Jul
14
Vicarious Trauma
July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The National Child Protection Training Center is offering a webinar on vicarious trauma Thursday, August 19th at 3pm CT. Registration is $10. From the site: This workshop will address the effects of working with and responding to children who have witnessed and experienced violence, the effects of working with the people whose loved ones have [...]
Jul
7
Articles of Note: July Edition
July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the June/July issues and electronic previews. 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. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s [...]
Jun
24
Co-Occurring Disorders
June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Family Justice Center Alliance has a summer webinar series beginning July 1 on co-occurring disorders in domestic violence cases. You can see the complete series schedule and registration information after the jump. All webinars are free of charge, but require pre-registration to attend:
Jun
11
Articles of Note: May/June Edition
June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time for May and June’s Articles of Note {so sorry to have not gotten one done last month!}. All of these are from the late April/May/June issues and electronic previews. 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 [...]
Jun
9
New Online CEUs
June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
IAFN just released 4 new online CEU offerings. They’re $10 for members, $20 for non-members. Perfect for those of you trying to recertify. You can see the complete listing of all the available courses here.
May
25
Abuse and Mental Health Outcomes in Older Women
May 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Medscape has a free CME offering available, Exposure to Abuse Linked to Poorer Mental Health in Older, Functionally Independent Women. Physicians will receive 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credit upon completion of the article and corresponding post-test. As with all Medscape articles, site registration is required.
Apr
9
Articles of Note: April Edition
April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time for April’s Articles of Note. All of these are from the late March/April/May issues and electronic previews. 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. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s [...]
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 [...]
Feb
10
Proposed Changes to the DSM
February 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
The APA has posted proposed revisions to the DSM that might be of interest. Comments can be submitted until April 20th should you be so inclined (the DSM-V is due to be published in 2013). Rewriting the DSM has not been without controversy, thus far.
Feb
9
Articles of Note: February Edition
February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature (something I almost forgot to do this month!). All of these are from the late January/February/March issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that [...]
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