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Continuing Education for Nurses
Medcom/Trainex is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation*

Medcom/Trainex is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider number CEP 9888), and the Florida Board of Nursing (provider number FBN2818).

*Accreditation refers to recognition of educational activities only and does not imply Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any product.

 
1. Abuse - Recognizing and Reporting
2. Airway Management
3. Bioterrorism
4. Dietary/Nutrition
5. Diseases of Critical Concern
6. Gastrointestinal Nursing Care
7. Heart Medications
8. Heart and Breath Sounds
9. Infection Control
10. Legal Aspects of Nursing (USA)
11. Long Term Care
12. Medication Administration
13. Neurological Care
14. Nursing Communication
15. Nursing Management
16. Obstetrics
17. Operating Room Nursing
18. Pain Management
19. Pediatric Nursing
20. Physical Assessment
21. Psychiatric Nursing
22. Regulatory and Compliance Issues
23. Risk Management
24. Safety-Related Issues
25. State-Specific Annual Competencies
26. Video
27. Violence in Healthcare
28. Wound Care

 

1. Abuse - Recognizing and Reporting

1. 78797A-T Child Abuse, Part 1: Physical Abuse
Child Abuse, Part 1: Physical Abuse provides an overview of the issue of child abuse and neglect in the U.S., as well as detailed information on identifying various types and signs of physical abuse. This course also offers guidance on how to document suspected cases of physical abuse and report them to child protective services.

 

2. 78797B-T Child Abuse, Part 2: Neglect and Emotional Abuse
Child Abuse, Part 2: Neglect and Emotional Abuse provides an overview of the issue of child abuse and neglect in the United States as well as detailed information on identifying various types and signs of neglect and emotional abuse. This course also offers guidance on how to document suspected cases of neglect and emotional abuse and report them to child protective services.

 

3. 78797C-T Child Abuse, Part 3: Sexual Abuse
Child Abuse, Part 2: Neglect and Emotional Abuse provides an overview of the issue of child abuse and neglect in the United States as well as detailed information on identifying various types and signs of neglect and emotional abuse. This course also offers guidance on how to document suspected cases of neglect and emotional abuse and report them to child protective services.

 
4. WM501-T Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of what they need to know about recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect.
5. WM502-T Recognizing Domestic Violence
This module discusses the importance of recognizing domestic violence in hospital and other healthcare settings. It offers guidelinesto help nurses identify and screen victims, and to provide medical treatment while initiating appropriate interventions.

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2. Airway Management

1. M239-T Airway Care: Tracheostomy Care, Tube Change, and Artificial Airway Cuff Management
This course is designed to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with the information they need to provide direct airway care and to anticipate and manage complications to that care.
2. M027-T Tracheostomy Care, Tube Change, and Artificial Airway Cuff Management
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of tracheostomy care, and the procedures necessary for cleaning and changing a cannula and maintaining appropriate cuff pressure.
3. M029-T Weaning and Extubation
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the indications and procedures for weaning a patient off mechanical ventilation, and the possible complications.

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3. Bioterrorism

1. M214-T Getting Ready for Terrorism: Preparing the Healthcare Community for Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Weapons
This course is designed to raise awareness about plans being implemented in the United States to prepare our healthcare system for effective disaster management. It also discusses how healthcare and emergency professionals can help ensure that everyone knows what to do in a major emergency - both in the workplace and at home. The overall goal is to help keep workers, their families and patients safe.
2. M235-T Bioterrorism and Other Emergencies: Be Prepared, Be Safe
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and physicians with an understanding of the main types of weapons of mass destruction -- chemical, biological and radiological -- and how to plan in advance to mitigate their effects, and prepare an all-hazards emergency plan.
3. WM507-T Responding to Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Agents of Terror
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare providers and others with an understanding of the symptoms of and treatment options for various medical conditions resulting from biological, chemical and radiological agents that may be used in a terrorist attack.

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4. Dietary/Nutrition

1. M186-T
 		Nutrition Screening: Identifying the Hidden Signs of Nutritional Risk
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the types, causes and signs of malnutrition, and how to perform a nutrition screen.
2. M187-T
 		Critical Control: Nutrition and Care for Renal Failure Patients
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to balance nutrition, electrolytes and fluids for renal failure patients.
3. M183-T
 		Nutrition and Pulmonary Therapy

The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how nutritional considerations affect pulmonary patients, and to identify recent changes in pulmonary nutrition strategies.

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5. Diseases of Critical Concern

1. 78680-T SARS and Other Emerging Diseases
This program introduces healthcare professionals to SARS and other emerging diseases. The goal is to enlist all healthcare personnel in the control and containment of these dangerous diseases.
2. WM503-T Multidrug Resistant Pathogens
This program introduces healthcare professionals to the most threatening and hazardous of the current drug-resistant pathogens. It discusses the origin of drug resistance, identifies new deadly microorganisms and lists common therapeutic drugs. The goal is to analyze why pathogens are becoming resistant and create an awareness of the risks associated with indiscriminate use of antimicrobial agents.
3. M231-T
 		Diabetes in Clinical Practice
This course is designed to provide nurses in clinical settings with an overview of the information necessary to identify signs and symptoms of diabetes in undiagnosed patients, and to encourage adherence to treatment regimens for patients diagnosed with diabetes.
4. WM509-T Essentials of HIV/AIDS for Healthcare Workers

The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare workers an understanding of the HIV/AIDS in the healthcare environment, Universal Precautions and Standard Precautions for exposure control, plus HIV counseling and the special needs of some population groups.

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6. Gastrointestinal Nursing Care

1. M216-T Caring for the Stoma, Caring for the Patient: Enterostomal Nursing
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the importance of providing patients with appropriate care of stoma following ostomy procedures, and addressing both physical and emotional issues involved in living with a stoma in order to assist the patient's continuing care.
2. M245A-T Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses Part 1: Tube Identification
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the varieties of enteral feeding tubes and their components.
3. M245B-T Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses, Part 2: Administering Formula and Medication
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the proper procedures for administering tube-feeding formulas and medication, and verifying tube placement.
4. M245C-T Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses, Part 3: Daily Care and Troubleshooting
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the proper procedures for daily care and troubleshooting of enteral feeding tubes.
5. M140-T Nasogastric Intubation, Balloon Gastronomy Tube Replacement
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of the equipment and procedures for nasogastric intubation and removal, and balloon gastrostomy tubes.
6. M133-T Nurses' Guide to Enteral Feeding Tubes1
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of the the equipment and procedures for enteral feeding, including placement of tubes, site care and maintaining tubes.

