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Continuing Nursing Education
Hypertension update: Implications for nursing practice
Following the current guidelines helps ensure patients achieve treatment goals.
Takeaways
Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure of ≥130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure...
Venous ulcer care
Prompt, proper care will help reduce complications and improve quality of life.
Venous ulcers are the most common lower extremity wounds in the United States....
Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state
Early identification and management are key to good outcomes.
Learning Objectives
Compare onset, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state.
Identify...
An overview of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Understanding conditions that can cause this disorder will help nurses educate and care for patients.
Takeaways:
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a description given to various...
Pressure injury prevention in long-term care
Follow the evidence to improve outcomes.
Takeaways:
High quality healthcare is established using evidence-based practice in nursing protocols and procedures.
To decrease pressure injury (PI)...
Caring for individuals with sickle cell disease
Nurses play a pivotal role in ensuring optimal care.
Takeaways:
Sickle cell disease is an inherited chronic condition that affects nearly every system in the...
Right-sided heart failure
Give the right side of the heart the attention it’s due.
Takeaways:
In right-sided heart failure, ventricular independence (between the right and left ventricles) can...
Mitigating melanoma
Early detection and intervention is key for higher survival rates.
Takeaways:
Late identification and recognition of melanoma lead to worsening health outcomes.
Nursing patient education...
Pediatric pain management
An individualized, multimodal, and interprofessional approach is key for success.
Takeaways:
Many pediatric patients experience unnecessary pain because of undertreatment and inadequate pain management after...
Caring for patients receiving vasopressors and inotropes in the ICU
Vigilant monitoring will maximize outcomes.
Takeaways:
After shock is recognized and I.V. fluid resuscitation is initiated, vasopressors and inotropes are used as supportive therapies in...
Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia: Discerning the differences
Assessment is key for optimal management.
Takeaways:
An early symptom of Alzheimer’s disease is decline in cognition, most typically manifesting as short-term memory loss. Early...
Pain assessment and nonpharmacologic management in older adults
Takeaways:
Pain assessment in older adults is best guided by a systematic framework, such as the Hierarchy of Pain Assessment.
Nonpharmacologic treatment strategies are...
From surge plans to a culture of readiness
Translating scarce resource management into outcomes with impact.
Takeaways:
The more resource options available for day-to-day surge events, the more effectively hospital operations can withstand...
Treating pain while mindful of opioid risks
Nurses can help avoid negative effects of opioids while ensuring patient pain is managed.
Takeaways:
Pain management can be complicated by individual patients’ previous pain...
Cancer immunotherapy update
Review of immune checkpoint inhibitor and CAR T-cell therapy adverse effects and treatments.
Takeaways:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved several immunotherapy agents...
Asthma education for pediatric patients
What’s a nurse to do without an asthma educator?
CNE 1.5 contact Hours
Learning Objectives
1. Identify triggers associated with asthma.
2. Discuss medications used to manage asthma.
3. Describe...
Frequently asked questions about palliative care
Nurses can serve as leaders as they help patients and families through a difficult time.
Takeaways:
All nurses must be competent in providing palliative and...
A broader look at insulin
Be sure your knowledge is current.
Takeaways:
Insulin is a critical part of diabetes management for many people.
Insulin types and delivery methods have changed...
Home care safety
Takeaways:
Home care is unique, placing nurses and other healthcare professionals in patients’ homes and personal space, and doesn’t include typical healthcare organization requirements.
...
Recognizing and Managing Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Please visit the ANA's website to take the CE: https://www.nursingworld.org/continuing-education/recognizing-and-managing-complications-of-acute-my/
Good outcomes require early identification and prompt treatment.
Takeaways:
Early reperfusion and medical therapy have drastically...
An overview of neuraxial anesthesia
Please visit the ANA’s website to take the CE: https://www.nursingworld.org/continuing-education/an-overview-of-neuraxial-anesthesia/
Understand the basics so you can effectively manage your patients.
Takeaways:
Neuraxial anesthesia is the administration...
Adults with chronic kidney disease: Overview and nursing care goals
Takeaways:
Millions of adults in the United States have or are at risk for developing chronic kidney disease (CKD); incidence continues to rise and...
Preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia
Implementing a fundamental nursing skills bundle can reduce risk.
Takeaways:
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a serious complication of an acute care admission, particularly for patients...
Caring for infants and families affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome
Standardized care and compassion are key to successful treatment.
Takeaways
Evidence-based standardized protocols are needed to provide the best treatment for the mother-infant dyad and...
Outpatient care of patients with COPD
Controlling symptoms and preventing exacerbations are the key to patient quality of life.
Takeaways:
Nurses must be able to identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Medical Cannabis: What Nurses Need to Know
Nurses can help patients make smart decisions by educating themselves.
Takeaways:
Nurses frequently treat patients who use or are considering using cannabis as a medicine.
...
Central vascular access device complications:
The nurse’s role at each point of care
Takeaways:
Central vascular access devices (CVADs) can be essential to accomplishing patient therapeutic regimens.
Nurses must be...
Short peripheral and midline catheter complications
The nurse’s role at point of care
Takeaways:
Short peripheral and midline catheters can be essential to accomplishing patient therapeutic regimens.
Nurses must be competent...
Depression and chronic medical illness in adults
This dual diagnosis poses challenges for patients—and their nurses.
Takeaways:
Adults with chronic medical illness have a high prevalence of co-morbid depression.
Depression often goes...
Evidence-based epilepsy care
Assessment, treatment, and self-management
Takeaways:
Epilepsy is a complex disease that includes seizures that may or may not be active.
Recognizing comorbidities can improve health...
Oral anticoagulants: Pharmacologic management update
Stay-up-to-date to avoid complications and achieve the best treatment for patients.
Takeaways:
This article discusses the use of oral anticoagulants.
Indications, side effects and dosing...
Evidence-based practices for osteoarthritis management
Self-management education is the foundation of osteoarthritis care.
Takeaways:
· Osteoarthritis is a chronic disorder of the joints that is painful, prevalent, costly, and a leading...
Evidence-based update on chest tube management
Is your practice current?
Takeaways:
Chest thoracotomy tube (CTT) management can seem challenging, so let evidence-based practice guide you.
Familiarize yourself with the chest drainage...
Implementation: The linchpin of evidence-based practice changes
Take a strategic approach to translating research into practice.
Takeaways
Implementation is a major step in the evidence-based practice (EBP) process that’s often underappreciated and...
Breast cancer survivors: Assessment and management of long-term treatment effects
Survivor care continues long after treatment ends.
Takeaways:
Long-term effects of breast cancer treatment include fatigue, hot flashes and night sweats, sexual dysfunction, sleep disturbance, weight...
NP role in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder
Combine medication and counseling with shared decision-making to treat addiction.
Takeaways:
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT), an evidence-based intervention for opioid use disorder and withdrawal symptom management, combines...