The death toll from healthcare screw ups add up to at least 500,000 Americans annually. That is the equivalent of more than 3 jumbo jets crashing every day of the year. Each year, 6.1 million Americans are harmed by diagnostic mistakes, drug disasters, and medical treatments. Because these individuals are dying at home, in hospitals, …
This course provides a basic overview of human trafficking. The course will attempt to provide Health Care Workers a glimpse of the lives of human trafficking victims, including physical, psychological, social, and sexual abuse that human trafficking victims experience and the types of control tactics perpetrators use. As of 2012, all 50 states have enacted …
Substance abuse comes in many forms. It may involve street drugs, alcohol abuse or taking a prescription of a patient, family member or friend. This course looks at the policies and standards that are in place with American Medical Association and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The course covers signs and symptoms …
OBJECTIVES: Upon completing this course, the student will be able to: Describe the legislative purpose for the Nurse Practice Act. Verbalize specific laws and rules related to the practice of nursing and nursing assisting. Define specific acts requiring substantial specialized knowledge that a professional nurse performs in the “Practice of Professional Nursing.” Identify the pertinent …
In this course you will learn about symptom management of the HIV-infected adolescent and/or adult. Nurses assess the symptoms and provide a diagnosis. Goals of intervention and health teachings are established for each symptom. Finally an evaluation is made of the interventions and their ability to bring relief to the adolescent and/or adult.
Precepting is an organized, evidence-based, outcome-driven approach to assuring competent practice. Precepting is used for students who are rotating into clinical areas, for a new graduate administrator or nurse or when experienced staff members learn a new specialty or new skills, and when individuals move into new roles (i.e., educator, manager, or Preceptor). A Preceptor …
This course demonstrates how doing the right thing fosters a winning situation for all, with positive results for employees, clients, investors, and even your own state of mind.
This course covers the horrors of domestic violence. Domestic violence is well known and is regularly addressed in the mass media. Most of us have seen movies about domestic violence, or watched an episode of our favorite television drama that dealt with the issue, or seen it discussed on talk shows, in general interest magazines, …