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7. Heart Medications

1. 78584-T Anatomy Review and Angina
The goal of this program is to provide an overview of the cardiovascular system, including the major components of the heart, their various functions, and the parameters that help determine how well the heart is functioning. This program also defines angina and provides an overview of the various types of medications used to treat this condition. A thorough knowledge of the purpose and function of these medications is essential to providing proper care for patients with this type of heart disease.
2. 78587-T Antiarrhythmic Agents, Part I
Heart Medications: Antiarrhythmic Agents, Part I provides an overview and discussion of the electrical properties of the heart as they relate to arrhythmias, which are abnormalities of heart rate or rhythm.
3. 78588-T Antiarrhythmic Agents, Part II
The goal of this program is to provide a detailed overview of the four categories of antiarrhythmic drugs. This discussion includes the purpose of each type of drug, circumstances under which they are administered, general dosing procedures, and potential side effects. A thorough understanding of the purpose and use of these types of drugs is essential to administering proper care for heart patients.
4. 78585-T Blood Pressure Medications and Anticoagulants
The goal of this program is to briefly define and discuss high blood pressure, or hypertension and provide a detailed overview of high blood pressure medications, including ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and central adrenergic inhibitors. The program also reviews anticoagulants, including circumstances under which they should be administered, proper dosing, and possible side effects. This information is important because a thorough knowledge of the purpose and function of these medications is essential to providing proper care for patients with hypertension.
5. 78586-T Heart Failure Medications and Cholesterol-Lowering Agents
The goal of this program is to define and discuss heart failure medications, including digoxin and various types of diuretics. The program also reviews cholesterol-lowering agents, including circumstances under which they should be administered and possible side effects. This information is important because a thorough knowledge of the purpose and function of these medications is essential to providing proper care for patients experiencing heart failure.

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8. Heart and Breath Sounds

1. M069-T Heart Murmurs
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to interpret the different types of heart murmurs heard upon auscultation.
2. M068-T Heart Sounds
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how heart sounds are produced, and how to differentiate normal and abnormal sounds upon auscultation.
3. M067-T Normal and Abnormal Breath Sounds
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of normal and abnormal breath sounds identified upon auscultation.

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9. Infection Control

1. UP100WA-T Bloodborne Pathogens Safety - Part 1: Bloodborne Infections
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of bloodborne infections, which ones are of primary concern, how they are transmitted, and the relevant statistics on their prevalence in the United States.
2. UP100WB-T Bloodborne Pathogens Safety - Part 2: Exposure Controls and PPE
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of exposure controls and PPE used to help prevent transmission of bloodborne infections.
3. UP100WC-T Bloodborne Pathogens Safety - Part 3: Work Practice Controls
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of work practice controls designed to help prevent the transmission of bloodborne infections.
4. UP100U-T Bloodborne Safety: Universal Precautions, Standard Precautions, and Needlestick Prevention
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the causes of bloodborne infections, and strategies for prevention including Universal Precautions, Standard Precautions and the new needlestick directive. However, it should not be treated as a comprehensive infection control training program. Healthcare workers should learn and follow additional infection control procedures to prevent transmission of other types of infection.
5. UP200U-T Bloodborne Safety: Universal Precautions, Standard Precautions, and Needlestick Prevention in Long Term Care
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the causes of bloodborne infections, and strategies for prevention including Universal Precautions, Standard Precautions and the new needlestick directive. However, it should not be treated as a comprehensive infection control training program. Healthcare workers should learn and follow additional infection control procedures to prevent transmission of other types of infection.
6. 78098-T Breaking the Chain of Nosocomial Infections: Pneumonia
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of current incidence rates, risk factors, control measures, and patient management strategies for nosocomial pneumonia.
7. 78097-T Breaking the Chain of Nosocomial Infections: Surgical Wound Infections
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of current incidence rates, risk factors, control measures, and patient management strategies for nosocomial surgical wound infections.
8. WM509-T Essentials of HIV/AIDS for Healthcare Workers - General
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare workers an understanding of the HIV/AIDS in the healthcare environment, Universal Precautions and Standard Precautions for exposure control, plus HIV counseling and the special needs of some population groups.
9. M230-T Fighting Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and the means to fight back against them.
10. M123-T Hazard Communication for the Medical Office
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of hazards posed by the chemicals in the medical office and the appropriate steps to take to assure your own safety and the safety of others.
11. M185-T Infection Control and Standard Precautions: Guidelines for Professionals
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of health care-acquired infections, techniques to prevent the spread of infection, and Standard Precautions to follow against bloodborne infections.
12. M147-T Infection Control: A Training Program for Healthcare Professionals
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare professionals an understanding of infection prevention and control techniques to protect the health of themselves, the patients and other healthcare workers.
13.
 		WM508-T
 		Infection Control: A Training Program For Healthcare Professionals
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare professionals with an understanding of infection prevention and control techniques to protect the health of themselves, the patients and other healthcare workers.
14.
 		WM503-T
 		Multidrug Resistant Pathogens
This program introduces healthcare professionals to the most threatening and hazardous of the current drug-resistant pathogens. It discusses the origin of drug resistance, identifies new deadly microorganisms and lists common therapeutic drugs. The goal is to analyze why pathogens are becoming resistant and create an awareness of the risks associated with indiscriminate use of antimicrobial agents.
15.
M246A-T
 		Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers Part 1: History and Virology of Pandemic Influenza
The purpose of this activity is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the history and virology of pandemic influenza.
16. M246B-T Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers Part 2: Recognizing Influenza, Treatments, and Patient Education
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the clinical signs and symptoms of influenza, treatments for influenza, and patient education measures.
17. M246C-T Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers Part 3: Infection Control and Public Health Measures
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the infection control and public health measures for a pandemic influenza outbreak.
18.
M227-T Preventing Health Care-Associated Infections
The goal of this program is to define and discuss the most common types of Health Care-Associated infections, also known as "nosocomial infections." Because these infections are a persistent and potentially dangerous problem in all medical environments, it is critical that healthcare workers be well versed in the causes of these infections, and maintain a thorough knowledge of how to prevent their spread. This program covers standard prevention practices as well as specific guidelines developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Joint Commission.
19. M237-T Preventing Needlestick Injuries
This course is designed to raise awareness about the importance of preventing needlestick injuries. It provides an overview of government regulations, a detailed look at safety devices and techniques, and guidance on prevention.
20. 78670-T SARS and Other Emerging Diseases
This program introduces healthcare professionals to SARS and other emerging diseases. The goal is to enlist all healthcare personnel in the control and containment of these dangerous diseases.
21.
 		M166T-T
 		Standards for Infection Control: An Update for Healthcare Workers
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare workers an understanding of the Universal Precautions to take to prevent the spread of the bloodborne infections AIDS and Hepatitis B and C, and precautions to take for tuberculosis.
22.
 		M167T-T
 		Standards for Infection Control: An Update for Long Term Care
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare workers an understanding of the Universal Precautions to take to prevent the spread of the bloodborne infections AIDS and Hepatitis B and C, and precautions to take for tuberculosis.
23.
 		M166UA-T
 		Standards for Infection Control: Part 1: Principles of Infection Control
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare workers with a review of the basics of infection control and describe techniques for controlling the spread of infection.
24.
 		M166UB-
 		Standards for Infection Control: Part 2: Preventing Bloodborne Pathogens Transmission
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare workers with a review of the basics of infection control and describe techniques for controlling the spread of bloodborne pathogens.
25.
 		M166UC-T
 		Standards for Infection Control: Part 3: Tuberculosis Prevention and Practices for the Healthcare Worker
The purpose of this program is to describe techniques for controlling the spread of tuberculosis.
26.
 		M208-T
 		The Control of Infectious Diseases
Reducing the transmission of infectious diseases is a major concern for healthcare professionals. With the advent of HIV, and the resurgence of tuberculosis, infection prevention and control is one of your most important responsibilities as a home healthcare worker.
27.
 		M253A-T
 		The Human Immune System: Overview of Anatomy and Function
This course is designed to familiarize nurses and others with the various parts of Overview of Anatomy and Function, and provide an overview of how these parts function together as the body's main defense against pathogens.
28.
 		M253B-T
 		The Human Immune System: The Immune Response
This course is designed to provide nurses and others with detailed descriptions of how the immune system responds to two of the most dangerous invaders: bacteria and viruses.
29.
 		M199S-T
 		Tuberculosis: New Strategies for the Healthcare Worker
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of tuberculosis, how it is spread, who is at risk, and how to prevent its transmission.
30.
 		M124-T
 		Tuberculosis: Prevention and Practices for Healthcare Workers
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of tuberculosis, how it is spread, who is at risk, and how to prevent its transmission.

