Continuing Education
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Antimicrobial Resistance - This course series provides an overview of how antimicrobial resistance occurs and what can be done to prevent resistant organisms from developing.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Detection - A five part series developed with support from the Wisconsin Dept of Health & Family Services Well Woman Program and the CDC National Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
Children's Vision - A presentation of current issues related to children's vision for nurses practicing in all health care settings.
Clinical Primer: Potential Hepatic Complications with Triazole Therapy - Enhance your understanding of treatment for Invasive Fungal Infections (IFIs).
Core Skills in Analytical Assessment - An introduction to sources and uses of epidemiological data to guide the need, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs.
Core Skills in the Cultural Dimensions of Practice - Learn how to become a culturally competent practitioner.
Cross Cultural Health Care: Case Studies - Become familiar with the many issues that may arise while working in a pediatric setting with people from different cultures.
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease - Enhance your understanding of current approaches to diagnosis and cognitive screening for Alzheimer's Disease. (Download PDF flyer, 59 KB)
Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines for ADHF Treatment - Developed for professionals who care for patients with chronic heart failure and ADHF.
Gerontological Nursing - Lecture series by Professor Thelma Wells on the issues of aging.
Guided Participation: Strategies to Empower Families - Transform your nursing practice by learning this method of working with families to develop competencies for caregiving practices.
Health Literacy: Communication Tools/Techniques/Strategies - Strategies learned throughout this course will help providers retain an awareness of their own communication skills as they guide patients to successful health management.
Health Literacy: Patient's Point of View Case Study Evaluation - Case studies with health literacy practices describe the process of making health communication understandable for all.
Health Literacy: Why is it a Challenge? - Enhance the delivery of health care to all patients through knowledge gained in this course.
Interdisciplinary Care and Management of Obese Patients - Learn about the physical and sociological approaches in caring for a patient with obesity.
Legal Issues for Nurses - Nurse attorney, Linda Gobis, RN, FNP, JD provides state-of-the-art information on legal issues for nurses practicing in all health care settings.
Patient Safety - Develop new ways to enhance quality health care and improve patient safety. Learn about patient safety issues related to nurse staffing levels and practice environments.
Pediatric Special Health Care Needs: Case Studies - Six interrelated courses provide an interdisciplinary approach to working with children with special health care needs.
Pharmacotherapy for the Primary Care Provider - This 47 contact hour series of online course modules presented by faculty at the Schools of Pharmacy and Nursing prepares nurses for prescriptive authority.
Precepting Community Health Nursing Students - Develop the knowledge and skills needed to be an effective practice-based preceptor for undergraduate community health nursing students.
Stem Cell Research: Implications for Health Professionals - Lectures by James Thomson, VMD, PhD, and Janet Williams, PhD, RN, FAAN on the importance of human embryonic stem cells, possible clinical applications, and the challenges of stem cell therapy.
Strategies for Caring for the Person with Alzheimer's Disease - Enhance your understanding of nursing interventions for persons with Alzheimer's disease. (Download PDF flyer, 60 KB)
Wisconsin's Public Health Nursing Practice Model - Susan Zahner, DrPH, RN, introduces the Wisconsin Public Health Nursing Practice Model as an organizing framework for learning population-focused public health nursing.