Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Controlled Substances and Substance Abuse: Best Practices for the Healthcare Professional
  • Drug Diversion
  • Prescribing: Controlled Substance(s)
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC
$19.00
Learn safe and effective prescription of controlled substances, best-practices, and prevention methods for drug misuse in this course.
Prescription Drug and Controlled Substance Abuse: Opioid Diversion and Best-Practice Prescribing
  • Drug Diversion
  • Prescribing: Controlled Substance(s)
  • 3.00 ANCC
$30.00
This 3-contact-hour continuing education course shows nurses and other healthcare practitioners how prescription drug abuse can be prevented and why it is so common. Learn more about the current opioid and prescribed drug abuse epidemic and challenges in managing chronic pain for a better patient outcome.Meets Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Texas requirements.
Best-Practice Prescribing and Drug Diversion Training for West Virginia Nurses (3 Hours)
  • Drug Diversion
  • Pharmacology
  • 3.00 ANCC
$30.00
MANDATORY WEST VIRGINIA NURSING CEU. Fulfills the WV Board of Nursing requirement of 3 contact hours of continuing education on drug diversion and responsible prescribing of controlled substances. Per Chapter 30-1-7a, each nurse must complete 3 contact hours initially and then 1 contact hour, thereafter, annually of CE for drug diversion training, best-practice prescribing of controlled substances training and training on prescribing and administration of an opioid antagonist if they prescribe, administer or dispense controlled substances.
Health 2.0: Implications for Care
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.00 ANCC
  • 3.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$21.00
This course will provide an overview of Web 2.0 and how it is used in the health, social work, and mental health fields, referred to as Health 2.0. It will also explore how Health 2.0 affects access to health information and ultimately clients' healthcare decisions. Internet health information seeking patterns and practitioners' and clients' perceptions of the Internet as a source of health information will also be discussed.
Prescribing Opioids, Providing Naloxone, and Preventing Drug Diversion: The West Virginia Requirement
  • Drug Diversion
  • Naloxone
  • Prescribing: Opioid(s)
  • State Mandated Training
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.00 ANCC
$21.00
Opioid analgesic medications can bring substantial relief to patients suffering from pain. However, the inappropriate use, abuse, and diversion of prescription drugs in America, particularly prescription opioids, has increased dramatically in recent years and has been identified as a national public health epidemic, with West Virginia among the states with the largest opioid misuse and diversion problem. A set of clinical tools, guidelines, and recommendations are now available for prescribers who treat pain patients with opioids.
Opioid Use Disorder: Identifying Patients at Risk and Developing Management Plans
  • Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
  • 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
$0.00
Patients and health care professionals (HCPs) face additional challenges when the treatments prescribed for pain management (e.g., opioids) lead to substance use problems. HCPs must then re-evaluate treatment plans for acute, subacute, and chronic pain and encourage treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). There are strategies available to HCPs to help identify patients at risk for OUD, most notably found in the 2022 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, which could help prevent OUD in patients through screening and identifying alternate treatments.
Critical Care Series: Trauma and Burns
  • 1.00 ANCC
$15.00
Trauma and violence are leading causes of hospitalization, morbidity, disability, and mortality in the U.S. Across trauma/violence victims aged 1 to 64, unintentional fire/burns rank at number 7 among the top 10 causes of unintentional injury and deaths.The goal of this course is to provide critical care nurses with knowledge of the injuries related to trauma and burns and promote awareness of the methods used in assessing and managing patients who sustain trauma or burns
Substance Use Disorders and Pain Management: MATE Act Training
  • Pain Management
  • Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
  • 8.00 AANP Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 8.00 ANCC
$69.00
Substance use disorders continue to be an important health issue in the United States and can lead to significant problems in all aspects of a person's life. Appropriate assessment and management of substance use is a priority in patient care. In addition, the presence of substance use disorders can complicate the treatment or management of comorbid medical conditions.
PTSD 101: PTSD and Aging
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$0.00
Learners will be provided an overview of PTSD and aging, the prevalence of trauma and PTSD in older adults, progression of PTSD and other negative consequences, and an assessment and treatment in older adults and next steps in research.
Suicide and PTSD: Navigating Risk and Tailoring Evidence-Based Treatment - Enduring
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$0.00
Veteran suicide remains a significant public health concern, with those diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at potentially elevated risk. This recorded, virtual, knowledge-based webinar will review factors driving risk among those with PTSD within the context of leading theoretical models of suicide. We will discuss empirically-supported methods of assessing and intervening upon suicide risk within the context of evidence-based treatment.

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