Instructor-led Activities - Nursing
The following CE activities are designed to be facilitated on site by an instructor provided by Smiths Medical Clinical Education. Please contact your local Smiths Medical Account Manager to discuss scheduling these activities. Commercial Support
Hypothermia, one of the most common preventable complications experienced by surgical patients, has significant clinical implications. Temperature management of this patient population has become an area of increasing focus. This one hour instructor-led course will define hypothermia; discuss risk factors, mechanisms of heat transfer, and clinical as well as financial consequences. Participants will explore the need for treatment modalities to ensure normothermia for the perioperative patient leading to better outcomes.
This one contact hour instructor-led course is designed to provide an overview of the “Rule of 6” a weight-based method of preparing medication infusions versus the standardized concentration method where the concentrations of infusions are pre-determined. Participants will discuss the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations Patient Safety Goal #3 to improve the safety of using high alert medications by standardizing and limiting the number of drug concentrations available in the organization as it relates to implementing standardized concentrations.
Medication errors are a result of multiple factors, not simply one person's misstep. Defects in systems design make errors possible. Creating a culture of safety in which patient safety is a priority requires a "systems" approach. This one contact hour instructor-led course is designed to provide participants with strategies to comply with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations National Patient Safety Goals to reduce medication errors using a systems-based approach and smart technology.
This two contact hour instructor-led course is designed to facilitate a basic understanding of infusion therapy. The goal is to present the research and evidence that supports best practice for infusion therapy and improves patient outcomes. This program will provide participants with the knowledge needed to select the vascular access device that reflects the lowest risk for complications and supports the safest course of prescribed therapy.
This one contact hour instructor-led course is designed to provide participants with the information needed to comply with the Federal Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (H.R. 5178) and the 2001 Revised Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogen (BBP) Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030). This program focuses on OSHA enforcement, requirements, and exceptions for compliance along with examining market trends.
This two contact hour instructor-led course is designed to provide an overview of vascular access device options for the pediatric and young adult focusing on identification, prevention, and intervention measures for complications of infusion therapy. Participants will explore potential infusion complications in the pediatric and young adult patient and discuss strategies aimed at decreasing the risk of these complications.
This one contact hour practicum is designed to facilitate the practical application of venipuncture skills. This program will provide participants with the opportunity to practice venipuncture skills on an anatomical model and to apply critical thinking skills for vascular access device selection using data presented in case scenarios.
This one contact hour instructor-led course is designed to discuss the impact of nosocomial infections for patients with CVADs and to provide participants with strategies for prevention of catheter-associated infections. The goal is to present the research and evidence that facilitates best practice in caring for patients with central venous access devices ultimately improving patient outcomes.
This one contact hour instructor-led course is designed to provide an overview of vascular access device options for the neonate focusing on identification, prevention, and intervention measures for complications of infusion therapy. This course will describe potential infusion complications in the neonatal patient and discuss strategies aimed at decreasing the risk of these complications.
The inadvertent administration of a medication or solution into the surrounding tissue instead of the intended vascular pathway is a complication of infusion therapy. This one contact hour instructor-led program will define extravasation/infiltration exploring the common theories of pathophysiology. Participants will discuss the evidence based strategies to reduce the risk of extravasation and resulting tissue injury.
Smiths Medical Clinical Education Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Accredited status as a provider refers only to this continuing education activity and does not imply ANCC Commission on Accreditation endorsement of any commercial products.
These nursing continuing education activities are supported by Smiths Medical.
