Continuing Education for Healthcare Providers
Saint Francis University offers a convenient and affordable way for healthcare providers to obtain contact hours to fulfill mandatory continuing education requirements.
At only $10 per contact hour, the courses are reasonably priced and meet licensing board requirements for license renewal, certification, or promotion in the workplace. The courses, as well as technical support, are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provide instant completion of course certificates. All courses are available for one year from the release date.
Secure, online payment may be made using Master Card, Discover, or VISA.
Once you purchase a course, you receive a login that you can re-use when you purchase another course. All courses are available for one year after date of release.
- Treating Chronic Pain: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) and Arthritis
Released 1/15/2013
1 Contact Hour - $10.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will educate members of the healthcare team on arthritis, treatment options (non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic) and will review the risks and benefits associated with NSAIDS. Course Description (pdf)
- Understanding and Fighting Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Released 1/15/2013
1 Contact Hour - $10.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will review the most recent guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pneumonia and skin and skin-structure infections caused by MRSA. Course Description (pdf)
- Understanding Schizophrenia: Optimizing Treatment/Improving Compliance
Released 1/15/2013
1 Contact Hour - $10.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will provide information on the underlying conditions, potential of currently available treatment options and their probable benefits and possible side effects, long-term medication and adherence problems, and the need to educate patients and family members about drug treatment and patient care strategies. Course Description (pdf)
- Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis, Treatment Options and Outcomes
Released 1/15/2013
1 Contact Hour - $10.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will give healthcare providers an update on available pharmaceutical treatment options for bipolar disorder with a focus on improving patient care and adherence. The program includes information on the disease state, pharmacologic treatments, and patient care and counseling. Course Description (pdf)
- HIV: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Released 1/15/2013
2 Contact Hours - $20.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will give healthcare providers a review of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The program includes information on the disease state, pharmacologic treatments, and patient care and counseling. Course Description (pdf)
- Therapeutic Uses of Natural Products
Released 1/15/2013
3 Contact Hours - $30.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will give healthcare providers an overview of the therapeutic uses of natural products. The program includes information on the principle and proposed therapeutic uses, and the potential complications and side effects of natural products, their pharmacological properties, and patient care and counseling. Course Description (pdf)
- Anemia Causes and Treatments in Patients with Cancer
Released 1/15/2013
2 Contact Hours - $20.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will give healthcare providers a review of the causes and treatments of anemia in cancer patients. This program includes information on the chronic disease state, pharmacologic treatments, prevention, and patient care and counseling issues. Course Description (pdf)
- Assessments and Treatment of Patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Released 1/15/2013
3 Contact Hours - $30.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will give healthcare providers an overview of diagnosis, clinical presentation, pharmacologic treatments, and patient care and counseling issues of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Course Description (pdf)
- Asthma Management: Control and Prevention
Released 1/15/2013
3 Contact Hours - $30.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will give healthcare providers an overview of the treatment of the asthmatic patient. The program includes diagnosis, treatments, and patient care and counseling issues.
- Treating Hypoglycemia in the Medically Complicated Patient with Type II Diabetes
Released 1/15/2013
2 Contact Hours - $20.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will give healthcare providers an overview of the basic anatomy and physiology of diabetes, its causes, effects and preventive measures and their role in the care of the patient with hypoglycemia.
- Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention
Released 1/15/2013
2 Contact Hours - $20.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;- Holiday Blues: Depression in Seniors
Released 1/15/2013
1 Contact Hour - $10.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will provide healthcare providers with background information on depression in the elderly. It will include assessment criteria, care parameters, evaluation of expected outcomes and clinical practice guidelines. Course Description (pdf)
- Code Blue: What To Do Until the Code Team Arrives
Released 1/15/2013
2 Contact Hours - $20.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will provide education for healthcare providers in the early recognition and treatment of emergently ill patients prior to the arrival of the code team. Course Description (pdf)
- Accidental Poisoning: Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment
Released 1/15/2013
2 Contact Hours - $20.00
CE credit for: Registered Nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners;This program will provide education for healthcare providers in the prevention, early recognition and treatment of patients with accidental poisoning.
