This module is a presentation discussing capnography wave forms.

• Faculty: Sherry Reisler
• ID: Pr-003398

This online education in conjunction with the MedStar Health Moderate Sedation Simulation Course are designed to be education and training for MedStar Health Non-Anesthesia Care Providers who administer Moderate Sedation.

• Faculty: Ashley Ricker
• ID: Pr-015732

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

This quiz assesses knowledge of MH

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Qu-020546

Malignant Hyperthermia.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-020563

MedStar St. Mary's POC Clinitek Status Competency Quiz

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Qu-021227

MedStar St. Mary's POC Urine HCG Quiz

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Qu-021230

Recognize and understand the bariatric operations offered at the MedStar Bariatric Programs. These procedures may vary depending on location. Identify the most common post-op complications. Describe ways to prevent post-op complications. Describe the Dietary Guidelines for the immediate Post-Operative Bariatric Surgery Patient. (first 2 weeks)

• Faculty: Kenneth Alexander
• ID: Pr-028962

Caring For The Post-Operative Bariatric Surgical Patient V2 Quiz

• Faculty: Kenneth Alexander
• ID: Qu-028964

This presentation reviews the process of the Code Lullaby for MSMH.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-032003

This course reviews the CMP and NEDOCS scores and expected activities for MSMH.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-032007

This presentation reviews the components of the VAN assessment to help identify large vessel occlusion. This includes a knowledge assessment.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-032013

This presentation reviews the documentation in MedConnect for the mRS.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-032030

The content discusses the EMTALA training for emergency department nursing associates

• Faculty: Carmen Camara
• ID: Pr-037283

A quiz to assess the learners knowledge of understand the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) requirements and the hospital’s obligations under EMTALA.

• Faculty: Carmen Camara
• ID: Qu-037530

This eduction includes identifying and properly assessing patients who are at risk for falling.

• Faculty: John Yosaitis
• ID: Pr-019637

This education includes identifying and properly assessing patients who are at risk for falling and applying interventions to help prevent patient falls.

• Faculty: John Yosaitis
• ID: Pr-019657

This education includes identifying and properly assessing patients who are at risk for falling, applying interventions to help prevent patient falls and documenting fall-risk prevention and intervention in the EMR.

• Faculty: John Yosaitis
• ID: Pr-019658

This education includes identifying indications for reassessing patient fall risk and applying interventions to help prevent patient falls.

• Faculty: John Yosaitis
• ID: Pr-019659

This education includes identifying indications for reassessing patient fall risk, demonstrating the recommended management of patients after a fall, and documenting fall-risk prevention and intervention in the EMR and the MedStar Patient Safety Event Management System.

• Faculty: John Yosaitis
• ID: Pr-019660

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

• Faculty: Cassandra Graziano
• ID: Pr-026340

Best practices review for CAUTI prevention.

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-031117

This module introduces learners to the PureWick Female External Catheter and provides an overview of its application; indications, contraindications and precautions; and appropriate documentation.

• Faculty: John Yosaitis
• ID: Pr-025628

The Sage PrimoFit External Male Urine Management System is a male incontinence device that can be used as an alternative to external catheters or briefs for the semi or non-ambulatory males with urinary incontinence (bed and chair bound male incontinent patients).

• Faculty: Susan Bricker
• ID: Pr-036384

MedStar Health Stroke Overview

• Faculty: Karen Poole
• ID: Pr-036460

About this Course: This inter-professional enduring material includes online education on ischemic stroke subtyping and the secondary prevention of ischemic strokes. The purpose of this education is to equip healthcare providers with the knowledge needed to identify, evaluate, and manage stroke patients effectively, thereby optimizing stroke care. This online module also supports the Joint Commission accreditation requirements for stroke education for MedStar Health healthcare providers.

• Faculty: Karen Poole
• ID: Pr-036461

This education is part of a series on online education for associates to meet annual stroke education requirements. This module focuses on after a patient has had a stroke and preventing a secondary stroke.

• Faculty: Karen Poole
• ID: Pr-036459

This module contains information regarding correct administration of Tenecteplase (TNK) for patients suspected of having an ischemic stroke. Additionally, required assessments and documentation post-TNK administration is discussed in detail.

• Faculty: Katherine Steins
• ID: Pr-037551

Interprofessional education providing evidence-based information on identification, evaluation, management, and secondary prevention patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.

• Faculty: Karen Poole
• ID: Pr-036479

This presentation is a video designed to instruct associates on when and how to perform a nurse swallow screen for stroke patients.

• Faculty: Karen Poole
• ID: Pr-031311

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

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

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, are a leading cause of maternal and infant deaths in the United States. Prompt recognition, management, and treatment of severe hypertension and preeclampsia reduces morbidity and mortality. The MedStar Health Clinical Practice Guideline for Treatment of Women with Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy and Clinical Practice Guideline for Magnesium Sulfate for Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia provide evidence-based guidance on recognition, treatment, and management of these conditions for providers, midwives, and nursing staff.

• Faculty: Tamika Auguste
• ID: Pr-034910

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 reviews MedStar's COVID-19 PPE Protocols

• Faculty: Julia Gardner
• ID: Pr-031429

MedConnect FirstNet Nursing LaunchPoint Module

• Faculty: Lydia Burke
• ID: Pr-029733

MedConnect Nursing: Medication Administration and Specimen Collection Module

• Faculty: Lydia Burke
• ID: Pr-032997

VitalsLink

• Faculty: Lydia Burke
• ID: Pr-026141

Bridge Transfusion Administration

• Faculty: Lydia Burke
• ID: Pr-035078

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

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

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

In this module, the ED nurse will learn about universal screening in the ED, medication-based treatment (MBT) initiation in the ED, and the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) assessment.

• Faculty: Stephan Riddle
• ID: Pr-036744

Oxygen Tank Storage and Use

• Faculty: Staci Day
• ID: Pr-030376

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

• Faculty: Elizabeth Gonder
• ID: Pr-030937

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 module provides education for ED staff on the administration of methotrexate for ectopic pregnancy.

• Faculty: Sherry Reisler
• ID: Pr-017667