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"I can't afford to go back to school", "I have been a nurse for over 20 years, why do I need more education?" How am I going to get 45 hours done?" These are all things that I have heard from fellow nurses upon learning about the impending requirem...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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...

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...

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...

Being a perfectionist in some ways I needed to round off the hour I began earlier. I completed another .25 CEU offered by Epocrates which was again at the MD level meaning it was more indepth than what I use in my everyday practice though I did gain...

Oh no I FULLY understand! I thrive for time home with the family or getting out into the world! As much as I love nursing it never beats being with my family!!

Today I received an email from epocrates about free CEU’s accessible on their webpage or by utilizing their iPhone app. Being a full time mother, student, and nurse, an on the go option is perfect for me. I immediately downloaded the app onto my iP...

In that case enjoy retirement! My goal is to complete my full time trek of bedside nursing then transition into hospice nursing and/or clinical education, but like you when it is time to retire I will probably hang up my stethoscope for good to allo...

531 hours is just over 3 months of full time hours. I am looking into what would be required to reinstate a license if the requirement is not met if there is a medical or family situation preventing the hours from being reachable. If it is looked a...

As I was on a roll I watched another webinar. This was “Are You SAD? Shedding Light on Seasonal Affective Disorder”. The webinar was presented at a rather slow pace without much addition to the accompanying PowerPoint. It described how to differen...

As is the reality of life other things have been bumped up on the priority list while my continuing education focus has been pushed to the side. Being a lifelong procrastinator this is not an unusual event for me. I think this will actually help ma...

Today I completed hour 1 of 15 of Continuing education units. I read an article on nurse.com free of cost, took a quiz which can be repeated as many times as needed to get the required 75% passing score or if you are OCD like me getting the 100% sco...

Some say why continuing education? I have been doing this job for years and never needed it before; it’s a waste of my time. Is it? I am a big believer that I learn something new every day whether I try to or not. The medical field is ever changin...