Resources on Crime Victim Law and Support

The National Center for Victims of Crime is the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and those who serve them. Since its inception in 1985, the National Center has worked with grassroots organizations and criminal justice agencies throughout the United States serving millions of crime victims.

VictimLaw.info: Your Source for Crime Victim Rights and Protections
Includes webinars on Victim Law

Provider Support
The National Center for Victims of Crime is your partner in helping victims of crime rebuild their lives. We offer all victim service providers inclusion in our comprehensive referral database, an invitation to our regional trainings, and a wealth of practical information on this website.

Featured Library Book: Clinically Oriented Anatomy

Clinically Oriented Anatomy by Keith Moore(2010) , Sixth Edition, provides clinically oriented anatomical information for study and practice. Comprehensive coverage of anatomy, presented as it relates to the practice of medicine, dentistry, and physical therapy.

The Sixth Edition features a modified interior design with new and improved artwork that further enhances the user-friendliness of the text. The clinical Blue Boxes are now grouped to reduce interruption of text and are categorized with icons to promote easier comprehension of clinical information. The Bottom Line summaries have been refined to clearly call out key points for quick study.

Look for this book in the quick reference section by the animal crackers at QM23.2 .M78 2010. The earlier edition is available to be checked out of the library, on the shelves at QS 4 M822c 1999.

NACE: National Association for Continuing Education

NACE: National Association for Continuing Education

NACE offers over 100 home study courses (many of which are online courses) for psychologists, social workers, marriage and family counselors, and substance abuse counselors. These courses are approved by the American Psychological Association (APA), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) and other state boards and organizations. There are two types of home study courses: those that are mailed to you for completion and those that are completed online. NACE also offers CME for Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Physicians. Some courses have a fee, and others are free/sponsored.

ConsultGeriRN.Org

ConsultGeriRN.org is the evidence-based geriatric clinical nursing website of The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, at New York University's College of Nursing and NICHE, Nurses Improving Care for HealthSystem Elders, a program of the Hartford Institute. ConsultGeriRN.org, an online resource for nurses in clinical and educational settings, is endorsed by the National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA), the American Association for Long Term Care Nursing (AALTCN), The National Association Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA), and others.

Clinical Resources/Tools
This includes the Try This Series. The content is directed to orient and encourage all nurses to understand the special needs of older adults and utilize the highest standards of practice in caring for the elderly.

Continuing Education

Specialty Practice

Free CE on Achieving Successful Outcomes in STEMI Patients thru 5/26/11

Achieving Successful Outcomes in STEMI Patients: Keys to Optimizing Results

• Discuss the role of a dual antiplatelet therapeutic approach in patients with acute coronary syndromes
• Apply STEMI medication protocols for inter-hospital transfer
• Compare the safety and efficacy of dual antiplatelet therapy and primary PCI for STEMI
• Review limitations and potential adverse clinical events of dual-antiplatelet therapy in a variety of patient subsets
• Review and apply the latest study results in determining the best available options of antithrombotic therapy within the clinical practice
• Compare and contrast the net clinical findings within the high risk patient population

Supported by an educational grant from Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and Lilly USA, LLC

Improving Wound Care through Optimal Debridement thru 5/21/11

Improving Wound Care through Optimal Debridement

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Define the spectrum of debridement modalities and their appropriate selection based on wound characteristics
• Summarize the Wound Healing Society guideline recommendations for debridement
• Explain the potential roles of maintenance debridement and combination therapy with multiple debridement modalities
• Outline the benefits, limitations, and mechanism of action of available agents for enzymatic debridement

Supported by an educational grant from Healthpoint, Ltd.

Free CE Advances in Wound Healing thru 5/27/11

Advances in Wound Healing
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Gain knowledge to select appropriate treatments based on a thorough wound assessment
• Examine the criteria necessary for establishing treatment goals for effective wound management
• Outline current and emerging treatment modalities for wound care
• Appraise the evidence base of commonly used wound management strategies

Supported by an educational grant from Healthpoint, Ltd.

Free CE on Endovascular Aneurysm Repair thru 8/6/10

Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

1. Develop a care plan for preoperative and postoperative care of the patient undergoing endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
2. Discuss the steps of this operative procedure.
3. Identify and plan for possible complications during the operative procedure and the recovery phases.

Free CE for NP's on Smoking Cessation in Primary Care thru 1/26/12

Smoking Cessation in Primary Care free CE for Nurse Practitioners

Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:
1.		Identify ways to incorporate routine smoking cessation counseling into every office visit.
2.		Describe comprehensive behavioral and pharmacologic strategies nurse practitioners can use to help patients stop smoking.
3.		Select smoking cessation pharmacotherapy based on safety and efficacy profiles for individual patients. This activity is supported through an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.

