klwtiger

klwtiger specializes in Geriatrics looking to branch out.

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1. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

   klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

   I have the answer regarding receiving nursing hours credit for caring for a loved one. If the care given requires having an RN license then it can be used as credit towards required practice hours. If it is general caregiving then it can not be use...

2. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

   klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

   Officially I have now completed 15 certified continuing education units and now have the fancy certificates to show for it. Although I did not really need the units since I am currently in school, I did gain a lot of knowledge through this process a...

3. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

   klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

   One of the things I discussed early on in this process was the value of a certified continuing education unit versus participation in an independent reading activity or work in-service which does not have to meet any standards but rather somehow adva...

4. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

   klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

   To bring my total up to 13 hours, I completed a 3 hour course on Heart Failure also from RN.com. This course was also interactive and had the addition of mini quizzes along the way which did not count in grading though did assist in solidifying the ...

5. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

   klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

   In thinking of what I would do next to complete continuing education requirements I wanted to try something different than just read and answer so I did a Google search for interactive continuing education for nurses. I was directed to RN.com that h...

6. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

   klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

   If volunteer work qualifies then I would think caring for a family member would to if it requires any use at all of nursing knowledge. I will look into that possibility as well. I know many people who have stepped away from careers to be a full tim...

7. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

   klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

   To round of the 0.75 I found another CEU on Epocrates for 0.25 and thought it appropriate that it was a study on pain. Although it was only 0.25 CEU’s it took me closer to 0.5 hrs to complete it which I have found common for these “short” units. Al...

8. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

   klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

   A benefit to the continuing education requirement is it affords us a dual benefit if we would like to learn more about something afflicting ourselves or family members. I suffer from Fibromyalgia and used the opportunity to solidify and expand upon ...

9. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

   klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

   Staying cool under fire is vital in Nursing and is the topic of the CEU I have completed next bringing my total to 7 hours. Each unit completed requires successful completion of a quiz to receive credit with a score of 75% or better with the option o...

10. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

    klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

    Today I completed an hour of continuing Ed that I think could be rather useful in both my professional and personal life. This unit is called “The Power of Suggestion” and discusses how simply placing focus on desired outcome and positive thinking c...

11. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

    klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

    Returning to Continuing education units on nurse.com I completed a unit for 1 credit hour regarding nursing practice. I quickly found that titles can be deceiving. I thought it was going to review actually nursing theory and instead it was more of ...

12. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

    klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

    I can't argue with that! its usually those not really directly related or involved that dictate the policy without asking those the policy will affect

13. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

    klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

    Thank you for your kind words. It is a topic that interests me and I enjoy helping out fellow nurses which made this an easy to choice to do for my independent study course. A person definitely has to weigh the pro's and the cons to keeping a licen...

14. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

    klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

    Yesterday I had to attend an in-service at work regarding appropriate charting and the usefulness in using SBAR for all charting. Although this was not a certified educational unit I did find it to be good information and decided to use the informat...

15. Continuing Education in Washington reviewed

    klwtiger replied to klwtiger's topic in Career Support

    I received further information regarding wanting to take a leave from nursing. A woman at the Washington state department of health sent me the following response: We have an inactive status for a discounted price that has been working for nurses tak...