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11. Legal Aspects of Nursing

1. M118-T Advance Directives: Guidelines for Healthcare Providers
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of end-of life issues and advance directives.
2. 78078-T Confidentiality: Ethical and Legal Considerations
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the ethical and legal considerations of confidentiality, and the possible consequences of breaches.
3. M204TB-T Confidentiality: HIPAA Today
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to maintain patient privacy in the era of electronic record keeping.
4. M204TC-T Confidentiality: Keeping it Confidential
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to maintain patient privacy in the era of electronic record keeping.
5. M168-T Confidentiality: Legal and Ethical Concerns in Healthcare
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the ethical and legal considerations of confidentiality, and the possible consequences of breaches.
6. M204TA-T Confidentiality: Maintaining Confidentiality in Your Practice
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to maintain patient privacy in the era of electronic record keeping.
7. M204-T Confidentiality: Who Needs to Know
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to maintain patient privacy in the era of electronic record keeping.
8. M251A-T Documentation: The Process
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the importance of accurate and objective charting in order to assist the patient's continuing care.
9. M207-T Documenting Care: The Charting Process
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the importance of accurate and objective charting, both to assist the patient's continuing care and to avoid legal implications.
10. WM506-T HIPAA - A Guide for Long Term Care Workers
The goal of this program is to define and discuss the requirements for privacy and security under HIPAA, as well as the penalties and potential liabilities for not complying. The program provides a detailed review of resident expectations and provides information to help healthcare workers meet these expectations and comply with new legal reforms.
11. M224RA-T HIPAA for Nurses: An Overview
The goal of this program is to define HIPAA and provide an overview of its guidelines and requirements. The program provides information to help healthcare workers comply with HIPAA reforms and requirements.
12. M224RB-T HIPAA for Nurses: The Privacy Rule
The goal of this program is to define HIPAA and provide a detailed overview of the Privacy Rule and its implications for healthcare workers.
13. M224RC-T HIPAA for Nurses: The Security Rule
This course provides guidance on how to maintain administrative, physical, and technical safeguards when you are dealing with private patient information in any electronic format.
14. M206TA-T Medical Errors, Part 1: New Approaches to an Old Problem
The purpose of this program is to describe the different types of medical errors that can occur, and introduce the concept of the "systems approach" to error prevention.
15. M206TB-T Medical Errors, Part 2: Prevention Practices
The purpose of this program is to describe the role and goals of the patient safety team in ensuring patient safety and meeting Joint Commission safety goals, as well as describing the disclosure of medical errors to patients.
16. M206TC-T Medical Errors, Part 3: Preventing Medication Errors
The purpose of this program is to describe strategies to prevent medication errors.
17. M215-T Nursing Negligence: Protect Yourself, Protect Your Patients
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals an understanding of the importance of preventing nursing negligence in all areas of patient care in order to assist the patient's continuing care and avoid legal implications.
18. 78753RA-T Nursing Negligence: What You Need To Know
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals an understanding of the importance of preventing nursing negligence in all areas of patient care in order to assist the patient's continuing care and avoid legal implications.
19. M192-T Patient Rights
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of how to identify and safeguard the rights of all patients. These rights are guaranteed by law.
20. WM514-T Perioperative Documentation
This course is designed to provide nurses and other health care providers with a basic understanding of the importance of accurate, timely and thorough perioperative documentation.
21. 78753-T Preventing Nursing Negligence in the 21st Century
This course is designed to raise awareness about the risks, consequences and legal liabilities of nursing negligence. Information is provided on the most common types of nursing negligence. Guidance is also offered to help nurses protect themselves, their patients and the facility at which they work.
22. 78753RB-T Preventing Nursing Negligence In Your Practice
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals an understanding of the importance of preventing nursing negligence in all areas of patient care in order to assist the patient's continuing care and avoid legal implications.
23. M206-T Protecting Patients From Medical Errors
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the causes and prevention of medical errors.
24. M252B-T Restraints: Alternatives to Restraints
Reducing restraints and implementing alternatives is an important step in the ongoing effort to improve the health and quality of life of anyone under medical care. The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with essential guidance on finding alternatives to restraints.
25. M252A-T Restraints: Legal Considerations and Patient Rights
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with a review of the latest guidelines on the proper use of restraints and seclusion.
26. M252C-T Restraints: Safe Application of Restraints
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with guidance on the safe application, use and monitoring of restraints when alternatives have proven ineffective.
27. WM515-T The Emergency Medical Treatment And Active Labor Act
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare providers with an understanding of the Emergency Medical Treatment And Active Labor Act, what their role and duties are in relation to it, and important issues to be aware of.
28. WM512-T Understanding Informed Consent
The purpose of this program is to provide a basic understanding of the ethical and legal requirements of the informed consent process. The program will discuss the goals of the process, the necessary content of an informed consent discussion, some exceptions to consent requirements, and what to do if a patient refuses to give consent.

