Question

1. Find sources of continuing education for the state of Nebraska (CE) that you could use for renewal of a practical nursing license. List the sources (websites, etc..) and the titles of them.

2. Discuss how you would determine what types of CEs to take.
3. Discuss the cost of the CEs you found.

4. Why are some free and others cost money?

5. What does it mean that 10 hours must be peer reviewed?

Answer 1

I. Sources of CE

1.An integrative review of system-level factors influencing dementia detection in primary care

- journal of American Association of Nurse practitioners

Cost - 1$12.50

2.Associations Between Self-Reported Symptoms and Gait Parameters Using In-Home Sensors in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis

- Rehabilitation nursing journal

Cost 1$ 12.50

3. Diabetes insipidus: A matter of fluids

-Nursing made incredibly easy

Cost - 1$12.50

4.Neuroleptic Malignant syndrome : a case report

Nursing 2020

Cost - 1.5 $ 17.95

5. Managing pain in critically ill adult :a holistic approach

American Journal of Nursing

Cost -1.5$ 17.95

6. Uncommon causes of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema

The Nurse practitioner

Cost - 1.5$

7.Nursing care of patients with autism spectrum disorder

Nursing made incredibly easy

Cost - 1$

8.The ventilation dependent child : what every home care nurse need to know

Home health care know

Cost 1.5$

II. How to determine which cours is needed

The content of all courses of continuing education must be relevant to the practice of nursing. Learning experiences are expected to enhance the knowledge of the registered nurse at a level above that required for licensure. Courses must be related to the scientific knowledge and/or technical skills required for the practice of nursing, or be related to direct and/or indirect patient/client care.

Courses related to the scientific knowledge for the practice of nursing include basic and advanced courses in the physical, social, and behavioral sciences, as well as advanced nursing in general or specialty areas. Content which includes the application of scientific knowledge to patient care in addition to advanced nursing courses may include courses in related areas, e.g. human sexuality; death, dying, and grief; foreign languages (conversational); therapeutic interpersonal relationship skills; pharmacology; and those related to specialty areas of nursing practice.

Courses in nursing administration, management, education, research or other functional areas of nursing relating to indirect patient/client care would be acceptable.

• Advanced courses in physical, social and behavioral sciences.
  
  Examples:
  • Physical sciences-pathophysiology courses related to subspecialties in nursing.
  • Social sciences-physical or cultural anthropology, sociology of the family and social structure change.
  • Behavioral sciences-psychology courses including abnormal psychology, child psychology and mental health.
• Required basic courses in physical, social and behavioral sciences for RNs who are obtaining a baccalaureate or graduate degree or specialty certification.
• Courses where the primary focus is recent scientific knowledge applied to direct or indirect patient care.
  
  Content related to Direct Patient/Client care can include:
  • Advanced courses on any type of patient monitoring equipment (fetal, cardiac, respiratory, etc.).
  • Patient education strategies
  • Certification/re-certification skills such as: Advanced Life Support (ALS), audiology, etc.
  • Skills courses (stoma care, etc.)
  • Cultural and ethnic diversity
  • Foreign languages (conversational) and sign languages
  • Therapeutic interpersonal relationship skills with patients/clients
  • Courses in any specialty area of nursing practice, including occupational health nursing, school nursing, office nursing, etc.
  Content related to Indirect Patient/Client care can include:
  • Nursing administration or management, nursing education or nursing research
  • Statistics
  • Quality assurance
  • Legal aspects of nursing
  • Assertiveness
  • Teaching multi-ethnic students and staff
  • Retention of nurses in the health care delivery system, including cross training
  • Current trends in nursing and health care
  • Establishing a professional nursing business or independent practice
  • Publishing for professional journals or books
  • Instructor courses in CPR, basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS)

III. most continuing education courses offered by local schools and universities can cost over $100 per course. Even classes or lessons given by professionals throughout the community can be pricey

IV.  Peer review involves subjecting the author's scholarly work and research to the scrutiny of other experts in the same field to check its validity and evaluate its suitability for publication. A peer review helps the publisher decide whether a work should be accepted