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Participants who complete this course will learn about the identification, evaluation, and assessment of geriatric failure to thrive, including use of the Mini Nutritional Assessment, the Mini Mental Status Evaluation, and the Geriatric Depression Scale. Diagnostic/laboratory and physical assessment skills will be reviewed with a focus on weight-loss assessment. Creation of a multidisciplinary treatment plan with review of pharmaceutical options will be explored.

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In the last days, the goals of the healthcare team are to ensure a peaceful death for the patient and to support the family during the dying process and throughout grief and mourning. The focus for the patient is management of symptoms and emotional and spiritual ease, and the focus for the family is education to prepare them for the dying process. This course will explore how care providers can best support the patient and family during and after death.

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This course will provide an overview of the different types of workplace violence, risk factors, emotional, social, and behavioral ramifications of workplace violence, and specific interventions and policies that have been implemented by organizations to address workplace violence and enhance practitioners' safety.

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This course outlines the scope of sexual assault as a problem, discusses key clinical issues, and provides guidelines for proper evaluation and treatment of sexual assault victims. It covers epidemiology, clinical and forensic evaluation, sexually transmitted infection and pregnancy considerations, sexual assault/abuse of children, psychosocial assessment and follow-up care, and sexual violence prevention.

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This training program is designed to empower medical and mental health professionals with essential knowledge in providing inclusive care for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse individuals.

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This course provides comprehensive clinical education on tobacco smoke in primary care and public health. It addresses core competencies as well as knowledge, assessment, and treatment-based competencies of healthcare providers. It covers the history of tobacco, epidemiology of tobacco use, tobacco smoke metabolism, dependence, treatment and relapse. It also addresses complications associated with direct and indirect exposure to tobacco smoke, effects of prenatal exposure, methods of screening for exposure, and brief intervention training.

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This course reviews crisis theory and family systems theory as applied to families of chronically ill patients, covering areas of family life impacted by chronic illness, family responses to stressors, caregiver stress, and the role of gender, culture, race, and ethnicity. By understanding the social impact chronic physical illness has on the family system, nurses, social workers, marriage and family therapists and other service providers will be better positioned to provide effective services and empower families.

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This course educates healthcare professionals about the epidemiology and treatment of overweight and obese patients, covering clinical presentation, diagnosis, behavioral and pharmacologic management, surgical options for morbidly obese patients, and current reimbursement issues using current national guidelines.

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This course provides healthcare professionals with knowledge to recognize and intervene in anabolic steroid abuse, covering risk factors, acute and chronic signs and symptoms, motivation to use, warning signs, and gaps in identification, assessment, and treatment of patients with current and past AAS use and abuse.

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A basic overview of individuals experiencing gender dysphoria, covering the spectrum of gender identity variations, prevalence of transgender individuals, barriers to care, unique healthcare needs, approved standards of care, endocrine management, non-surgical interventions such as voice therapy and counseling, surgical interventions, and care for transgender children and adolescents.

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This course summarizes the revised ASERVIC competencies and their application in the counseling process, explaining why it is important for counselors to be proficient in each area before working with spiritual and religious issues in counseling. These competencies will enable counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, and allied professionals to develop a framework to assist them in understanding and working effectively with clients' spiritual and religious lives.

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This course examines the scope of custodial grandparenting in the United States, including demographics, and discusses the range of social, psychological, economic, family, mental health, and physical/health implications of being a custodial grandparent. It provides clinicians with information about life transitions, disruptions, and needs of grandparents and dynamics of skipped-generation family structures.

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A course providing healthcare professionals with an increased understanding of natural psychedelics and the considerations associated with the safety, effectiveness, and legal use of these substances.

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This course is designed for healthcare professionals whose patients are taking or are interested in using complementary therapies to manage symptoms of menopause. It covers complementary and alternative medicines, supplements, lifestyle changes, and complementary modalities so that healthcare professionals can provide evidence-based recommendations.

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This course provides healthcare professionals with knowledge about top-selling herbal supplements including apple cider vinegar, ashwagandha, echinacea, elderberry, and turmeric, enabling them to provide evidence-based recommendations and appropriate safety warnings to patients.