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11. Long Term Care

1. M242-T A Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
This course is designed to instruct healthcare personnel on how to provide a comprehensive assessment of the geriatric patient. Step-by-step guidance is offered on how to take a patient's health history, perform a functional assessment and conduct a complete physical exam. The steps necessary to assess mental status and take an inventory of medications are also included.
2. M203-T Aging: The Natural Process
The purpose of this program is to give healthcare providers an understanding of how the natural processes of aging affect the various systems of the body.
3. M216-T Caring for the Stoma, Caring for the Patient: Enterostomal Nursing
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the importance of providing patients with appropriate care of stoma following ostomy procedures, and addressing both physical and emotional issues involved in living with a stoma in order to assist the patient's continuing care.
4. M128-T Continuous Quality Improvement In Long Term Care
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to participate as team members in using continuous quality improvement to improve healthcare in a long-term care environment.
5. WM505-T Culturally Competent Care: An Overview
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others a basic understanding of culturally competent care.
6. 78079-T
Depression and the Elderly
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the signs and symptoms of depression, the causes of depression, and the nursing interventions to help manage the disorder.
7. WM510-T Guidance for Long Term Care Facilities: Pressure Ulcers and Tag F314 Compliance
The purpose of this program is to provide nursing home administrators, nurses working in long term care facilities, and others with an understanding of the CMS requirements for the treatment and prevention of pressure ulcers.
8. WM511-T Guidance for Long Term Care Facilities: Urinary Incontinence and Tag F315 Compliance
The purpose of this program is to provide nursing home administrators, nurses working in long term care facilities, and others with an understanding of the CMS requirements for the treatment and prevention of urinary incontinence, care of catheters and prevention of UTIs.
9. M225-T HIPAA - A Guide for Long Term Care Workers
The goal of this program is to define and discuss current and forthcoming HIPAA initiatives regarding resident privacy and data security. The program provides a detailed review of the reforms that have been identified for implementation, and provides information to help long term care workers comply with these new guidelines.
10. WM506-T HIPAA - A Guide for Long Term Care Workers
The goal of this program is to define and discuss the requirements for privacy and security under HIPAA, as well as the penalties and potential liabilities for not complying. The program provides a detailed review of resident expectations and provides information to help healthcare workers meet these expectations and comply with new legal reforms.
11. M098-T Meeting Mental Health Needs
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the special mental health needs of older patients and how to meet those needs.
12. M100-T Meeting Mobility, Sexual and Nutritional Needs
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to meet the mobility, sexual and nutritional needs of older patients.
13. M099-T Meeting Oxygenation, Fluid and Electrolyte Needs
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to maintain adequate oxygenation and fluid and electrolyte balance in older patients.
14. M175-T Meeting the Challenge of Diabetes in Long-Term Care
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of diabetes mellitis, its causes, symptoms and complications, and its impact on long-term care.
15. M201-T Preventing Falls: Keeping Residents Safe
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an under-standing of who is at risk for trips and falls in a long-term care facility and how to prevent them.
16. M229S-T Preventing Health Care-Associated Infections in Long Term Care
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the importance of preventing health care-associated infection in long term care, and some specific prevention procedures they can follow.
17. M228-T Preventing Unsafe Wandering and Elopement
This program is designed to provide caregivers in the long term care setting with an overview of the skills necessary to accurately assess at-risk behavior in residents as a means to keep residents from participating in unsafe wandering.
18. M176-T Prevention, Assessment and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers in Long-Term Care
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of pressure ulcers, their causes, symptoms and complications, and their impact on long-term care.
19. M217-T Recognizing Elder Abuse: Working Together to Keep Residents Safe
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the importance of recognizing elder abuse, both to assist the patient's continuing care and to avoid legal implications. The course will provide learners with the educational tools necessary to allow them to recognize and report suspected abuse.
20. M115-T Resident Assessment: Physical, Cognitive and Sensory Functioning
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to assess the physical, cognitive and sensory functioning of a resident in a long-term care facility.
21. M105-T Resident Rights: The Art of Caring
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of how to identify and safeguard the rights of residents in a long-term care facility. These rights are guaranteed by law.
22 M233T-T Resident Safety: Your First Concern (NPSG 2007)
The program provides a detailed review of the various resident safety goals that have been identified for implementation, plus the measures that will be required to meet these goals. The program will also discuss a sample model of a resident safety plan that the Commission has suggested for every institution, including a discussion of its structure and tasks.
23. M233V-T Resident Safety: Your First Concern (NPSG 2008)
The program provides a detailed review of the various resident safety goals that have been identified for implementation, plus the measures that will be required to meet these goals. The program will also discuss a sample model of a resident safety plan that the Joint Commission has suggested for every institution, including a discussion of its structure and tasks.
24. M107-T The Confused Resident: Strategies for Quality Care
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of the stages and problem behaviors of Alzheimer's Disease and practical techniques for intervention to maintain as much quality of life as possible.
25. M146-T Urinary Incontinence in Adults
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to recognize, assess and treat urinary incontinence in older adults.

