Online CE and Professional Development

The surge in hospitalizations resulting from COVID-19 created a strain on hospital infrastructures across the country and it became necessary to implement alternative patient care solutions to treat the surge of critically ill patients requiring respiratory support. The rise in intensive care ventilator uses outstripped available resources and generated an imminent need for unconventional solutions. Anesthesia workstations were rapidly identified as a viable alternative to address the demand for mechanical ventilation devices used to provide respiratory support. This also presented future concern for our healthcare facilities should an epidemic of this magnitude resurface – how can healthcare providers better prepare? This course was designed to assist the healthcare practitioner in developing a solid understanding of the use of anesthesia workstations within the intensive care environment. This course provides education on the use of the anesthesia workstation, related safety concerns, additional monitoring requirements, as well as monitoring/maintenance of the anesthesia workstation.

Target Audience: SRNA, CRNA, Advance Practice Nurse, Registered Nurses

This program provides the Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) the knowledge and skills needed to care for patients with anorectal pathology. This course will focus on the clinical skills needed to treat common anorectal conditions in the office setting including internal and external hemorrhoids, fissures, condyloma, perianal abscesses, pilonidal disease, and pruritus ani. This course will also cover the required knowledge of anal anatomy and examination, disease processes, and the skills to perform these necessary procedures.

Target audience: Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), RNs pursuing advanced practice degrees, Physician Assistants (PAs) students, and RNs that are interested in increasing their knowledge base of anorectal pathology.

Assess your current knowledge of ECG & Dysrhythmias with this free course. This pre-test provides the participant with the assessment tools to measure current clinical knowledge through 5 quick tests that will also result in a benchmark for the 3 courses within the dysrhythmias and ECG series.

No one is ever prepared for the death of a child whether that is before they are born, just after they are born, in childhood or as a teenager or even as an adult. Whether it's through natural cause, medical reasons, or inflicted harm, understnding and supporting parents and family members who are anticipating or who have experienced a child loss goes beyond our medical training. This course will provide tools that will assist you in offering emotional support to those who have suffered the loss of a baby or child. We will shed light on the intricacies of child death, its unique challenges and grief experienced through loss by parents and families.

This course is part of the Wholistic Care Series provided by echelon.

The demographic trends are clear - the medical professions in the U.S. will be managing increasing numbers of Hispanic patients, while minority patients experience poorer health status. (Barrow, 2010) Understanding the reasons for this will help healthcare providers improve health trends for Hispanic populations in the United States. Cultural competency is important for everyone touching Hispanic patients in some way. This program is dedicated to describing the most significant cultural traits of Latino peoples and providing practical advice for the English-speaking American seeking positive interaction with this segment of the population.

This course presents three (3) client case studies highlighting interprofessional collaboration and interventions that address the client challenges of having multiple chronic conditions with limited resources. These case studies stem from real life experiences at the AdventHealth University's Hope Clinic (AHU-HC). The Hope Clinic is a place that welcomes individuals, without rehabilitation treatment options, to receive free wholistic care while contributing to students' interprofessional educational experiences. 

Having to give bad news to patients happens frequently in healthcare arenas and many times healthcare professionals have not received training and education on how to compassionately and competently deliver bad news. Research has demonstrated that educating and reeducating healthcare professionals how to deliver bad news using a tool decreases patient distress and improves healthcare professional confidence and empathetic response thereby creating a better encounter for everyone involved.

This course will focus on providing healthcare professional education on the available tools and frameworks available to deliver bad news and provide education on how to implement one of these tools when having to discuss difficult information with patients.

Compassion fatigue knows no boundaries and is prevalent to all caregivers who care for those with chronic illness, acute emergent illnesses like they see in ICU, ED, PICU, NICU, and step-down units and their families. It is the very act of caring, giving of ourselves, that makes us susceptible to the probability of experiencing compassion fatigue. These difficult scenarios include having to give bad news, experiencing the death of patients, having intense interactions with patients, and high level of job responsibility that lead to secondary traumatic stress and burnout. More often than not as they continually give of themselves in these difficult and traumatic situations in repetitive fashion, their compassion satisfaction begins to decline, questioning their meaning.

In this 60-minute course, we will uncover the phenomenon called “Compassion Fatigue” and how it relates to you. 

