Feb
14
20 Free CMEs/CEUs
February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
In my continuing quest to provide better access to free CME/CEUs for FHO readers, I decided to trawl through Medscape tonight and round up 20 offerings that can be completed quickly and easily. A couple caveats, though: 1.) not all of them are for RNs–physician and midlevel only CEs are marked accordingly; 2.) these things [...]
Jan
20
In My Inbox: Threats in the ED & This Emotional Life
January 20, 2010 | 2 Comments
This morning when I booted up my email I found two great things to share. The first is a fantastic blog entry over at Chief Complaint (the Medscape ED Physician’s blog). It briefly discusses an encounter with a patient who threatens to kill an ED nurse (among other unpleasant things), and asks the questions: “Is [...]
Jan
12
Management of Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The United States VA/DoD have developed new guidelines for managing concussion and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Whether as combat injuries or resulting from assaults or MVAs, this is an issue we’re seeing pretty regularly. Medscape is offering a free CE/CME on the new guidelines; maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians, 0.50 ANCC [...]
Aug
3
Articles of Note: August [Mountain] Edition
August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature. All of these are from the July/August/September issues. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. All links [...]
Jul
6
Articles of Note: July Edition
July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature. Most of these are from the June/July/August issues. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Most links [...]
Jun
15
Invisible Injuries of War
June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Coming Home Project, a non-profit organization devoted to providing compassionate care, support and stress management tools for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, their families, and their service providers, has a series of videos and podcasts on a host of different issues related to the physical and mental health needs of returning service men and women.
Jun
11
Rural Mental Healthcare Provision
June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education has a series of grand round webinars on mental health issues for rural and frontier healthcare providers. CEUs & CMEs are available 1 year from the time of the original offerings, so all of these have CEs in place through at least November, ‘09 (and 3 of the [...]
Jun
10
Blast Injuries
June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
RN.com has a 1 credit offering on blast injuries available for $5. It’s your standard article-posttest format. Objectives include:
1. Identify factors that affect blast injuries.
2. Describe the types of injuries that can occur from explosions.
3. Define the two major classifications of explosives.
4. Describe basic mechanisms of blast injuries.
5. Identify the types of injuries associated with [...]
May
7
PTSD & Traumatic Brain Injury
May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The University of Louisville Health Sciences Center has a free online course on PTSD & traumatic brain injury. Presented by Humana Military Healthcare Services, the course is meant to benefit “both civilian trauma patients and affected service members. Improved quality of care will reduce healthcare costs and morbidity related to these conditions. This course is [...]
Apr
22
Sexual Violence in the Military
April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
NYSCASA is hosting a webinar May 4th: Sexual Violence in the Military. It’s advertised as being NY state-specific, so if you’re in the area, it might be a good use of time (and I’m assuming if you’re not you could probably still attend). The featured speaker is a Navy SARC; it looks like medical will [...]