Free CE on Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure, thru 6/26/10

Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure is available from PharmCon, and gives 1.5 credit hours--the title mentions pharmacists, but there is credit for nurses as well.

At the conclusion of this monograph, you will be able to:

Discuss the pathophysiology of the heart that contributes to CHF.
Identify underlying disorders associated with the development of CHF.
Discuss non-pharmacological measures as well as first line pharmacological treatment options.
Identify pharmaceutical classes used in the treatment of CHF.
Discuss affects of pharmacological treatments on morbidity and mortality of the CHF patient.
Differentiate between pharmaceuticals used in long term management versus those used to treat the acutely de-compensated heart failure patient.
Identify the most recent peptide marker used in the diagnosis of the CHF patient.
Discuss the pharmacology of IV medications used in the acute care setting.

Free CE on preventing Venous Thromboembolism thru 09/01/10

cmecorner is offering 1.25 contact hours, sponsored by Ortho-McNeil.

Preventing VTE is Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Patients

Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:
1.
Review guidelines, consensus standards, and requirements for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients.
2.
Evaluate how to apply the latest clinical practice guidelines on the prevention of VTE for patients who undergo THA and TKA.
3.
Assess the safety and efficacy of existing and emerging anticoagulants for the prevention of VTE.
4.
Discuss how emerging oral anticoagulants may impact the prevention of VTE in THA and TKA patients.

Free CE on Women and Lung Cancer thru 7/15/10

Women Face Special Lung Cancer Risks

Objectives:
The goal of this program is to provide nurses with evidence of the sex differences that contribute to making lung cancer the leading cause of cancer deaths among U.S. women.

Sponsor:

This course has been sponsored by an educational grant from Moffitt Cancer Center and may be taken free of charge as a gift to the nursing community until July 15, 2010. * While participation in this educational activity is free to you, participant lists shall be made available to the sponsor of this module. By proceeding, you are agreeing to allow this organization to receive your demographic or survey information. If you do not want your demographic or survey information to be released to the sponsoring organization, you can take this course for $ 10.00 by clicking here.

Free CE on Transition to Home Care thru 6/25/10

Transition to Homecare

Earn 1.5 hrs thru 6/25/10

Objectives:
1. Describe how home health planning begins with admission to health care services.
2. List nine key patient assessments to determine whether home discharge is safe.
3. Explain the four pillars of discharge planning established by the Care Transitions Program.
4. Identify six key elements of information that should be provided to health professionals in the next phase of care.

Registration required.

Video on Prevention of OR Fires

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation offers a free 18-minute video, Prevention and Management of Operating Room Fires, on its Web site. The video promotes best practices regarding the prevention of fires in the operating room (OR), including controlling oxygen concentration levels at or near the surgical site, and extrapolates OR fire statistics based in part on analysis of events reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.

Free CE on Cancer and Venous Thromboembolism thru 8-5-10

Cancer and Venous Thromboembolism

This activity is designed for hematologists/oncologists, nurses, and pharmacists.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Identify and stratify risk factors for VTE in cancer patients
• Discuss the epidemiology and prevalence of VTE in patients with cancer and elaborate on the contributions of various anti-cancer therapies to the development of VTE.
• Implement guideline-defined VTE prophylaxis and treatment in clinical practice.

Supported by an educational grant from sanofi-aventis U.S.

Free CE on Contrast Induced Acute Kidney Injury thru 11-23-10

Clinical Practice Guidelines and Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of Contrast Induced Acute Kidney Injury

This activity is designed for interventional cardiologists, cardiologists, nephrologists, radiologists, nurses and technologists

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• explain new predictors of outcomes and impact on PCI and Cath Lab procedures in high risk patients
• make recommendations about CI-AKI in CKD patients to support societies like ACC and AHA to develop guidelines
• discuss areas of clinical need requiring additional research including: use of biomarkers
  - educational programs and awareness
  - guideline development
  - contrast selection
  - protocols
  - registry
  - new technology
  - research

Supported by an educational grant from Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.

Free CE on Cath Lab Basics thru 12-21-10

Cath Lab Basics

This activity is designed for all nurses and technologists who work within the cardiac catheterization lab, regardless of experience

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the human dynamics in the cath lab
• Utilize new methods for interventional cardiology procedures
• Utilize new types of stents and hemodynamics support devices
• Review the indications and contraindications for cardiac catheterization
• Identify complications in the cath lab and utilize appropriate management techniques for these complications
• Explain the artifacts of pressure management and the application of pressure waveforms to diagnosis

Supported by an educational grant from ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.

