Nov

23

Forensic Review of Knee Injuries

November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Just a quick reminder: you still have a couple more days before the Sexual Assault Quick Reference giveaway. Head over to the post and leave your comment to be eligible!
Sometimes it’s a relief to just get back to basic clinical assessment skills. Anytime I see an offering that reinforces exam techniques, I’m all over it. [...]

Sep

29

Bullying's Impact on Girls

September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Medscape has a new CE offering on the impact of bullying on girls. Seems that a new study indicates that girls have far more long-term psychological sequelae from bullying than boys, a finding particularly interesting to me as the mother of a girl-child. If you’d like to get better acquainted with the study (or at [...]

Sep

16

Forensic Issues for Nurses

September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Medscape has a forensic-focused CE offering currently available: Forensic Issues for Nurses. It’s your standard article-posttest format and is free, with site registration. 1 CEU will be awarded upon completion.

Sep

14

New CEU Offerings

September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

RN.org has several new CE offerings available that might be of interest to readers. It’s a flat $19.95 for unlimited CEs (in a 12 month period), and they offer some of the state mandated courses, as well as a general selection. That’s actually a pretty fantastic value for the money–something to consider springing for if [...]

Sep

9

Managing STDs: Complex Cases

September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Contemporary Forums has a CE offering for both physicians and nurses on managing complex STD cases. It’s 1.5 CEs for $15, downloadable as either a PDF or MP3 (audio). You can catch a preview here if you’re not sure you want to spend the money.

Aug

12

Confirmation Bias

August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

IAFN is hosting a webinar September 10th, 2-3pm ET, Confirmation Bias and Its Impact on Forensic Nurses. Cost is $30 for members ($40 for nonmembers) and the session is meant for all forensic specialties. One CEU will be awarded for participation. You can check out a definition of confirmation bias here.

Aug

10

Domestic Violence Podcast

August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Advance for Nurses has a 4-part podcast available on domestic violence. You can listen to all of it free of charge, but the 2 CEU credits will cost you $15. This offering satisfies the Florida nursing licensure requirement, but the content is not state-specific.

Jul

30

Upcoming Trainings

July 30, 2009 | 3 Comments

I know this is a site dedicated to online education and resources, but I just want to take a minute to point out a few talks I’m giving at some of the upcoming fall conferences that might be of interest. The biggie for me is the IAFN Annual Scientific Assembly, October 21-24 in Atlanta. I’m [...]

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