Is anyone else out there struggling to keep up on clinical skills not used often in practice? Some practice areas I perform every single shift in primary care, like counseling on weight loss, evaluating depression and anxiety, prescribing the trifecta of medications for severe metabolic disease, starting insulin, or even treating common communicable diseases. In these places, I feel confident and secure. However, in skills I go months without using confidence is not something I feel. Give me an 8-year-old with a busted open knee that needs sutures and I am going to need a moment to gather myself and review my plan of action.
At NPACE, we have found the same feedback from our learners about the need to continue to maintain clinical skills and knowledge. We are proud to now provide ongoing skills education, continue reading…
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Share the luck this March and Save 10% off your entire cart on the NPACE Learning Center from March 17th -31st and get a jump start on earning your CE credit this spring! View our more than 180+ courses available and 20+ bundles to find exactly the topic you need. Use code: SPRINGSALE at checkout to redeem this offer! Register here! *Excludes Nonpf Bundle
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Save 10% off the price of our Women’s Health bundle! Earn a total of 5.5 CE & 3.25 Pharmacology CE upon completion by March 31st at 11:59 PM EST. Use Code: MARBUNDLE23 at checkout to take advantage of this offer.
The 36-credit online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree at Monmouth University is a post-masters academic degree that focuses on organizational/systems leadership and scholarship in order to address today’s highly complex and rapidly evolving healthcare environments.
Their Open House is on April 15 @10AM. Register for their Open House if you’d like to learn more!
March is “Brain Injury Awareness Month” and as we spring ahead towards warmer weather, let us take a moment to grasp the significance these injuries have on individuals, communities, and society. It is estimated that there are 64,000 deaths annually in the United States (US) due to traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), and 176 deaths per day.1 The definition of a TBI varies among experts but generally, these injuries result from an indirect or direct blow to the head which causes an alternation in normal brain function.2 A TBI can further be defined as a closed, or open injury, and is classified as mild (concussion), moderate, or severe.1,2 These injuries lead to derangement of cellular, subcellular, and neurobiological changes which have the potential to cause devastating changes to an individual’s Continue reading
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NPACE Notes: March 2023
From the Director
Keeping My Skills Up: The struggle is real
By: Terri Schmitt, Executive Director
Is anyone else out there struggling to keep up on clinical skills not used often in practice? Some practice areas I perform every single shift in primary care, like counseling on weight loss, evaluating depression and anxiety, prescribing the trifecta of medications for severe metabolic disease, starting insulin, or even treating common communicable diseases. In these places, I feel confident and secure. However, in skills I go months without using confidence is not something I feel. Give me an 8-year-old with a busted open knee that needs sutures and I am going to need a moment to gather myself and review my plan of action.
At NPACE, we have found the same feedback from our learners about the need to continue to maintain clinical skills and knowledge. We are proud to now provide ongoing skills education, continue reading…
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Share the luck this March and Save 10% off your entire cart on the NPACE Learning Center from March 17th -31st and get a jump start on earning your CE credit this spring! View our more than 180+ courses available and 20+ bundles to find exactly the topic you need. Use code: SPRINGSALE at checkout to redeem this offer! Register here!
*Excludes Nonpf Bundle
Bundle of the Month – Women’s Health Bundle
Save 10% off the price of our Women’s Health bundle! Earn a total of 5.5 CE & 3.25 Pharmacology CE upon completion by March 31st at 11:59 PM EST. Use Code: MARBUNDLE23 at checkout to take advantage of this offer.
Register here!
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Monmouth University
The 36-credit online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree at Monmouth University is a post-masters academic degree that focuses on organizational/systems leadership and scholarship in order to address today’s highly complex and rapidly evolving healthcare environments.
Their Open House is on April 15 @10AM. Register for their Open House if you’d like to learn more!
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Monthly Article
Traumatic Brain Injuries: Increasing Awareness
March is “Brain Injury Awareness Month” and as we spring ahead towards warmer weather, let us take a moment to grasp the significance these injuries have on individuals, communities, and society. It is estimated that there are 64,000 deaths annually in the United States (US) due to traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), and 176 deaths per day.1 The definition of a TBI varies among experts but generally, these injuries result from an indirect or direct blow to the head which causes an alternation in normal brain function.2 A TBI can further be defined as a closed, or open injury, and is classified as mild (concussion), moderate, or severe.1,2 These injuries lead to derangement of cellular, subcellular, and neurobiological changes which have the potential to cause devastating changes to an individual’s Continue reading
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