Free CE on Advancements in Managing Malignant Ascites thru 3-31-11

Management of Malignant Ascites

This activity is designed for nurses and technologists who treat patients with malignant ascites.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• discuss the clinical manifestations of malignant ascites
• describe the limitations of the current treatment of repeat large volume paracentesis
• discuss the safety and efficacy of catheter based treatment such as peritoneal catheter and peritoneal ports

Supported by an educational grant from Cardinal Health

Treating Psoriasis: Free CE for Nurse Practitioners thru 6-30-10

Nurse Practitioners can earn 1.0 credit thru 6-30-10 on using biologics in treating Psoriasis.

Objectives:

• Identify patients who may be candidates for transitioning to biologic therapy
• Apply patient-based characteristics in determining treatment choices
• Formulate treatment strategies for managing loss of efficacy with biologic agents, including transition to other agents and implementation of combination therapy
• Implement recommended monitoring for patients receiving biologic therapy
• Recognize updated long-term safety data for biologic agents used in treating psoriasis

Co-provided by Curatio CME Institute and EduPro Resources LLC

Support for this activity has been provided through an educational donation from Amgen and Wyeth, Centocor, and Genentech.

Free CE on Tuesday June 29th on Preventing Infant Abductions

Tuesday June 29th from 10-11:30 AM (stay as long as you can) in the 5 East Conference Room.
Questions to X2231. Thank you.

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The Unthinkable Nightmare: Preventing Infant and Pediatric Abductions........

In this 90 minute audio conference, nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will cover in detail the five key physical and security measures to take.

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the important components of a proper infant and pediatric abduction prevention program, including policies and procedures, training of staff and parents, controlling access, and development of a critical incident response plan

Describe what information should be communicated to the mother to minimize the risk of abduction

Explain the Joint Commission and CMS Hospital standards as they relate to infant and pediatric abduction

Attendees Who Will Benefit from this Audio Conference Include:
OB and nursery nurses and nurse manager
Pediatric nurses and nurse manager
Chief nursing officer
Risk manager
Safety and security officers
Security staff
Patient safety officer
Compliance officer
Patient safety team members
Consumer advocate
Any other person who is involved in keep pediatric patients and infants safe

Continuing Education:

Participation:

Each listener participates in the continuing education activity by listening to the audio conference and completing the online post test and evaluation.

Accreditation Statement:

AHC Media LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation:

This activity has been approved for 1.5 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14749, for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Featured Library Book: Clinical Electrocardiography

Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach, 7th Edition goes beyond the simple waveform analysis to present ECGs as they are used in hospital wards, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and intensive care units where the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns is only the starting point in patient care.

Look for this book on the shelves at WG 140.G616c 2006.

Free CE on Nutrition thru 5/28/11

Nutrition Pearls: Gem-Quality Information on the Latest Nutrition Hot Topics

Earn CE credit thru 5-28-11

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Review the role of macro- and micronutrients in wound healing.
• Describe the consequences of loss of lean body mass on wound healing.
• List three new nutrition interventions to use with patients.

Crisis Prevention ReCertification July 8th, 2010

If you need to recertify in CPI training, the next session is July 8th from 8-11 am in the 6 West Large Conference Room.

For more information contact Marie Mo at x2749 or mmo{at}mont-hosp.com

Teaching Tomorrow's Nurses: Free CE thru 5-3-11

Teaching Tomorrow's Nurses

The goal of this program is to provide nurses with information about changes in nursing education that are influencing how today’s students are being prepared for practice. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —

• Describe four innovative teaching strategies that nurse educators use to meet the learning needs of diverse groups of students.
• Identify trends in healthcare and education that challenge nurse educators to prepare students for a changing RN role.
• Discuss the rewards and challenges of being a nursing faculty member.

This course has been sponsored by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future and may be taken free of charge as a gift to the nursing community until May 3, 2011.

* While participation in this educational activity is free to you, participant lists shall be made available to the sponsor of this module. By proceeding, you are agreeing to allow this organization to receive your demographic or survey information. If you do not want your demographic or survey information to be released to the sponsoring organization, you can take this course for $ 10.00 by clicking here.

Power of Change: Free CE on Healthcare Reform thru 7-17-10

The Power of Change

The purpose of this program is to help nurses understand how they can participate in changes that will continue to improve healthcare in the United States. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —

• Describe economic and political forces driving changes in the healthcare system.
• Compare and contrast three commonly used change strategies.
• Discuss how resistance to change can be anticipated and managed.

This course has been sponsored by an educational grant from Drexel University Online and may be taken free of charge as a gift to the nursing community until July 17, 2010.

