This module offers 0.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education credits for nurses. To claim the credits, the course must be completed prior to June 30, 2025. Once your evaluation is complete, under Main Menu in SiTEL click on the CloudCME link and click on My CE/ Transcript to find the credits the next business day. About this Module: The safety of every blood transfusion relies on positive patient identification, accurate documentation, and strict adherence to procedure at each of these steps in the process: Ordering the transfusion Collecting and labeling the pretransfusion sample Testing the pretransfusion sample Obtaining blood from the Transfusion Service Transporting blood to the patient care site Checking blood at the bedside Monitoring the patient during transfusion Completing the transfusion Responding to transfusion reaction signs & symptoms that develop during or shortly after transfusion

• Faculty: Justina Pangallo
• ID: Pr-038015

Pleur-Evac "SAHARA" Training

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-015566

Please launch in CHROME or FireFox The module entitled CIWA Scale Assessment is an interactive module designed to educate Nursing associates about the CIWA-Ar scale and how to score it. A video portraying patient experiencing alcohol withdrawal is broken down into segments to allow the nurse to correctly score the patient’s level of withdrawal .

• Faculty: Cassandra Graziano
• ID: Pr-019887

COWS - Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale Presentation

• Faculty: Cassandra Graziano
• ID: Pr-033272

Bridge Transfusion Administration

• Faculty: Lydia Burke
• ID: Pr-035078

This presentation provides an overview of the Zoll R Series defibrillator

• Faculty: Elizabeth Gonder
• ID: Pr-030934

This module is for training purposes for the ZOLL R series Defibrillator. It is a requirement for participation in a hands-on session at your entity.

• Faculty: Elizabeth Gonder
• ID: Pr-030935

This presentation provides information on how to properly pace using the Zoll R series defibrillator

• Faculty: Elizabeth Gonder
• ID: Pr-030936

This presentation provides an overview of how to monitor using the Zoll R series defibrillator

• Faculty: Elizabeth Gonder
• ID: Pr-030937

Best practices review for CAUTI prevention.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-031117

The purpose of this program is to describe the risks of immobility to patients and the importance and benefits of Safe Patient Handling. The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool 2.0 is illustrated and the role of licensed associates in completion is described. By assessing the BMAT Level daily, members of the team will have current information on the correct equipment needed to mobilize the patient safely.

• Faculty: Elizabeth Gonder
• ID: Pr-030389

The purpose of this module is to describe the how the BMAT 2.0 level will be communicated to members of the team and where to locate it in the electronic medical record. Location of reference is also included. Scenarios are presented to test your knowledge.

• Faculty: Elizabeth Gonder
• ID: Pr-030390

This module reviews the proper use of the C-SSRS tool.

• Faculty: Cassandra Graziano
• ID: Pr-026340

This MedStar Health on line education, “The Deteriorating Patient Condition” was developed in response to nursing peer review showing lack of identification of the deteriorating patient and failure to rescue. Through scenario based learning the module emphasizes tracking and trending, using the Cerner MedConnect System, to visualize subtle vital sign changes over time and identify when a patient is deteriorating. The module then incorporates the next steps of knowing how to escalate care when needed and the use effective communication techniques.

• Faculty: Amabelle Grace Aureus
• ID: Pr-018019

Posttest for The Deteriorating Patient Condition

• Faculty: Amabelle Grace Aureus
• ID: Pr-018021

Rapid lowering of blood pressure and/or use of IV antihypertensive agents has been identified as a safety risk for patients in the ED and inpatient settings. MedStar has established new guidelines for the safe management of markedly elevated blood pressure in adult patients presenting to the emergency department and inpatient settings. This activity reviews the new guidelines and how it will affect nursing associates in both the inpatient and emergency department settings.

• Faculty: Kristie Dutrow
• ID: Pr-036187

MedConnect PowerChart Nursing Training Videos

• Faculty: Lydia Burke
• ID: Pr-028653

MedConnect Nursing: Medication Administration and Specimen Collection Training

• Faculty: Lydia Burke
• ID: Pr-028686

VitalsLink

• Faculty: Lydia Burke
• ID: Pr-026141

Resolve a Discrepancy

• Faculty: Kellie Bedford
• ID: Pr-030466

Recover a Failed Storage Space

• Faculty: Kellie Bedford
• ID: Pr-030468

Waste a Medication

• Faculty: Kellie Bedford
• ID: Pr-030485

Inventory Controlled Medications

• Faculty: Kellie Bedford
• ID: Pr-030492

This online course defines what Hazardous Drugs are where they are found in the healthcare environment, and how they are classified. In this module there are interactive ways to classify hazardous drugs as low or high risk, and emphasis is placed on what precautions the healthcare worker,patient and family should take when handling  these drugs. 

