Start this course! Course Description While central venous catheters are a valuable tool for treating patients, poor care and maintenance can contribute to negative outcomes. In fact, central venous catheter complications continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality in...
Start this course! Course Description Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects the population worldwide. Diabetes can be a complex and fatal disease, if not treated appropriately. It can lead to systemic complications affecting many organ systems, and is the seventh leading cause...
Start this course! Course Description Sepsis is one of the oldest and most elusive conditions in medicine today. It is estimated that there are over 30 million cases of sepsis worldwide each year with over 1 million cases in the U.S. The mortality rate for sepsis is 10-20%, making...
Start this course! Course Description IV placement and maintenance is one of the most commonly performed procedures for nurses in the acute care setting and is becoming more and more common in the ambulatory setting. This is quite often a procedure that causes a lot of anxiety for...
Start this course! Course Description In this course, we will review the utilization of central line catheters as well as the etiology and epidemiology of CLABSIs. The risks associated with CLABSI as well as the EBPs for the prevention of CLABSI will also be explained. The course...
Start this course! Course Description This course will review the best practices for the insertion, access and maintenance of central venous catheters (CVCs). The types of central venous catheters as well as their indication for use will be reviewed. The steps included in the...
Start this course! Course Description This course is divided into three modules that will focus on alternatives to indwelling urinary catheters, or IUCs, for incontinent patients; knowing the how, why and when of intermittent catheterization, and engaging patients and families in...
Start this course! Course Description This course is divided into five modules that will focus on deciding which patients need an indwelling urinary catheter, or IUC, understanding the different types of IUCs, the sterile insertion of an IUC, maintaining an IUC and closed drainage...
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