Contraception Update

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $25
Contact Hours: 1

In 2015–2017, 64.9%—or 46.9 million of the 72.2 million women aged 15–49 in the United States—were currently using a method of contraception. This contraception review, includes management of common side effects in the outpatient setting, a review of hormonal contraceptive methods and an update on new contraceptive options.  

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Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding Update for Clinicians

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $25
Contact Hours: 1

Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is a broad term that describes a host of
irregularities in the menstrual cycle. This session will review many of
these conditions including amenorrhea, anovulatory bleeding and
polycystic ovarian syndrome.

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Female Urology: Improving Diagnosis and Management of Common Conditions

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $25
Contact Hours: 1

Incontinence affects twice as many women as men while 40% of women, as opposed to 12% of men, will get a UTI in their lifetimes. We will cover diagnosis and management of common female urologic conditions to include: hematuria, recurrent urinary tract infections, overactive bladder, painful bladder syndrome, and urinary incontinence.

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Nursing Care: Cardiac Overview: CAD and Pharmacology

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $49
Contact Hours: 2

This course will provide a review of cardiac anatomy and physiology, assessment techniques, and nursing interventions for the most common cardiac conditions.   Also included is the American Heart Association’s eight behavioral metrics for cardiovascular health, diagnostic tests, first line medications for disease management and nursing interventions for cardiac patients. Students will learn through case studies to test knowledge gained throughout the cours

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Nursing Care: Diabetes and Endocrine

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $38
Contact Hours: 1.5

With the prevalence of diabetes continuing to rise, nurses and nurse practitioners are pivotal in assessing, treating, and educating patients about this chronic illness. This course will review the prevalence, pathophysiology and diagnostic criteria of diabetes and common thyroid disorders and long-term complications. Students will learn about nursing interventions, self- monitoring and other disease management options including medications, diet/ exercise, and lifestyle.

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Nursing Care: Gastrointestinal Conditions

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $38
Contact Hours: 1.5

Essential to nursing skills is the ability to assess and care for patients with conditions related to the gastrointestinal (GI) system including the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.  This course will review common gastrointestinal conditions, including GERD, nausea/vomiting, obstructions, GI bleeds and peritonitis.  Assessment techniques and nursing interventions will be presented with knowledge checks to validate important learning points.  

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Nursing Care: Gerontological Nursing: Caring for the Older Adult

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $38
Contact Hours: 1.5

Older adults are becoming an increasingly larger percentage of the world population and have needs.  The class focuses on a comprehensive geriatric assessment, communication techniques, polypharmacy assessment, screening tools with treatments and nursing interventions for the complexity of overlapping health issues with the goal of increasing not only the life span but the "health span" of the older adult population.

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Nursing Care: Introduction to Palliative Care

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $25
Contact Hours: 1

Nurses are often at the center of providing specialized medical care that focuses on providing relief from pain and other symptoms of a serious illness. This course will review the goals and practice essentials of palliative care and hospice for persons with serious and life-threatening illness. Essential components of quality of life and application to symptom management are core to providing quality care and accessing the proper tools and resources to support the patient.  Disease trajectory and prognosis for determining eligibility for services is also reviewed a a fundamental strategy to creating an effective nursing treatment plan. 

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Nursing Care: Neurology

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $49
Contact Hours: 2

This class provides an overview of the brain and its structures, the central nervous system and the neurologic assessment including mental status, cranial nerves, motor function, pupil response, and Glasgow Coma Scale.  Learners will benefit from a recap of the most common neurological disease processes including symptoms, treatments and nursing management for traumatic brain injury, increased intracranial pressure, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease as well as seizures, brain tumors, concussions, and strokes. 

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Nursing Care: Oncology Nursing

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $32
Contact Hours: 1.25

Cancer is a group of numerous distinct diseases that are characterized by the uncontrolled multiplication of abnormal cells in the body.  The class reviews the basics of cancer and the most common types of cancer, including treatments and side effects.  Also included are the essentials of evaluating the needs of cancer patients to create meaningful care plans for symptom management and treatment support. With the aforementioned content, learners will be informed to Implement new knowledge for patient education focused on disease prevention and survivorship.

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Nursing Care: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $38
Contact Hours: 1.5

Psychiatric and Mental Health nursing deals with the care of patients who have emotional and mental health concerns. This course will review the biopsychosocial model to examine the influence of multiple factors that influence mental health.   Critical information is offered in the context of ethical and legal considerations related to mental health treatment. Diagnostic criteria and clinical features of common psychiatric disorders will be reviewed as well as the principles of pharmacology to identify and implement safe practices for psychotropic medication management.

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Nursing Care: Respiratory Nursing

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $49
Contact Hours: 2

As a nurse, we should always be asking ourselves and others "Why"?? Respiratory care is one area where nurses have a major impact on care. This class will review the anatomy and physiology of the cardiopulmonary and respiratory system, respiratory assessment and treatment options. Students area actively involved in learning a systematic history/physical assessment for respiratory care, learning common respiratory diagnosis and reviewing current treatments and interventions including both the adult and pediatric populations.

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Overview Of Breast Health And Screening For Breast Cancer

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $25
Contact Hours: 1

The average risk of a woman in the United States developing breast cancer sometime in her life is about 13% (1 in 8). This talk reviews breast health, current screening guidelines and considerations when counseling average risk and high risk women.

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Preventing And Treating Cardiometabolic Disease In Women

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $25
Contact Hours: 1

Cardiometabolic disease is the leading cause of mortality in women in the United States.  This talk reviews key aspects of screening, preventing, and treating cardio-metabolic disease in women.  Both lifestyle modification and new pharmacologic treatments are discussed.

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Trauma of the Indigenous People in North America: Structural Determinants of Health

Asynchronous Course
Tuition: $65
Contact Hours: 5

Join us for a symposium that endeavors to shine a light on and examine the NAI Structural Determinants of Health with the leadership of Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, the first and only American Indian to hold both nursing and juris doctorates.  Additional symposium features include presentations by clinical experts in Social Work and Nursing Forensics, round table discussions with Indigenous students  

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