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12. Medication Administration

1. 78621R-T Medicating Children - Preventing Medication Errors and General Considerations
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with guidelines for administering medication to children of different ages and development levels with emphasis on appropriate techniques and the elimination of medication errors.
2. 78804A-T Moderate or Procedural Sedation: Patient Assessment and Monitoring
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of patient assessment and monitoring during moderate or procedural sedation.
3. 78804B-T Moderate or Procedural Sedation: Preventing and Managing Complications, and Moderate or Procedural Sedation in Children
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of monitoring and managing complications of moderate sedation, and the special responsibilities of performing moderate sedation on children.
4. M218-T Preventing Medication Errors: A Prescription for Patient Safety
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals an understanding of the importance of preventing medication errors to assist the patient's continuing care and avoid legal implications, and that every member of the medical team plays a role in preventing these types of errors.

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13. Neurological Care

1. M051-T Head Injury
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of severe head trauma, and the goals of nursing management.
2. M050-T Intracranial Hypertension
The purpose of this program is to prepare the nurse for the care of patients who are at risk of developing intracranial hypertension. The causes and clinical significance of increased intracranial pressure are explained and guidelines for assessment and management are described.
3. A2290-T Neurological Assessment of the Pediatric Patient
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the importance of a thorough pediatric neurological assessment, and provide techniques to help improve neurological assessment skills.
4. M052-T Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of spinal cord injury at different levels of the cord, and the goals of nursing management.

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14. Nursing Communication

1. M093-T Communications: Manager Relationships
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how an effective manager can promote understanding and collaboration within a department.
2. M092-T Communications: Nurse-Patient Relationships
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of effective communication skills in nurse-patient relationships and how to promote them.
3. M094-T Communications: Peer Relationships
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of good communication among peers in a healthcare environment and how to foster this communication to enhance collaborative working relationships.
4. M091-T Communications: The Process
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the process of communication in a healthcare environment and how to foster effective communication.
5. 78796B-T Cultural Awareness in Healthcare: An Action Plan
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with valuable information and guidance about the CLAS standards and how they relate to similar standards of the Joint Commission.
6. 78796A-T Cultural Awareness in Healthcare: Understanding the Need
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with valuable information and guidance about the need for cultural awareness in the American healthcare system.
7. 78796C-T Cultural Awareness in Healthcare: Your Practice
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with valuable information and guidance about how they can take steps to integrate cultural awareness into their own practice.
8. WM505-T Culturally Competent Care: An Overview
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others a basic understanding of culturally competent care.
9. M198-T From Media to Medicine
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with an understanding of the impact modern media is having on patients and offer ways to help them guide their patients through the media maze.
10. M209-T Generations In The Workplace
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the different generational cohorts in the workplace and how best to manage their different expectations and styles.

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15. Nursing Management

1. 78795C-T Age-Specific Care: Adults
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with valuable information and guidance about the age-specific care of adults ages 20 and over.
2. 78795A-T Age-Specific Care: Neonates and Infants
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with valuable information and guidance about the age-specific care of neonates and infants up to the age of 1 year.
3. 78795B-T Age-Specific Care: Toddlers Through Teens
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with valuable information and guidance about the age-specific care of children from the toddler years through the teenage years.
4. A2068-T Communication Skills
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of the importance of good communication skills, and to provide techniques for improving those skills.
5. M131-T Continuous Quality Improvement in Healthcare
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of the CQI philosophy and processes and how to implement them to improve the work process.
6. M244-T Emergency Management Planning
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the importance of emergency management planning.
7. M188-T Preparing Staff and Workplace for Future Changes Associated with Latex Allergies
To provide nurses with the information to prepare themselves and their work environment to minimize the risks associated with latex allergy.
8. WM504 Preventing Infant Abduction
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with an understanding of how to prevent infant abduction in their facility.
9. M191-T Providing Patient Education to Meet Joint Commission Standards
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of the role and importance providing appropriate patient education has in contributing to the healing and improved health of their patients.

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16. Obstetrics

1. 78667-T Assisted Delivery and Cesarean Section
The purpose of this course is to provide nurses and others an understanding of assisted delivery and their role in forceps delivery, vacuum extraction and c-section. This includes their responsibilities in providing patient education.
2. 78664-T Caring for the Antepartum Patient
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the physiological and psychological changes a woman experiences during pregnancy, and what can be expected during prenatal care visits.
3. 78669-T Caring for the Postpartum Patient
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the physiological, psychological and emotional changes a woman experiences during the postpartum period of care. The importance of emotional support and patient education during this phase of care is also discussed.
4. 78665-T Electronic Fetal Monitoring
This course is designed to familiarize nurses and others with commonly used monitoring techniques and equipment used in the Labor and Delivery setting. Further, this course discusses the Labor and Delivery nurse's responsibilities regarding fetal monitoring, and provides a brief overview on how to use the electronic fetal monitor.
5. 78666-T Labor and Pain Control
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the labor process, physiology of pain and several nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic measures that may be used to manage a laboring patient's pain.
6. M200-T Neonatal Resuscitation
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the procedures used in neonate resuscitation.
7. 78668-T Newborn Stabilization and Care
This course is designed to familiarize nurses and others with the steps involved in newborn stabilization and the signs and symptoms of common complications that can affect delivery and the status of the newborn.
8. 78798F-T Obstetrical Nursing: Assisted Delivery and Cesarean Section
The purpose of this course is to provide nurses and others an understanding of assisted delivery and their role in forceps delivery, vacuum extraction and C-section. This includes their responsibilities in providing patient education.
9. 78798A-T Obstetrical Nursing: Caring for the Antepartum Patient
This course is designed to familiarize nurses and others with the significant changes that affect all major body systems and emotions during pregnancy.
10. 78798H-T Obstetrical Nursing: Caring for the Postpartum Patient
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the physiological, psychological and emotional changes a woman experiences during the postpartum period of care. The importance of emotional support and patient education during this phase of care is also discussed.
11. 78798C-T Obstetrical Nursing: Complications of Pregnancy
Obstetrical Nursing: Complications of Pregnancy is designed to familiarize nurses with the different types of complications that can occur during pregnancy. The course also describes approaches for managing these complications, which can help ensure a safe and healthy delivery for mother and child.
12. 78798B-T Obstetrical Nursing: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
This course is designed to familiarize nurses and others with commonly used monitoring techniques and equipment used in the labor and delivery setting. Further, this course discusses the labor and delivery nurse's responsibilities regarding fetal monitoring, and provides a brief overview on how to use the electronic fetal monitor.
13. 78798D-T Obstetrical Nursing: Labor and Delivery
Obstetrical Nursing: Labor and Delivery is designed to familiarize nurses with the labor process and introduce guidelines and practices that can be used to manage the process and help ensure good delivery outcomes for patients.
14. 78798G-T Obstetrical Nursing: Newborn Stabilization and Care
Obstetrical Nursing: Newborn Stabilization and Care is designed to familiarize nurses and others with newborn stabilization and care practices.
15. 78798E-T Obstetrical Nursing: Pain Control
Obstetrical Nursing: Pain Control is designed to familiarize nurses with the different types of pain relief techniques and medications that are available.

