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2007 Continuing Education Programs

End of Life Care

Uterine Ablation

Vietnam Nurses

Insulin Alert

January 15, 2007


  1. Identify ways to foster a good death for the dying patient.
  2. Cite ways to address the physical, emotional and spiritual pain of the dying patient

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March 19, 2007


  1. Learner will define menorrhagia and treatment options
    1. Mennorhagia: What is it? Who does it effect?
    2. Treatment Options

  2. Learner will identify uterine ablation as one treatment options and list types of UA
    1. Uterine Ablation
    2. Definition
    3. Types
    4. Benefits and risks
    5. Long-term prognosis

  3. Learner will be able to list nursing interventions for preop teaching, postop care
    1. Pre-op Teaching

  4. Post-op Care

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May 17, 2007


  1. View the DVD "Vietnam Nurses" with Dana Delany as narrator.
    1. Show the DVD of "Vietnam Nurses."
      Donna White is one of the six nurses interviewed on the DVD.

  2. Discuss the emotional story of women whose lives were changed by casualties of war.
    1. First experiences with battle wounded
    2. Surviving those first few weeks of inexperience

  3. Discuss what they did, and what they saw.
  4. Describe how this relates in 2007.
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July 16, 2007

Insulin Alert,
Vickie McLean, RN, BSN

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September 17, 2007

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November 19, 2007

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