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Quantum Units Education

Quantum Units Education

HIV research and clinical care course covering transmission, risk factors, screening, diagnosis, treatment, patient support, and prevention of HIV transmission in healthcare settings. Nurses must understand what HIV is, how it is and is not spread, associated risk factors, best practices related to screening, diagnosis, and treatment, how to support patients, and how to prevent HIV transmission.

Quantum Units Education

Quantum Units Education

Stroke affects millions of people worldwide and is the cause of approximately 7 million deaths each year. Due to an increase in the prevalence of risk factors for stroke, nurses and other healthcare workers are caring for patients experiencing stroke more frequently. Nurses must understand what a stroke is, identify risk factors, recognize signs and symptoms, be knowledgeable about current evidence-based treatment and prevention methods, and understand their role in promoting optimal outcomes after a stroke. This course provides the information nurses need to deliver excellent stroke-related care.

Quantum Units Education

Course reviews various types of wounds and their signs and symptoms, identifies risk factors for developing wounds or complications, understands prevention strategies, reviews evidence-based treatment methods, and outlines nursing interventions that support optimal outcomes.

Quantum Units Education

Quantum Units Education

Oncology social work course reviewing core competencies of care coordination including providing culturally competent care, navigating the health care system, addressing barriers to care, and supporting patients during transitions throughout the disease trajectory.

Quantum Units Education

Quantum Units Education

Self-compassion is the act of being supportive toward oneself when experiencing suffering or pain, whether caused by personal mistakes and inadequacies or by external life challenges. This course will examine self-compassion from theoretical and practical perspectives, helping mental health professionals cultivate skills and strategies for its application in their personal and professional lives. A special focus will be placed on addressing the societal and personal narratives that particularly affect wellness.

Quantum Units Education

Quantum Units Education

Quantum Units Education

Evidence-based education regarding concussions, including what a concussion is, types of concussions, risk factors, symptoms, diagnostic tools, treatment, potential complications, and necessary patient education, to help promote optimal outcomes.

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This course reviews the social constructions and meanings attached to menopause and how this impacts women's experiences of menopause, with emphasis on the sociocultural and historical context while examining menopause from an integrative approach considering interaction of current and past sociocultural contexts, biology, psychology, and social and family environments.

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Health issues distinctive to women encompass all of the dimensions in which a woman interacts with herself and her environment—mind, body, and spirit. This course will include information on healthy lifestyle behaviors, risk factors, and interventions for common health issues in women. Major health promotion issues and treatment in the care of women, including sexual and reproductive health, gynecologic cancers, perimenopause and menopause, breast care, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and psychological health will be highlighted.

NetCE

NetCE

This course outlines appropriate approaches to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of female sexual dysfunction in order to enhance patients-provider communication and improve patient outcomes and well-being.

NetCE

NetCE

A course reviewing clinical trials and research on cannabis and other cannabinoids in the treatment or management of diseases and conditions, covering potential indications, pharmacology, mechanism of action, side effects, contraindications, and the history of medicinal cannabis use.

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This course outlines the demographics of antidepressant-associated sexual dysfunction and gender-specific manifestations, and enriches knowledge of sexual side effects and approaches to management to improve patients' adherence to antidepressant therapy and overall quality of life.

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Opioid stewardship in multimorbidity demands clinical sophistication beyond guideline adherence. It requires individualized risk-benefit analysis, mastery of pharmacokinetic principles, commitment to functional rather than purely pain-focused goals, and most critically, interprofessional collaboration.

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This course provides up-to-date information regarding the demographics and characteristics of club drug users, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, clinical signs and symptoms, and available treatment for persons experiencing acute or long-term adverse effects of club drug toxicity.

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The consumption of hallucinogenic drugs has the potential to result in short-term and long-term negative outcomes. A negative reaction to hallucinations that result upon ingestion of these drugs (a 'bad trip') can present with similar signs and symptoms of mental illness, particularly psychosis and schizophrenia. Therefore, careful patient history and knowledge of the signs of hallucinogen intoxication can facilitate appropriate diagnosis and treatment.

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This course provides up-to-date information regarding demographics and characteristics of cannabis users, history of therapeutic and recreational use, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, clinical signs and symptoms, biologic and behavioral manifestations of short-term and long-term usage, as well as pharmacotherapy, psychosocial, 12-step, and alternative therapy for persons seeking recovery from compulsive use and addiction to cannabis.

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This course provides information regarding the characteristics of patients with opioid use disorder; the mechanism of opioid action and the neurobiology of opioid addiction; the epidemiology, diagnosis and risk factors of opioid abuse and dependence; and pharmacologic, psychosocial, 12-step/self-help, and alternative therapies that are effective in treating opioid use disorders.