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17. Operating Room Nursing

1. M055-T Positioning the Surgical Patient
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of surgical positioning and anesthesia.
2. M043-T Preoperative and Postoperative Care
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of preoperative and postoperative nursing care.
3. M054-T Preparing and Maintaining the Surgical Field
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the principles of establishing and maintaining a sterile field between an operative site and the surrounding unsterile environment.
4. M188-T Preparing Staff and Workplace for Future Changes Associated with Latex Allergies
To provide nurses with the information to prepare themselves and their work environment to minimize the risks associated with latex allergy.
5. M053-T Surgical Skin Preparation
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the principles of surgical skin preparation to reduce the risk of postoperative wound infection.

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18. Pain Management

1. M134-T Acute Pain Management in Children: Operative or Medical Procedures
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to assess pain in children, and how to use pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques to help manage the pain.
2. M130-T Acute Pain Management: Operative or Medical Procedures and Trauma
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to assess pain, and how to use pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques to help manage the pain.
3. 78800B-T Pain Management and Patient Care: Medication Treatment
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an overview of the main types of pain medications, and their use in different types of pain management.
4. 78800D-T Pain Management and Patient Care: Pain Treatment Programs for Special Populations
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an overview of the types of pain management for special populations.
5. 78800C-T Pain Management and Patient Care: Physical and Cognitive Treatment
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an overview of the main types of complimentary pain treatments, and their use in different types of pain management.
6. 78800A-T Pain Management and Patient Care: The Pain Process and Patient Assessment
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an overview of the psychophysiological and other factors involved in the pain process, and describe the techniques of a thorough pain assessment.

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19. Pediatric Nursing

1. M240-T Assessment of Respiratory Distress in the Pediatric Patient
This course is designed to teach nurses how to accurately identify and assess respiratory distress in the pediatric patient. Pediatric respiratory anatomy and physiology is discussed in detail, and guidance is provided to help nurses conduct appropriate physical assessments, evaluations and interventions.
2. 78781D-T Beginning Pediatric Nursing: Adolescents
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of characteristic traits of preschoolers and some recommended care issues for that developmental stage, plus cultural considerations and procedures for providing non-traumatic care.
3. 78781A-T Beginning Pediatric Nursing: Neonate, Infant, and Toddler
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of characteristic traits of neonates, infants and toddlers and some recommended care issues for those developmental stages, plus cultural considerations and procedures for providing non-traumatic care.
4. 78781B-T Beginning Pediatric Nursing: Preschoolers
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of characteristic traits of preschoolers and some recommended care issues for that developmental stage, plus cultural considerations and procedures for providing non-traumatic care.
5. 78781C-T Beginning Pediatric Nursing: School-Age Children
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of characteristic traits of school-age children and some recommended care issues for that developmental stage, plus cultural considerations and procedures for providing non-traumatic care.

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20. Physical Assessment

1. M242-T A Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
This course is designed to instruct healthcare personnel on how to provide a comprehensive assessment of the geriatric patient. Step-by-step guidance is offered on how to take a patient's health history, perform a functional assessment and conduct a complete physical exam. The steps necessary to assess mental status and take an inventory of medications are also included.
2. A2290-T Neurological Assessment of the Pediatric Patient
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the importance of a thorough pediatric neurological assessment, and provide techniques to help improve neurological assessment skills.
3. 78622-T Physical Assessment of a Child, Part 1 - Checking Vitals and Examining the Health of External Body Functions
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with the basic techniques for checking vital function and performing a thorough, gentle external physical assessment of a child. The course presents a systematic, step-by step process for performing an external physical exam on a preschool-age child.
4. 78623-T Physical Assessment of a Child, Part 2 - Evaluating the Health of Internal Body Functions
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with the basic techniques for performing a thorough, gentle physical assessment of a child's internal body functions. The course presents a systematic, step-by step process for performing a complete internal physical exam on a preschool-age child.
5. 78622R-T Physical Assessment of a Child: Part 1
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with the basic techniques for checking vital function and performing a thorough, gentle external physical assessment of a child. The course presents a systematic, step-by step process for performing an external physical exam on a preschool-age child.
6. 78623R-T Physical Assessment of a Child: Part 2
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with the basic techniques for performing a thorough, gentle physical assessment of a child's internal body functions. The course presents a systematic, step-by step process for performing a complete internal physical exam on a preschool-age child.
7. M241-T Rapid Physical Assessment
This course is designed to instruct nurses on the steps required to perform a rapid physical assessment (RPA), including pre-assessment, general observations, and a physical examination. The purpose of this assessment is to help reveal undiagnosed complaints and lay the groundwork for any further testing that may be necessary.