The purpose of this course is to enrich the quality of healthcare professionals’ culturally sensitive healthcare delivery. Cultural and Linguistic Appropriate Standards are discussed, theories that assist in the delivery of cross-cultural care are reviewed, and several tools that can facilitate and enhance conducting a culturally sensitive assessment are introduced.  

This 2 CE credit course is directed to all healthcare professionals. Presented are the definition, statistics, and patterns of domestic violence in America. This course outlines intimate partner violence, elder abuse and neglect, and child abuse and neglect. Learn the factors that make healthcare professionals reluctant to intervene in these situations. Although laws and definition of terms may vary among states, all state legislatures have passed laws requiring that you must take action to help the victim - failure to report is a first degree misdemeanor!

This course has been approved by a MQA Board and fulfills the renewal and disciplinary continuing education requirements for 2 hours of Domestic Violence as required for state licensing in the state of Florida - 456.031, F.S. and 64B-5.010, F.A.C.

Dosage Calculation Review covers the calculation of oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intravenous medications for both pediatric and adult populations. Mathematical skills will be reviewed and interactive practice problems will be included after each module to reinforce the math skills needed to correctly calculate dosages. This course is presented in a multimedia format that is entertaining and informative.

In the healthcare setting, most adults we encounter are experiencing some type of loss, and in turn, grief.  Not at all surprising, many people receiving healthcare may be experiencing functional loss. Grief is a process and as a result is not a specific emotion. In this course, we will focus on increased awareness of the 6 types of losses an adult may face while creating a familiarity with the dynamics of the grief experience and offer ways to support those who are integrating their grief and loss experience.

This course is part of the Wholistic Care Series provided by echelon.

ECG: Cardiac Review was designed to advance the clinical expertise and provide the platform in understanding and analysis of ECG rhythms. This module is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider a review of cardiac anatomy and physiology in relation to electrophysiology, dysrhythmias, and heart blocks.

ECG: Heart Blocks and Causes was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of AV blocks and their causes in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

ECG: Junctional Dysrhythmias was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of junctional rhythms in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

ECG: Lead Systems & Waveforms was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding of dysrhythmias and ECG. This module is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider a review of ECG waveforms to the electrical events in the heart including leads, lead wire systems, the components of ECG analysis, and waveforms followed by strip analysis.

ECG: Pacemakers was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding of pacemakers. This course is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider the knowledge of the types of pacemakers, possible malfunctions, their causes, and appropriate actions. In addition, the healthcare provider will have the fundamental skills to identify ECG strip representations of pacemaker malfunctions.

ECG: Pharmacologics and Drug Classifications was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding of pharmacologics and drug classifications. This course is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider the knowledge of pharmacologics in terms of antiarrhythmic drug classifications, use, dosage, guidelines, and clinical impact according to the ACLS treatment protocol.

ECG: Sinus Dysrhythmias was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of sinus rhythms in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

ECG: Ventricular Dysrhythmias was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of ventricular dysrhythmias in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

This is the final portion of the ECG & Dysrhythmias Series. Upon completion of the Pre-assessment and the 3 ECG courses, complete the interactive case studies and review questions in this post-test assessment developed specifically to measure your comprehension and clinical application of parts 1, 2, and 3 of our "Fundamentals of ECG & Basic Dysrhythmias Series"

All healthcare professionals experience patient loss and nurses are the frontline compassion staff who face this unavoidable fact of life all to often. As nurses our purpose is to find ways to help those who are struggling with a death to face it honestly and directly, make the necessary adjustments to come to grips with "the new normal", and go on in life despite the radically changed landscape. This course confronts the reality of death and discusses various aspects of how we cope with it in a wholistic and realistic way to minimize the emotional and psychological damage done by the loss. In addition, we will look at some differing aspects and situations that arise when death occurs.

This course is accredited for all nursing professionals in the clinical arena, hospice environment, faith community, and international Parish Nursing environment. This course is accredited for 1 CNE unit in IPRNC category Grieving and Loss or 1 Credit ANCC Domain 2 towards Specialty Nursing Certification.

This course is part of the Wholistic Care Series provided by echelon.

This HIV/AIDS course is designed for the healthcare professional who would like to learn more about the clinical management and current recommended treatment regimens of the patient who is HIV-positive. ART will be discussed, as well as treatment to control symptoms and to treat concurrent opportunistic and co-infections.

