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Care2Learn is continually expanding its online education library to meet the needs of our healthcare professionals. Here are six new Inservices and four new Therapy CE Courses added in December:

INSERVICES:

Medical Device Reporting (P1226A)
Author: Kimberly A. Mulquin, BSN, MBA, RN, CPHQ
NON CE: 1 hour

This course is designed to help staff identify and report medical device-related incidents as soon as possible after their occurrence in order to initiate corrective action, prevent or minimize the occurrence of similar incidents, and to comply with the Federal Medical Device Safety Act.

Cardiovascular: Conditions and Treatment for Non-Clinical Professionals (P1218A)
Author: Kimberly A. Mulquin, BSN, MBA, RN, CPHQ
NON CE: 1 hour

The purpose of this course is to introduce the non-clinical professional to the anatomy of the cardiovascular system, common diseases that affect proper functioning, and treatment options.

Respiratory System: Conditions and Treatment for Non-Clinical Professionals (P1219A)
Author: Kimberly A. Mulquin, BSN, MBA, RN, CPHQ
NON CE: 1 hour

The purpose of this course is to introduce the non-clinical professional to the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, common conditions that compromise proper function of the respiratory system, and treatment options.

Musculoskeletal: Conditions and Treatment for Non-Clinical Professionals (P1220A)
Author: Kimberly A. Mulquin, BSN, MBA, RN, CPHQ
NON CE: 1 hour

The purpose of this course is to introduce the non-clinical professional to the anatomy of the musculoskeletal system, common diseases and conditions that affect proper functioning, and treatment options.

Safe Transportation of Passengers (P1224)
Author: Marilyn Weese
NON CE: 1 hour

This course examines basic concepts of safe driving techniques. There is emphasis on the danger of aggressive driving, ways to prevent road rage, and the issues involved in safely transporting passengers.

Abuse of the Elderly on the Job: Don’t Let it Be Me (P1225)
Author: Barbara Acello, RN
NON CE: 1 hour

The goal of this inservice is to help staff members understand how their actions can be seen as abuse and what to do to prevent abuse of residents in their care.

THERAPY CE:

Achieving Communication Competence: Assessment for Intervention with Multimodal Communication including AAC (1422A)
Author: Yvonne Gillette, Ph.D.
CE: 1 hour
Accreditation: ASHA registration effective 12/7/11 (SLP)

This Intermediate Level course acquaints the student with the concept of Achieving Communication Competence, a clinical protocol SLPs can follow to assess communication for interventions addressing severe communication disabilities. The protocol considers environmental factors—communication settings, opportunities, and partners—as well as communication skills-interaction and message sending/receiving. SLPs and daily communication partners assess, plan and implement the plan together.

Conflict Resolution: Building a Bridge across an Impasse (1423A)
Author: Nicholas R. Martin, M.A.
CE: 1 hour
Accreditation: Approved for OT/OTA

“Failure is not an option” when children’s educations are at stake, yet very few of the many people participating in adult individualized education program (IEP) meetings have been trained in how to work through disagreement and strong emotion so as to maintain collaboration and achieve consensus. This Introductory Level training provides practical steps that can lead through impasse to success or minimize the damage if agreement will not be reached.

Conflict Resolution: Exploring and Identifying Areas of Interest (1424A)
Author: Nicholas R. Martin, M.A.
CE: 1 hour
Accreditation: ASHA registration (SLP and AUD)

“Interests” refers to the good intentions and anticipated benefits that drive the positions participants at IEP meetings may take. One of the keys to team success is understanding how to explore and clarify these interests. This Introductory Level course provides easy-to-follow and practical steps to guide participants through the four elements of “principled negotiation,” of which the exploration of interests is the key ingredient.

Educational versus Clinical Evaluations: What’s the Difference? (1425A)
Author: Elizabeth Wall, MS, OTR, BCP
CE: 1 hour
Accreditation: Approved for OT/OTA

This Intermediate Level course addresses the differences between educational and clinical evaluations in occupational therapy. The differences are rooted in the contexts in which these evaluations are performed. Those contexts as well as resulting implications for evaluation are discussed in detail.