• Faculty: Patricia Filomena
• ID: Pr-027529

This module covers MedStar's Drug Diversion Prevention program.

• Faculty: Rodney Benson
• ID: Pr-025547

IPCE Information for the Drug Diversion Prevention Awareness module.

• Faculty: Rodney Benson
• ID: Pr-034385

The improper wasting of controlled substances is one of the most common ways to divert drugs. When a medication dosage contains more than the amount ordered, a nurse or anesthesiologist is required to waste the remaining medication in the cactus sink, with a documented witness present. This course describes the process and expectations of witnessing wasting of unused remainder of a controlled substance.

• Faculty: Rodney Benson
• ID: Pr-033565

This presentation discusses the indications, dosing, administration, and nursing responsibilities for ketamine in the Emergency Department, Perioperative setting, and Inpatient units.

• Faculty: Joy Ann Burke
• ID: Pr-033511

This presentation discusses the indications, dosing, administration, and nursing responsibilities for low dose continuous lidocaine in the perioperative setting and inpatient units

• Faculty: Joy Ann Burke
• ID: Pr-033512

This course/content offers Continuing Professional Education credits. To claim the credits, the course must be completed prior to 10/30/2023. Once your evaluation is complete, log on to https://medstar.cloud-cme.com and toggle to your Transcript to find the credits the next business day. This presentation includes education and training around how to most effectively educate patients and their families on their medical condition using the ASK Me 3 and Teach Back method.

• Faculty: Karen Corson
• ID: Pr-029858

This presentation reviews MedStar's pain management initiative and goals to combat the opioid epidemic

• Faculty: Joy Ann Burke
• ID: Pr-033510

This course/content offers Continuing Professional Education credits. To claim the credits, the course must be completed prior to 5/2/2027 . Once your evaluation is complete, log on to https://medstar.cloud-cme.com and toggle to your Transcript to find the credits the next business day. The presentation is designed for nurses, physicians, case managers, social workers, therapists, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team who are responsible for delivering care to patients and their families in the new coordinated manner. The course includes explanations of the IMOC absolutes - checklist-based interdisciplinary care rounds (IDRs), physician and nurse bedside rounding together, five-minute sitting with patient and/or family, and estimating the date of the patient's discharge - and video presentations of what these “look like” in practice. This course has CE credit.

• Faculty: John Yosaitis
• ID: Pr-030866

This on-line module provides Registered Nurses with the knowledge and skills needed to give an effective and efficient bedside shift report. Bedside Shift Report can have an impact on improved patient care outcomes, patient care quality, patient safety, improved communication and the patient experience.

• Faculty: Hussein Tahan
• ID: Pr-017526

This content offers Continuing Professional Education credits. To claim the credits, the course must be completed prior to 8/29/2024. Once your evaluation is complete, under Main Menu in SiTEL click on the CloudCME link and click on My CE/ Transcript to find the credits the next business day This content provides information regarding how to complete the SBIRT screening form, how to complete the Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale and nursing administration guidelines for Buprenorphine-Naloxone in the Inpatient Setting.

• Faculty: Patricia Woon
• ID: Pr-033692

This module, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, offers .50 Continuing Professional Education credits to Nurses. To claim the credits, the course must be completed prior to May 6, 2026. Once your evaluation is complete, log on to CloudCME® from your left SiTEL menu, and toggle to your Transcript to find the credits.  This module reviews Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and the role the nurse plays in caring for a patient suspected of having or diagnosed with OSA.

• Faculty: Kristie Dutrow
• ID: Pr-037485

Oxygen Tank Storage and Use

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-030376

In this module you will examine the electrical system of the heart and review how to analyze ECG strips. You will also practice evaluating dysrhythmias and choosing the best treatments for patients with these rhythms.

• Faculty: John Yosaitis
• ID: Pr-029154

This module contains the brief "In Service Video" and a knowledge check for the Stryker Cactus Smart Sink.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-037937

A review of nursing care of the orthopedic patient.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-027614

The PleurX™ catheter system provides effective at-home palliation of symptoms associated with recurrent pleural effusions and malignant ascites. This clinically proven treatment option allows patients to manage their symptoms through intermittent drainages in the comfort of their homes with minimal physician intervention.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-029616

Three short 4-minute videos regarding coude catheter placement, how to manage continuous bladder irrigation, and how to manually irrigate a Foley catheter

• Faculty: David Bauer
• ID: Pr-028258

Foley Catheter: Coude, CBI, Irrigation Quiz Review

• Faculty: David Bauer
• ID: Pr-028290