This course is fully accredited by the Department of Health under 64B9-5.009, F.A.C. and 456.033, F.S.

Learn about AIDS-defining infections and the general guidelines to delay or prevent occurrences. The content is organized into three broad sections: 1) some of the more common co-infections, including hepatitis and STDs; 2) opportunistic, AIDS-defining infections, including those that are bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitical, as well as several malignancies; and 3) guidelines to delay or prevent occurrences of these infections.

This course meets MQA requirements under 64B9-5.009, F.A.C. and 456.033, F.S.

The course focus is on HIV/AIDS prevention and transmission. It also addresses concerns of healthcare workers who may have "accidentally" been infected. Content includes an overview of AIDS: its global impact, disease stages, and treatment guidelines; a discussion of OSHA standards related to bloodborne pathogens; and a description of the Florida Omnibus Act, including the Florida Omnibus Act Amendment. This course meets requirements for 1 credit of HIV/AIDS training for healthcare professionals.

This course is fully accredited by the Department of Health under 64B9-5.009, F.A.C. and 456.033, F.S.

Human slavery has always existed; with the popularity of social media the awareness of human trafficking is gaining recognition throughout the world and we are now recognizing its prevalence in the United States. As healthcare and mental health professionals it is essential that we acquire the knowledge, training, and skills in conjunction with human trafficking; this course will increase your level of awareness and knowledge about human trafficking and exploitation. Includes accreditation for: FL Board of Respiratory Care; FL Board of Occupational Therapy; FL Council of Dietetics and Nutrition; FL Council of Licensed Midwifery and FL Board of Athletic Training.

This course meets or exceeds the criteria outlined in S.464.013,F.S. and the MQA for 2 CEU in human trafficking.

Opioid-use disorder (OUD) has become a national crisis, killing over 100 Americans daily and costing 78 billion dollars annually. The current therapy for opioid abuse has limited success with significant side effects, illicit use, and high attrition rates. However, research has demonstrated that immunopharmacotherapy a new treatment for opioid addiction in the pre-clinical phase, elicits an immune response which lacks abuse potential and decreases related mortality. Compared to current treatments, immunopharmacotherapy against a targeted opioid could offer suppression of addiction liability and overdose potential over an extended period of time without placing excessive compliance demands and adverse effects on the person.

This course will help enhance the healthcare professional's ability to effectively communicate with patients in order to satisfy patients' needs and expectations. The course focuses on how to best communicate important and relevant information to a diverse patient population that will establish trust with the patient. Particular attention is given to the healthcare professional's role in communication, ethics, protocols, patient confidentiality, image quality, and professionalism.

This course is updated with the changes to APRN and the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact. In addidtion, this course also covers the Nurse Practice Act, the general scope of practice, nursing practice in the State of Florida, the discipline process related to nursing practice, and the general requirements for continuing licensure. Completing this course will also assist the participant in creating a professional plan for career maintenance and development within the limits of the law.

This 2-hour online CE course for the LPN, RN, CRNA, and APRN fulfills the 2-hour continuing education requirement as stated in 64B9-5.013 for nursing license renewal.

Upon successful completion, your CEs will automatically post to CE Broker.

This course covers the reasons why mentoring is so important, as well the concepts, outcomes, and relevance of mentoring. Without mentoring, nurses may not feel supported and, as a result, they may not become fully engaged in their units, consequently becoming disillusioned with their profession. Nurses who have been mentored have generally found their nursing experience to be positive and worthwhile, and ultimately go on to mentor others. This course covers the characteristics of a mentor and the differences between the role of mentor and the role of preceptor - help bridge the gap between didactic information and early clinical experience.

This course was designed to assist healthcare practitioners in developing a solid understanding of serotonin toxicity including the knowledge to identify, prevent, and manage cases of serotonin syndrome as well as utilize a consistent diagnostic tool to promptly recognize and treat this potentially life-threatening condition. Application of this knowledge in practice will decrease the risk of serotonin syndrome as well as reduce the number of misdiagnoses. In turn, this will increase safety when caring for patients already taking antidepressant medications presenting to the perioperative setting and to pain clinics where opioid analgesics are commonly administered or prescribed.

