This learning activity discusses alternative options for indwelling catheters that can reduce a patient’s risk for developing catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), a hospital-acquired infection that increases with duration of use of an indwelling catheter and costs the United States healthcare system millions every year.

This education activity reviews the indications, contraindications, and methodology of enteral feedings and highlights the role of the multidisciplinary team in the care of patients requiring enteral nutrition. The types of feeding formulations will be discussed along with routes of delivery, common complications, and ways to mitigate these risks.

This program is a pivotal step towards mastering advanced fascial closure techniques, ensuring safer surgical outcomes and setting a higher benchmark in the prevention and management of port-site hernias.

La colecistectomia laparoscopica (CL) è il trattamento di elezione per la calcolosi biliare e altre patologie della cistifellea. Sebbene sia ormai una procedura molto comune, spesso eseguita in contesti ambulatoriali, presenta comunque dei rischi per il paziente. Ogni membro dell’équipe perioperatoria, inclusi infermieri professionali, strumentisti e addetti alla sterilizzazione, svolge un ruolo fondamentale nell’ottimizzazione della sicurezza e dell’efficacia della CL. Questa attività formativa tratterà l’incidenza e la prevalenza della calcolosi biliare sintomatica, le tecniche chirurgiche chiave stabilite per garantire una rimozione sicura della cistifellea nonché le attività e gli aspetti critici legati alla sicurezza per la rigenerazione degli strumenti laparoscopici e il materiale chirurgico, come le clip del dotto cistico, che consentono a ogni paziente sottoposto a CL di evitarne le relative complicanze e ottenere un risultato post-operatorio ottimale.

This program will cover the evolution and history of surgical gloves; glove perforations and sharps injuries; the infection risk for the glove wearer and patient; double gloving and glove changing research; best glove practices; and current guidelines and standards of practice for glove changing.

This course will provide an overview of common healthcare-acquired infections and will offer practical information for appropriately following infection prevention practices that healthcare workers can use to protect themselves and the patients they care for.

The operating room has traditionally been one of the highest revenue generators for healthcare organizations. This continuing education activity will provide the perioperative nurse with information on ways to improve inventory management in the operating room. It will review the challenges and opportunities associated with effective supply management, and provide specific strategies on product standardization, inventory management and reduction, reduction of waste, data analysis, and improved physician preference card management.

This program is specifically designed to enhance the skills of all team members. The focus is on the essential steps of cleaning, disinfecting, and maintaining surgical instruments, particularly clip appliers fundamental in heart surgeries.

The purpose of this continuing education activity is to provide a review of the clinical considerations regarding the appropriate selection and use of facial protection devices in healthcare practice settings. It provides an overview of the health hazards inherent to the general healthcare and perioperative environment, criteria for appropriate selection and use of facial protection devices, and relevant regulations and recommendations for manufacture and use.

In dynamic healthcare facilities, high-touch shared equipment, including keyboards, Workstations on Wheels (WOWs), mobile tablets and smartphones, are contaminated and potential vectors for microbial transmission between users. Given the fast, daily pace in any healthcare environment, it can be challenging to effectively clean and disinfect these objects between uses by multiple team members – and do so without damaging the surfaces.

This program is designed to increase knowledge of the basics of skin health and its impact for people with incontinence. The activity will provide practical knowledge for clinicians on the care of fragile skin as well as including factors that influence skin health, how to maintain a balanced microbiome, what happens when the microbiome becomes unbalanced, and how to treat conditions related to declines in skin health.

Review advanced treatment strategies for the management of venous leg ulcers (VLUs) including maintaining an optimal environment for wound healing and the benefits of compression therapy to reduce pain, facilitate healing and prevent recurrence.

This series is designed for healthcare professionals who desire to complement existing ultrasound skills with focused assessment for the patient presenting with venous insufficiency symptomatology.

As part of a safe patient handling and mobility program, overhead lifts can help you mobilize patients earlier and often — and help mitigate complications from immobility. This ceiling mounted patient lift can help improve patient outcomes - including few falls and shorter lengths of stay in the hospital/ICU.

This continuing education activity provides a brief overview of the clinical impact and economic burden of SSIs today. The key characteristics of sterilization wrap materials that help reduce the risk for SSIs, with a focus on nonwoven double layer sterilization wrap, including test data that should be obtained from the manufacturer, will be reviewed.

Upon completion of this activity, the learner will gain knowledge regarding the common practices and advantages of surgical stapling along with the potential complications; understand tissue thickness and its relevance to cartridge selection; and learn how surgical staplers are selected and used today.

Learn how to manage the logistics of block scheduling and how to maintain efficient workflows for robotic surgeries by leveraging data and best scheduling practices. You’ll gain valuable tips for making strategic decisions around block release and using open time, with the end goal of reaching your program’s peak potential.

This continuing education activity is designed to help improve patient outcomes and safety by providing evidence-based practices, and the latest regulatory and scientific information available about sterile processing. You'll explore key steps in the manufacturing process of “premium” grade surgical instruments, clinical considerations used when selecting instruments, as well as the importance of water quality used for processing are discussed.

Both tube dislodgement and medical device-related pressure injuries can lead to significant morbidity and mortality for the patient and potential legal and financial risks for healthcare organizations. This learning activity will outline the incidence, complications, and costs of unplanned extubation and medical device-related pressure injuries.

An overview of the types of chest drains, indications for effective use and key management factors will be described. The safe and effective use of chest drainage systems will be discussed so that nurses can provide high quality care for their patients to achieve optimal care outcomes.