approach to the treatment of opioid use disorder. By taking this course, you will have information that you can share with your clients and their family members about what MOUD is, its risks and benefits, and the types of medications used in MOUD. 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 overview of what MOUD is, how it can help individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), and the medications used by providers that treat OUD.
Describe how opioids affect the brain and can become habit-forming.
Discuss the role of medications to treat opioid use disorder.
List the medications typically prescribed to treat opioid use disorder and the side effects and risks associated.
Assessment and Treatment of Depressive Disorders in Children & Adolescents
In this course, you will learn to identify different depressive disorders, as well as the unique ways depression manifests in children and adolescents. Additionally, you will learn to recognize risk factors for both depression and suicidality in youth.
An integrated care model treats the whole child by combining primary care and mental healthcare in one setting. Within this model, treatment providers understand how to screen for depression and suicidality in order to coordinate care. You will learn about specific instruments useful for detecting depression and suicidality among youth. An understanding of the root causes of depression will highlight the rationale for various treatment approaches. Lastly, you will be able to describe the best practices available to help children and adolescents manage depression.
Identify three different types of depressive disorders and common symptoms of depression in children and adolescents.
Identify at least five causes and risk factors of clinical depression and how to screen for depressive disorders in children and adolescents.
Describe three interventions to treat child and adolescent depressive disorders.
Overview of Evidence-Based, Suicide-Specific Interventions
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.
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.
Preventing Suicide Among Veteran Populations
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.
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.
Medication Administration
This course will cover an overview of topics surrounding medication administration including pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, safety standards, and legal and ethical guidelines for practice. The learner will use case scenarios to gain a deeper understanding of the foundational practice.
Apply and differentiate between basic pharmacology principles.
Infer and separate various ethical principles and patient safety considerations.
Accurately perform computational pharmacology.
Discern the implications of proper storage, handling, and disposal of medications, and delegation of medication practices.
Approaches to Community-based Suicide Prevention
This course focuses specifically on early interventions that are designed to reduce suicide risk. You will learn how these early interventions impact suicide risk. You will also learn of examples and the role that programs highlighting connectedness, life skills, and resilience play in preventing suicide. The goal of this course is to provide social work, psychology, nursing, alcohol and drug counseling, marriage and family therapy, and counseling professionals in health and human services with information about community-based, upstream suicide prevention approaches.
Explain what upstream suicide prevention means and why it is important.
Summarize the impact of connectedness as an upstream suicide prevention approach.
Describe how fostering life skills and resilience can help to prevent suicide.
Best Practices in Suicide Screening and Assessment
This course will provide you with information about the numerous risk and protective factors of suicide. You will learn effective screening approaches you can use to identify elevated risk. You will also learn how to follow a positive screening with an in-depth clinical assessment, including several different models you can use to guide your assessment. The goal of this course is to provide alcohol and drug counseling, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, and social work professionals in health and human services with skills to identify individuals at increased risk of suicide.
Recognize risk and protective factors for suicide.
Explain how to effectively screen to identify individuals at risk of suicide.
Summarize the major components of a comprehensive suicide assessment.
Suicide Prevention: At-Risk Populations Assessment, Treatment, and Risk Management (WA)
This multi-lesson module provides suicide training according to the state of Washington requirements. The four lessons cover:
Lesson 1: Assessing and Screening for Suicide Risk: provides skills to identify individuals at increased risk of suicide
Lesson 2: Overview of Evidence-Based, Suicide-Specific Interventions: provides knowledge about evidence-based, suicide-specific interventions
Lesson 3: Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Suicide Risk: provides information about community-based, upstream suicide prevention approaches
Lesson 4: Preventing Suicide Among Veteran Populations: provides skills in assessment and intervention to reduce suicide risk among veterans
Recognize three risk and three protective factors for suicide.
Discuss how to effectively screen to identify individuals at risk for suicide.
Identify three components of a comprehensive suicide assessment.
Recall the factors you should consider when determining what interventions may be needed for suicidal individuals.
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 reducing access to lethal means. E
Explain what upstream suicide prevention means and why it is important.
Describe how fostering life skills and resilience can help to prevent suicide.
Summarize the impact of connectedness as an upstream suicide prevention approach.
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.