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Courses We Offer Via
Mail
AIDS TODAY - (HS-12)
$64.50 - This overview of AIDS
addresses: AIDS definition, modes of transmission, predisposing conditions
and risks factors. It also examines the virus and the pathogenesis
of AIDS including opportunistic infections and malignancies, nutritional,
pharmacological, emotional, and ethical issues are discussed, plus
more. (30 contact hours)
ALTERNATIVE CAREERS
IN NURSING - (HS-14) $64.50
- While helping identify personal characteristics which will affect
one’s choice of a career, this home study course presents 16 alternative
careers in nursing. Learn how to develop career goals along with development
of a career action plan. (30 contact hours)
CARDIOVASCULAR ASSESSMENTEATING
DISORDERS - (HS-2) $64.50
- This
course updates the nurse in the very latest techniques for a complete
cardiovascular assessment. Topics include the heart, the chest, EKG,
and cardiovascular diseases. (30 contact hours)
DIABETES: CAUSE,
EFFECT, AND TREATMENT - (HS-18) $64.50
This course provides a comprehensive
guide to diagnosis, laboratory tests and monitoring, complications,
and treatment of persons with Type I, Type II, pregnancy and diabetes,
plus diabetes in children.
EATING DISORDERS -
(HS-3) $64.50An
examination of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. Included in this course
are the psychological and sociological precipitants of these disorders,
the medical complications, and criteria for hospitalization. The assessment
interview and the nurse’s roleare examined, along with the expected
outcomes of treatment. (30 contact hours)
EKG INTERPRETATION
- (HS-7) $64.50 - This course
includes: Electrical activity of the heart; EKG paper and recognizing
normal EKGs; explanations of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, along
with medical and nursing interventions. This course lays the foundation
for an advanced class in EKG interpretation and is an asset for ACLS
certification. (30 contact hours)
GERIATRIC NUSING
PRINCIPLES - (HS-5) $64.50 - Care
of the aging client is presented in this new course. Nursing diagnosis,
intervention, and evaluation are discussed, along with application
of these processes. This course also includes physical assessment,
activities of daily living, nutrition, drug therapy, and death, so
important in the care of the elderly. Cognitive characteristics and
factors that influence cognitive responses are also discussed. (30
contact hours)
LAB TESTS INTERPRETATIONS - (HS-8)
$64.50 - This
course is practical and informative. It presents the most commonly used
lab tests in most hospitals. It also give the nursing implications for
each test, allowing the nurse to correlate this data with the clinical
diagnosis and the implications of the diagnostic data, along with any
special requirements for the patient. (30 contact hours)
LUPUS - WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? (HS-17)
$64.50 - Find
out the latest medical information and alternative treatments for this
strange and terrible autoimmune disease. Learn new ways to turn worry
into action, increase assertiveness, and ease pain. (30 contact
hours)
MANAGING STRESS (HS-10) $64.50
- Identify
stress factors in yourself and others! This course will also help the
individual identify the means of coping with stress while examining
life-style habits to improve health and reduce stress. (30 contact
hours)
PERINATAL ASSESSMENT (HS-9) $64.50
- This
detailed course updates the nurse on the latest techniques for assessment
of the newborn. The course includes special characteristics and goals
of fetal assessment, along with effects on the newborn of chemical and
physical exposure. Nursing considerations and interventions are discussed
throughout the text. Prenatal assessment of the mother and fetus are
described. (30 contact hours)
PHARMACOLOGY UPDATE (HS-6) $64.50
- Drugs
and drug therapies change every day! This course updates you on all
the very latest drugs in common use today. This course also discusses
the most recent advances in the clinical practice of Pharmacology. Included
are: Cardio Emergency drugs, antibiotics, psychotropic drugs, and many
other relevant topics in Pharmacology. (30 contact hours)
PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT ADVANCED (HS-15)
$64.50 - This
course updates the nurse in the assessment of the following areas: 1)
Lungs and Thorax, 2) Cardiovascular, 3) Mental Status, and 4) Neurological.
Individual courses in these areas have been among our most often-requested
courses. (30 contact hours)
PSYCHIATRIC SKILLS FOR NON-PSYCH
NURSES (HS-1) $64.50 - A
course designed to help the non-psych nurse gain insight into the care
of patients with psychiatric disorders in a non-psychiatric setting.
The nurse will be able to describe and use "No Harm" contracts,
plus the use of psychopharmacology, and much more. (30 contact
hours)
REAL LAMAZE PREPARED CHILDBIRTH (HS-13)
$64.50 - This
course equips the participant with the best knowledge and training used
as necessary tools to cope with labor, by understanding the course of
labor and how mental preconditioning greatly influences the course of
labor. (30 contact hours)
INDENTIFY THE SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE
ABUSE (HS-16) $64.50 - This
course covers the abuse of all addictive drugs, dangerous drugs, and
abused chemicals. This overview will discuss common characteristics
of addiction, as well as many characteristics unique to certain chemicals
of abuse, presenting statistics of substance abuse, prevalence of addiction,
risk factors, and susceptibility. (30 contact hours)
TRAUMATIC INJURIES IN CHILDREN
(HS-11) $64.50 - This
course offers ways to identify common causes of tramatic injuries in
children, and steps to stabilize the child in the field and emergency
department. It addresses the care of children with traumatic injuries,
including child abuse, and the importance of rehabilitation. (30
contact hours)
UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLE PERSONALITY
DISORDERS (HS-4) $64.50 - This
course will enable the participant to identify dissociative disorders.
It explains the phenomenon of the personality system, and the relationships
the personalities have with each other and with the host. Treatment,
management, and the role of the nursing staff in the hospital setting
are discussed, and more. (30 contact hours)
Nurses Research Publication
PO Box 480 l Hayward,
CA 94543-0480
Phone: (510) 888-9070 l
Fax: (510) 537-3434
Email: nationalresearch.nrp@att.net
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