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Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System, 2nd Edition [8 contact hours]
Diseases and disorders of the gastrointestinal system affect millions of individuals each year. This course reviews many of the more common problems as well as presents patient assessment needs, current treatments, and best practices for nursing care. 82 Educating Patients: Creating Teaching Moments in Practice [4 contact hours] The purpose of this course is to provide HCPs with current evidence-based information to help them learn and apply skills and practice for effective patient and family teaching in a variety of settings. Effective education is essential to help patients and family gain knowledge. This is important to help them to manage health, improve adherence to healthcare plans, cope with health changes, participate actively in the decision-making process, and promote an overall healthy lifestyle. All healthcare professionals (HCPs) can identify teaching opportunities to assess and provide effective education. 124 Evidence Based Implicit Bias Implications for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals [1 contact hour] The purpose of this course is to provide a historical context of race and racism and its relationship to the development of racial implicit bias. The development of implicit bias will be discussed along with research demonstrating the impact of implicit bias on the clinical encounter. Recommendations for mitigating implicit bias are offered. 140 Mental Health Concerns and the Older Adult [6 contact hours] The healthcare worker meeting mental health needs will be able to view the older adult within the context of aging theories and identify interpersonal connection, biopsychosocial elements, and the assessment and treatment for common mental health problems in the older adult. The target audience is any healthcare worker who will assess, intervene, or treat mental health needs of an older adult client. Registered nurses, mental health technicians, mental health providers, case managers, and primary care healthcare workers can benefit from the perspective provided by this course. 200 Nursing Assessment, Management, and Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases [6 contact hours] Almost 4% of the world’s population is affected by one of more than 80 different autoimmune diseases. In the United States (US), as many as 50 million Americans are living with an autoimmune disease, at a cost of $86 billion a year (National Stem Cell Foundation [NSCF], 2021). This education program provides information on autoimmune diseases with the purpose of adding to the nurse’s ability to recognize, assess, and facilitate treatment of such diseases. 264 Nursing Care of the Postmenopausal Woman, 3rd Edition [5 contact hours] This course describes the changes that a postmenopausal woman experiences in various aspects of her life, including physiologic and psychologic changes. It provides the learner with information regarding alterations to a woman’s sexual self after menopause, periodic screenings needed to reduce the mortality and morbidity of aging women, and a review of how a woman’s health is affected as she ages.
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