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Courses We Offer Via
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AIDS TODAY - (HS-12)
$49.50 - 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) $49.50 -
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) $49.50 -
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) $49.50
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) $49.50An 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) $49.50 - 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) $49.50 - 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)
$49.50 - 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) $49.50 - 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) $49.50
- 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) $49.50
- 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) $49.50
- 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) $49.50 - 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) $49.50 - 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) $49.50 - 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) $49.50 - 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) $49.50 - 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) $49.50 - 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@worldnet.att.net
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