* While participation in this educational activity is free to you, participant lists shall be made available to the sponsor of this module. By proceeding, you are agreeing to allow this organization to receive your demographic or survey information. If you do not want your demographic or survey information to be released to the sponsoring organization, you can take this course for $ 10.00 by clicking here.

Shock States: Free CE thru 7-31-10

Shock States

Objectives

• Describe the five types of shock.
• Discuss the pathophysiology of shock states.
• Discuss the treatment goals for each type of shock.

This course has been sponsored by an educational grant from HCA North Texas and may be taken free of charge as a gift to the nursing community until July 31, 2010.

* While participation in this educational activity is free to you, participant lists shall be made available to the sponsor of this module. By proceeding, you are agreeing to allow this organization to receive your demographic or survey information. If you do not want your demographic or survey information to be released to the sponsoring organization, you can take this course for $ 10.00 by clicking here.

Free CE on Hepatitis for nurses and nurse practitioners

Hepatitis Web Study

From

This program is provided as a free education service from the Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and the University of Washington. This site is intended for health care workers involved with the care of patients at risk for infection with hepatitis.

Source of Funding

This Web site was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number U50/CCU023256 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.

Read the cases, answer the questions and apply for your free CE for nurses and nurse practitioners.

Managing Alzheimer's Disease free cme for APN's thru 1-8-11

Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:
1.		Discuss the role of resident and family education in the management of AD.
2.		Develop individualized treatment plans for patients with varying severity of AD.
3.		Describe how to evaluate residents with cognitive, functional, and/or behavioral changes and modify treatment for AD accordingly.
4.		Summarize key clinical updates in AD research.
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Participants must attend the entire presentation and submit a completed evaluation to be awarded credit. There is no fee to participate in this activity. Program Activity Number A.2009.21 This activity is supported through an educational grant from Forest Laboratories, Inc.

Free CE on Workplace Etiquette thru 7-23-10

Workplace Etiquette
Earn 1 contact hr thru 7-23-10 from Advance for Nurses.

Objectives:
1. Identify three key issues regarding why managers would not hire an applicant.
2. State three behaviors workers find offensive.
3. Describe steps to leave a job in a professional manner.

Free CE from PainEDU.org

PainEDU.org has developed a series of different courses for healthcare practitioners to enhance their pain management education. Interactive case-based learning modules address a range of topics in pain assessment and pain management. Articles and treatment recommendations explore a balanced approach to care with the patients who are prescribed opioids.

PainEDU.org is supported by Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Actavis Kadian, LLC. PainEDU is an educational website for clinicians, teaching about pain assessment and management.

Free CE on Improving your Ability to Think Critically thru 7/3/10

Improving your Ability to Think Critically

This course has been brought to you by an educational grant from Kaiser Permanente and may be taken free of charge as a gift to the nursing community until July 3, 2010.

Objectives

• Describe critical thinking in the context of your practice.
• Identify characteristics and skills that demonstrate critical thinking.
• Use strategies to improve your ability to think critically

* While participation in this educational activity is free to you, participant lists shall be made available to the sponsor of this module. By proceeding, you are agreeing to allow this organization to receive your demographic or survey information. If you do not want your demographic or survey information to be released to the sponsoring organization, you can take this course for $ 10.00 by clicking here.

Free CE on Enteral Feeding Misconnections thru 6/5/11

Enteral Feeding Misconnections

Volume 4, No.2
CE expires June 5, 2011

Enteral Feeding Misconnections
Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, CNSN

Panel Discussion:Tubing Misconnections:Where are we
today?
Moderator: Rodney Hicks, PhD, RN, FNP

Sponsored by Covidien

Free CE from the Cardiovascular Nurses Association

Free CE from the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association

Topics include:

Mindset: A New Strategy for Health Behavior Change

Part 1: Writing Strong Abstracts for Professional Conferences

Safe Management of Oral Anticoagulation: The Importance of the Patient as Partner

Exercise is Medicine: Understanding the Evidence

Latest Advances in the Treatment of Angina

Depression-Cardiovascular Disease: Does the Arrow Point Both Ways?

Taking Women's Health to Heart: An Update on Women and Cardiometabolic Syndrome

Preventin VTE in Knee and Hip Patients thru 9/1/10

Preventing VTE in Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Patients

Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:
1.		Review guidelines, consensus standards, and requirements for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients.
2.		Evaluate how to apply the latest clinical practice guidelines on the prevention of VTE for patients who undergo THA and TKA.
3.		Assess the safety and efficacy of existing and emerging anticoagulants for the prevention of VTE.
4.		Discuss how emerging oral anticoagulants may impact the prevention of VTE in THA and TKA patients. This activity is supported through an educational grant from Ortho-McNeil Inc.