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21. Psychiatric Nursing

1. 78342R-T Antianxiety Agents
This course is designed to raise awareness about the various types of anxiety, their signs and symptoms, and the interventions used to treat them. It also provides a detailed look at major medications and their side effects. The overall goal is to give healthcare professionals the knowledge and skills to provide effective help for patients with anxiety disorders.
2. 78341R-T Antidepressant Agents
This course is designed to raise awareness about depression, its signs and symptoms, and the interventions used to treat it. It also provides a detailed look at major antidepressant medications and their side effects. The overall goal is to give healthcare professionals the knowledge and skills to provide effective help for patients with depression.
3. 78339R-T
 		Antipsychotic Agents
This course is designed to raise awareness about schizophrenia, its signs and symptoms, and the interventions used to treat it. It also provides a detailed look at major antipsychotic medications and their side effects. The overall goal is to give healthcare professionals the knowledge and skills to provide effective help for patients with schizophrenia.
4. 78340R-T Mood Stabilizing Agents

This course is designed to raise awareness about bipolar disorder, its signs and symptoms, and the interventions used to treat it. It also provides a detailed look at major mood stabilizing medications and their side effects. The overall goal is to give healthcare professionals the knowledge and skills to provide effective help for patients with bipolar disorder.

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22. Regulatory and Compliance Issues

1. M224-T HIPAA: A Guide for Healthcare Workers
The goal of this program is to define and discuss the requirements for privacy and security under HIPAA, as well as the penalties and potential liabilities for not complying. The program provides a detailed review of patient expectations and provides information to help healthcare workers meet these expectations and comply with new legal reforms.

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23. Risk Management

1. RM0102-T Defensible Documentation
The purpose of this program is to supply health care providers with a basic understanding of the importance of accurate, timely and thorough documentation for patient care and for risk management. The program will discuss how the medical record fulfills three important functions: first, it provides information about the patient's current condition, treatment response, and progress. Second, it serves as a legal record of the care provided. Third, it provides information used for reimbursement by third party payers.
2. RM0103-T Informed Consent: A Communication Process
The purpose of this program is to provide a basic understanding of the ethical and legal requirements of the informed consent process. The program will discuss the goals of the process, the necessary content of an informed consent discussion, some exceptions to consent requirements, and what to do if a patient refuses to give consent. The course is appropriate for physicians as well as other non-MD practitioners who perform therapeutic and/or invasive procedures along the continuum of care.
3. RM0101-T Risk Management: Protecting Patients, Protecting Your Practice
The purpose of this program is to provide clinicians with a basic understanding of the current status of risk management issues, as they relate to health care institutions, legal questions, and interacting with a risk manager. The program will discuss how clinicians can protect themselves from claims, and will describe the litigation process.

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24. Safety-Related Issues

1. M201RC-T Fall Prevention in Long Term Care: A Comprehensive Fall Prevention Program
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of who is at risk for trips and falls in a healthcare facility, and which elements in the environment also put residents at increased risk for falls.
2. M201RB-T Fall Prevention in Long Term Care: Preventative Strategies and Products
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with information about the wide variety of preventative strategies and products that can be used to reduce the risk of injury from falls.
3. M201RA-T Fall Prevention in Long Term Care: Risk Assessment
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with a description of how to set up a comprehensive fall prevention program in their facility, including how to properly report a fall by creating a thorough post-fall assessment.
4. M202RA-T Fall Prevention, Part 1: Risk Assessment
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of who is at risk for trips and falls in a healthcare facility, and which elements in the environment also put patients at increased risk for falls.
5. M202RB-T Fall Prevention, Part 2: Preventative Strategies and Products
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with information about the wide variety of preventative strategies and products that can be used to reduce the risk of injury from falls.
6. M202RC-T
 		Fall Prevention, Part 3: A Comprehensive Fall Prevention Program
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with a description of how to set up a comprehensive fall prevention program in their facility, including how to properly report a fall by creating a thorough post-fall assessment.
7. M232-T Lifting Safely to Prevent Injury
The purpose of this program is to offer healthcare providers in long term care facilities an understanding of how to perform lifts safely.
8. WM513-T Patient Safety In Ambulatory Surgery Care
The purpose of this program is to provide physicians, nurses and surgical technicians an understanding of the causes and prevention of medical errors in an ambulatory surgical center setting.
9. M223W-T Patient Safety: Your First Concern (NPSG 2007)
The program provides a detailed review of the various patient safety goals that have been identified for implementation, plus the measures that will be required to meet these goals. The program will also discuss a sample model of a patient safety plan that the Commission has suggested for every institution, including a discussion of its structure and tasks.
10. M223Y-T Patient Safety: Your First Concern (NPSG 2008)
Patient Safety: Your First Concern provides a detailed review of the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) which consists of patient safety goals and measures designed to meet them.
11. M223Z-T Patient Safety: Your First Concern (NPSG 2009)
The goal of this program is to define and discuss the Joint Commission's NPSG including the problems and concerns that have led to its implementation. The program provides a detailed review of the various patient safety goals that have been identified for implementation, plus the measures that will be required to meet these goals.
12. M202-T Preventing Falls: Keeping Patients Safe
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of who is at risk for trips and falls in a hospital and how to prevent them.
13. M233W-T Resident Safety: Your First Concern (NPSG 2009)
The goal of this program is to define and discuss the Joint Commission's NPSG including the problems and concerns that have led to its implementation. The program provides a detailed review of the various resident safety goals that have been identified for implementation, plus the measures that will be required to meet these goals.
14. M252B-T Restraints: Alternatives to Restraints
Reducing restraints and implementing alternatives is an important step in the ongoing effort to improve the health and quality of life of anyone under medical care. The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with essential guidance on finding alternatives to restraints.
15. M252A-T Restraints: Legal Considerations and Patient Rights
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with a review of the latest guidelines on the proper use of restraints and seclusion.
16. M252C-T Restraints: Safe Application of Restraints
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with guidance on the safe application, use and monitoring of restraints when alternatives have proven ineffective.