POINT-OF-CARE-ULTRASOUND Gastric Assessment or POCUS gastric assessment is a new method of ultrasound testing that allows the provider to obtain real-time, objective results at the bedside to improve patient care. While the current NPO guidelines may seem adequate, the low rate of actual aspiration has given a false sense of security, leaving providers to rely on a generalized protocol. The literature identifies POCUS gastric assessment as a quick and effective method yielding high benefits with low harm to the patient. POCUS gastric assessment can be applied to surgical patients to determine the exact amount of stomach content and the risk of aspiration before anesthesia. This course provides education on performing a POCUS gastric assessment and highlights the high-risk populations and circumstances that typically overestimate current NPO guidelines.

Target Audience: Healthcare professionals involved in preoperative care. This list includes but is not limited to CRNAS, SRNAs, MDs, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, RNs, or Preoperative nurses. The recommended prerequisite is a basic understanding of ultrasound equipment.

This course is designed for experienced nurses who are interested in developing and enhancing their preceptor skills. It addresses several aspects of the preceptor's role, and describes important skills for preceptor success including team-building, communication, and conflict management. This course also explains important concepts related to teaching and evaluating the adult learner in a clinical setting, such as learning phases, competency verification, and diversity issue. It describes the importance and complexity of the preceptor’s role including competency verification and reality shock.

This course fulfills the 2-hour Medical Errors requirement for license renewal. The content focus is on medical errors and their effects on patient safety. Using multi-causal analysis you will be able to recognize error prone situations and processess, and identify factors that impact the occurrence of these errors to improve patient outcomes.

This course has been approved by an MQA Board and fulfills the renewal and disciplinary continuing education requirements for 2 hours of Medical Errors as required for state licensing in the State of Florida - 64B9-5.011, F.A.C.

Substance use disorder is under-reported among nurses due to denial, fear of losing employment, risk of a tainted reputation, embarrassment, shame, and/or unawareness of available assistance.

This course addresses workplace impairment and fulfills the 2 CNE for license renewal as mandated by the Florida Board of Nursing.

Upon successful completion, the participants' CEUs will be electronically reported to CE Broker.

This course focuses on the care of the pediatric patient with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The content of this course covers the signs and symptoms, symptom management, treatment, and patient/family education in the use of contact precautions.

Student Nurse Anesthetists experience high levels of stress throughout nurse anesthesia school and many do not have any stress management resoures available to them. Research has demonstrated that educating other high stress populations such as medical students and graduate health science students on wellness and stress management techniques results in better coping skills, lower levels of perceived stress, improved anxiety levels and self-efficacy.

NOTE: This course is for AHU-SRNA and can only be accessed with a special code - the Online Consent Document to Participate in a Human Research Study can be found under the Disclosures tab located in the course detail.

This course is designed for nuclear technologists specializing in nuclear cardiology in the area of exercise stress testing with and without pharmacologic agents. It is an excellent course for any healthcare professional seeking to learn more about stress testing. The first part of the course addresses exercise stress testing measurements and indications, and patient selection and care. The last section gives an overview of pharmacologic stress testing and radioimaging, including agents, protocols, and patient monitoring.

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Suicide is a major public health concern and a leading cause of death in the U.S. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 immediately, or chat with the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988lifeline.org.

The annual U.S. Suicide rate has increased 30% in the last 2 decades becoming a major public health concern. This course focuses on suicidal ideation and is designed to provide introductory education to better understand and identify suicidal behavior in hopes to prevent suicide through offering real-time support in recognizing risk factors and warning signs.

This course is part of echelon’s Wholistic Care Series.

There are an estimated 1.4 million adults in the United States that currently identify as transgender and 61% of those transgender individuals have pharmaceutically transitioned with Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and 25% have undergone Gender Affirming Surgery (GAS). These therapies and practices lead to potential perioperative complications. This course is designed to increase awareness and evidence-based knowledge regarding perioperative complications in the transgender individual undergoing surgery and offer recommendations regarding the anesthetic care of this population.

Target Audience: Healthcare professionals involved in perioperative care. This list includes but is not limited to CRNAS, SRNAs, MDs, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, RNs, or Preoperative nurses. 

According to Go Red For Women, "cardiovascular diseases and stroke cause 1 in 3 women's deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every 80 seconds". Unfortunately, the majority of those women did not perceive themselves to be at risk. Nearly 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented. All healthcare professionals need to understand the awareness issues, risk factors, and treatment options for women and heart disease.