CEU Courses

Browse by profession:

Featured Articles

• Continuing Nursing Education – Worth Our Time and Energy - Continuing Nursing Education - Worth Our Time and Energy March 15, 2018 By Karen Wilkinson, RN, NHA, CLNC – CareerSmart Learning Contributor Nurses are constantly learning.  It is part of the daily routine.   New equipment arrives, an unfamiliar diagnosis is written, regulations and policies change, or an ethical or cultural dilemma interrupts the day. Keeping up with current nursing practice can be challenging, but it is the nurse’s responsibility to do so. One of the many ways nurses learn is through continuing nursing education.  As licensed nurses, continuing education requirements are part of licensure renewal for nearly everyone.  But, the benefits go beyond just the licensure requirements.  Continuing nursing education is integral to a nurse’s professional development.  It builds on the basic education that was required for licensure, and also on past and present professional work experience.  As knowledge and competence in nursing practice increase with continuing nursing education, so ...Read More

• Gratitude - Gratitude November 20, 2018 By Karen Wilkinson, RN, NHA, CLNC – CareerSmart Learning Contributor The Thanksgiving holiday is right around the corner.  It’s a day to gather with friends and family, eat very well, and even watch a little football.  But more than all of those good things, it’s the one time each year we pause and think about the people and things we are grateful for and deeply appreciate having in our lives.  Most of us can come up with a fairly lengthy “gratitude” list, and we are reminded by Novelist and Playwright Thornton Wilder that, “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” [1] Does gratitude come to mind when you think about your job?  The privilege of being entrusted with the care of another is just what we signed up for when we became healthcare professionals.  ...Read More
• Gestational Diabetes and Lifelong Diabetes Risk - Gestational Diabetes and Lifelong Diabetes Risk November 14, 2018 By Karen Wilkinson, RN, NHA, CLNC – CareerSmart Learning Contributor November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and the goal of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is to focus attention on gestational diabetes, the type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy.  Although gestational diabetes generally goes away after the baby is born, NIDDK wants us to know that these mothers and babies have an increased, lifelong risk for development of type 2 diabetes.  The surprising statistic is the magnitude of that risk.  Fifty percent of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes will go on to develop type 2 diabetes later in life.[1]  And the babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes are also at risk for the development of type 2 diabetes later in life, as well obesity during their child or teen years.[2]   Some women ...Read More