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New Continuing Education Courses

New 2019 Continuing Education Courses

Exciting new courses include:

  • Influenza (The Flu)
  • Postsurgical Care
  • Managing Compassion Fatigue
  • Medication Assistance
  • Supporting a Client with Hearing Loss
  • Professional Boundaries
  • Opioids and Pain Management
  • Client Use of Marijuana in Home Care

It’s Easy to Register!

Individual providers:

  1. Log in My Benefits using the login box in the upper left corner of this website.
  2. Click on “Manage My Training.”
  3. Click on “Training Search” to see classes available to you.
  4. Click “My Training Calendar” to see all your enrolled classes.
  5. If taking an online course, click “Launch” to begin.

Agency providers – contact your employer to sign up.

Languages:

All classes will be available in 11 additional languages in the classroom and 5 additional languages online later this year. Contact the Member Resource Center for more information at 1-866-371-3200 (8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Friday).

Course Information:

Course Title Description Format Hours Number of CE Credits
Influenza (The Flu) Learn about influenza and how to:

  • Tell the differences between cold and flu symptoms.
  • Identify which groups are at higher risk of flu-related complications.
  • Recognize emergency warning signs of the flu.
  • Protect yourself against the flu using infection control practices.
 Online 1 1
Postsurgical Care Learn how to work with a client to reduce their chance to develop respiratory tract infections, constipation, surgical site infections, and blood clots. Support a post-surgical client manage their pain and learn how to appropriately respond to emergencies. Online

Classroom

 3 3
Managing Compassion Fatigue Learn about the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, the different phases and how to best address it. Online

Classroom

 2 2
Medication Assistance Learn how to:

  • Best help a client with medication.
  • Know the differences between medication assistance and medication administration.
  • Apply “the five rights.”
  • What to do if a client refuses medication.

 

 Online

Classroom

 2 2
Supporting a Client with Hearing Loss Learn how to:

  • Support a client with hearing loss.
  • Report. signs of hearing loss in a client.
  • Communicate with a client who has hearing loss.
  • Utilize best practices to prevent hearing loss and find the best resources to help clients with hearing loss.
 Online

Classroom

 2 2
Cultural Humility This class teaches you about cultural humility and diversity. Learn:

  • What cultural humility means.
  • How you can communicate with your client to support their cultural values.
  • What bias — both implicit and explicit — means and how to recognize and modify your own bias.
 Online

Classroom

 1 1
Professional Boundaries Learn how to maintain professional boundaries while working with clients. Online

Classroom

 1 1
Opioids and Client Use of Marijuana in Home Care

 

 Understand:

  • How opioid medications work for pain management.
  • Risks associated with opioid use.
  • How to support clients to minimize these risks.

This course also explains the possible uses of medical marijuana and the positive and negative effects associated with its use. Learn how to:

  • Respond to negative effects of marijuana use.
  • Provide support to a client who legally uses medical marijuana.
 Classroom 3 3
Opioids and Pain Management Understand how opioid medications:

  • Work for pain management.
  • Risks associated with opioid use.
  • How to support clients to minimize these risks.
 Online

 

 2 2
Client Use of Marijuana in Home Care This course also explains the possible uses of medical marijuana and the positive and negative effects associated with its use. Learn how to:

  • Respond to negative effects of marijuana use.
  • Provide support to a client who legally uses medical marijuana.
 Online 1 1