[VickyRN]

Children with Asthma and Influenza - Practice Models for Improving Influenza Immunization Rates Among Children with Asthma

Free CEU, 1.7 hrs. Requires registration.

http://www.pedfluvaccine.com/site_disclaim.htm

[VickyRN]

Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Making It Safer for Patients

http://www.ismp.org/profdevelopment/PCAMonograph.pdf

1.5 credit hours

[VickyRN]

ISMP Quarterly Action Agenda Nursing CE

http://www.ismp.org/Newsletters/acut...ionagendas.asp

[VickyRN]

FREE CEU's. Requires registration and password, but registration is free.

http://www.medscape.com/nurses

[VickyRN]

CE Medicus is one of the fastest growing online Continuing Education (CME and CE) communities and the only Continuing Medical Education website where you can seamlessly access programming from the leading online providers. The site offers access to over 9,000 hours of FREE accredited Continuing Medical Education in a variety of activity formats. Participating Providers within the CE Medicus Learning Marketplace include eMedicine.com, CECity.com, and more.

CME/CE Resource Centers are designed to bring you a centralized source for free CME/CE and links to professional and governmental agencies that can provide tools for you to use in your practice.

Requires registration, but membership is free.

http://www.cemedicus.com

[Elvish]

www.motherbabyuniversity.com is a great website for ob/neonatal nurses. It is is fully accredited and is through the Cape Fear Valley Regional Med Ctr. I have done several of the courses and they are all great.

Thanks for the thread, Vicky!!

[DTCC PreRN]

I believe this one if fairly new.

http://discoveryhealthcme.discovery.com/

The Discovery Health Channel now offers CME's online.

[VickyRN]

http://www.kci1.com/983.asp

Web Based Learning Modules

• Accredited Education - Wound Care
• Accredited Education - Bariatrics
• Accredited Education -Critical Care

KCI is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Accreditation of KCI by the ANCC Commission on Accreditation as a provider of continuing education activities does not imply ANCC Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any
commercial product.

Other self-paced free courses from KCI:
http://www.kci1.com/992.asp

1. Assessment and Documentation of Pressure Ulcers Objectives:

• Discuss the layers of the skin
• List the items to be assessed and documented when evaluating an existing pressure ulcer
• Define the NPUAP staging system for pressure ulcers

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).
2. Etiology and Interventions of Pressure Ulcers
Objectives:

• Define the key etiology factors in pressure ulcer formation
• Discuss specific interventions for each causative factor
• Discuss contributing factors to pressure ulcer formation

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).
3. Wound Assessment
Objectives:

• Discuss classification systems for pressure ulcers, venous, arterial and diabetic wounds
• List at least five items to be assessed and documented when evaluating an existing wound (acute & chronic)

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).

4. Operating Room Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Objectives:

• Discuss the etiology of pressure ulcers - pressure, shear, friction, moisture & heat
• List the positions used in surgical procedures and sites at risk for pressure ulcer development
• Describe interventions to prevent, limit tissue destruction &/or treat operating room acquired pressure ulcers.

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).
5. AHRQ (AHCPR): Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
Objectives:

• List four debridement methods
• Discuss the wound cleaning and infection control procedures recommended by the AHRQ treatment guidelines
• List and discuss the four criteria for choosing a pressure ulcer dressing
• List adjunctive therapies and operative repair for pressure ulcers

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).
6. Wound Healing Process
Objectives:

• Describe the physiologic events involved in the wound healing process
• Discuss the impact selected factors will have on wound healing
• List new trends in wound healing therapies

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).

[VickyRN]

1. Nursing Care of the Bariatric Patient
Objectives:

• Discuss alterations in physiologic processes of bariatric patients
• Describe care issues that may need to be altered for the bariatric patient

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN and/or 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) ).


2. Common Skin and Wound Conditions in the Obese Patient
Objectives:

• Describe common skin and wound conditions of the obese patient
• Discuss treatments for common skin and wound conditions of the obese patient

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN and/or 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) ).

1. Turning the Corner to Better Oxygenation
Objectives:

• Identify immobility as a potential hazard to your patient’s health
• Discuss the Therapeutic Positioning Strategies that can be utilized to prevent or treat the complications of immobility
• Develop an understanding of ventilation & perfusion (V/Q) matching and its impact on oxygenation
• Define the nursing guidelines for the appropriate use of Kinetic Therapy™
• Review the research relevant to Therapeutic Positioning