Psychiatric Emergencies in Med-Surg Patients is a free online nursing program, which aims to provide nurses with the skills to identify and manage psychiatric emergencies. The course objective is to help nurses identify patients with potential psychiatric problems, identify the signs and symptoms, and offer an appropriate action plan for dealing with such patients. Nurses who successfully complete this program will be awarded 1.7 contact hours. There are other free courses available on the Nursing World’s website. Some of the courses require interested parties to be an existing member of the American Nurses Association or sign up for it.
American Nurses Foundation
8515 Georgia Avenue
Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-628-5000
nursingworld.org
Infant Formulas is a free online nursing continuing education course available from Power Pack. The main objective of this program is to help nurses and other medical professionals in guiding patients to choose and use commercial infant formulas. Nurses who complete this course are awarded 1.4 contact hours as provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine. There are plenty of other free courses available on Power Pack’s website, along with courses for different professions as well. Each course lists the objective, accreditation statement, procedure and other pertinent information.
Power Pak C.E.
100 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013
800-825-4696
powerpak.com
Antibiotic Resistance is a free online infectious disease and control nursing continuing education course. This particular course informs nurses of bacterias which resist antibiotics, how to avoid the spread of such resistance, and identify reasons why bacterias resist antibiotics in the first place. The demographic information of nurses who take this course will be recorded and made known to the course sponsor, the University of California at Los Angeles Health System. For those who do not want their information released to the sponsor, they may take the course for a fee of $10 instead.
Gannett Healthcare Group
1721 Moon Lake Blvd Suite 540
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
800-770-0866
nurse.com