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25. State-Specific Annual Competencies

1. ACMCE017-T Acute Pain Management: Operative or Medical Procedures and Trauma - Michigan
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to assess pain, and how to use pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques to help manage the pain.
2. ACMCE021-T Acute Pain Management: Operative or Medical Procedures and Trauma - Oregon
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of how to assess pain, and how to use pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques to help manage the pain.
3. ACMCE009-T Advance Directives: Guidelines for Healthcare Providers - Florida
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of end-of life issues and advance directives.
4. ACMCE019-T Bioterrorism and Other Emergencies: Be Prepared, Be Safe - Nevada
This course is designed to raise awareness about plans being implemented in the United States to prepare our healthcare system for effective disaster management. It also discusses how healthcare and emergency professionals can help ensure that everyone knows what to do in a major emergency - both in the workplace and at home. The overall goal is to help keep workers, their families and patients safe.
5. ACMCE010-T Elder Abuse - Florida
The purpose of this course is to provide Florida care providers in the ambulatory setting an understanding of the importance of recognizing elder abuse, both to assist the patient's continuing care and quality of life, and to avoid legal implications. The course will provide learners with the educational tools necessary to allow them to recognize and report suspected abuse.
6. ACMCE008-T
 		End-of-Life Care - Florida
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of the issues surrounding end-of-life care, including assessment and management of the patient's pain, fear, anxiety and depression. Information regarding advance directives is included as well as how cultural and ethnic diversity may affect advance directives and death-related traditions.
7. ACMCE003-T Essentials of HIV/AIDS for Healthcare Workers - Florida
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare workers an understanding of the HIV/AIDS in the healthcare environment, Universal Precautions and Standard Precautions for exposure control, plus HIV counseling and the special needs of some population groups.
8. ACMCE004-T Essentials of HIV/AIDS for Healthcare Workers - Kentucky (KY CHFS series#: 0509-1559-M)
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare workers an understanding of the HIV/AIDS in the healthcare environment, Universal Precautions and Standard Precautions for exposure control, plus HIV counseling and the special needs of some population groups.
9. ACMCE002-T Essentials of HIV/AIDS for Healthcare Workers - Washington State
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare workers an understanding of the HIV/AIDS in the healthcare environment, Universal Precautions and Standard Precautions for exposure control, plus HIV counseling and the special needs of some population groups.
10. ACMCE018-T Getting Ready for Terrorism: Preparing the Healthcare Community for Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Weapons - Nevada
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and physicians with an understanding of the main types of weapons of mass destruction -- chemical, biological and radiological -- and how to plan in advance to mitigate their effects, and prepare an all-hazards emergency plan.
11. ACMCE014-T Handling and Moving Patients Safely: The Texas Safe Patient Handling Act
The purpose of this program is to offer nurses in hospitals and nursing homes an overview of the Texas Safe Patient Handling Act and how to lift and move patients and residents in ways that minimize any risks of injury to them or to the caregiver.
12. ACMCE007-T Hepatitis C - Texas
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare personnel and others an understanding of Hepatitis C and the risk factors, methods of diagnosis, current treatments, and managing side effects.
13. ACMCE011-T Infection Control: A Training Program For Healthcare Professionals - New York
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare professionals with an understanding of infection prevention and control techniques to protect the health of themselves, the patients and other healthcare workers.
14. ACMCE013-T Ohio Nurse Practice Act
The purpose of this program is to provide licensed nurses an understanding of when they can delegate nursing tasks and activities.
15. ACMCE015-T Protecting Patients From Medical Errors - Florida
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the causes and prevention of medical errors.
16. ACMCE001-T Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect - New York
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare personnel with an understanding of what they need to know about recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect.
17.
 		ACMCE006-T Recognizing Domestic Violence - Florida
The goal of this program is to define and discuss domestic violence, and inform healthcare professionals about the importance of recognizing these cases of abuse. The course provides nurses with the educational tools necessary to screen for and identify domestic abuse, provide the victim with necessary medical treatment,document and report these cases to the appropriate authorities.
18.
 		ACMCE005-T Recognizing Domestic Violence - Kentucky
The goal of this program is to define and discuss domestic violence, and inform healthcare professionals about the importance of recognizing these cases of abuse. The course provides nurses with the educational tools necessary to screen for and identify domestic abuse, provide the victim with necessary medical treatment, document and report these cases to the appropriate authorities.
19.
 		ACMCE020-T Responding to Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Agents of Terror - Nevada
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare providers and others with an understanding of the symptoms of and treatment options for various medical conditions resulting from biological, chemical and radiological agents that may be used in a terrorist attack.

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26. Video

1. VIDUP100V-T Bloodborne Safety: Universal Precautions, Standard Precautions, and Needlestick Prevention (w/Video)
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of the causes of bloodborne infections, and strategies for prevention including Universal Precautions, Standard Precautions and the new needlestick directive. However, it should not be treated as a comprehensive infection control training program. Healthcare workers should learn and follow additional infection control procedures to prevent transmission of other types of infection.
2. WM520-T Fall Management: Why Reinvent the Wheel
The purpose of this activity is to provide nurses and others a review of strategies and techniques to minimize or prevent patient falls.

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27. Violence in Healthcare

1. M143-T Controlling Violence in Healthcare
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of how to spot warning signs of impending violence and how to take action to prevent it.

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28. Wound Care

1. M041-T Closed Suction Wound Drainage, Wound Irrigation, and Specimen Collection
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of closed suction wound drainage, wound irrigation, and specimen collection, and how to implement care that promotes normal healing of the surgical wound.
2. M141-T Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction and Prevention
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of the risk factors for pressure ulcers, the stages of the condition and how to prevent them.
3. M169-T Prevention, Assessment and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of pressure ulcers, their causes, symptoms and complications.
4. M040-T Surgical Wound Care
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses an understanding of wound care the processes of healing.
5. M249B-T Wound Care: Normal and Impaired Healing
The purpose of this activity is to provide nurses and others an understanding of normal and impaired healing of wounds.
6. M249BR-T Wound Care: Normal and Impaired Healing
The purpose of this activity is to provide nurses and others an understanding of normal and impaired healing of wounds.
7. M249C-T Wound Care: Nursing Interventions
The purpose of this activity is to provide nurses and others an understanding of normal and impaired healing of wounds.
8. M249A-T Wound Care: Phases of Healing and Types of Wounds
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of the physiological phases of wound healing and the different types of wounds.
9. 78093-T Wound Healing: The Principles of Wound Healing
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare professionals an understanding of wound assessment, wound care, and problems associated with chronic non-healing wounds.
10. 78094-T Wound Healing: The Treatment of Secondary Healing Wounds
The purpose of this program is to provide healthcare professionals an understanding of secondary healing wounds, including assessment and treatments.

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