Courses Offered
Educational Staff Associate Initial
Certification/School Nurse Initial
Certification This course is designed for the nurse who wishes to prepare for this certification as a school nurse. Topics will include the role of the school nurse, schools and society, growth and development, learning strategies, school law and the legal and professional responsibilities of the ESA prepared school nurse. The course will include 30 hours of classroom instruction. Upcoming classes:
Spring/Summer 2009 course information
Contact: AIDS: Essential Information for the Health Care Professional |
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| Seven contact hours of study, using a text and syllabus, required by Washington State for licensure. Also available in a CD-ROM version. | $55 | |
Nurse Refresher Course |
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Incorporates 240 credit hours of strong theory,
laboratory skills review, and clinical practice in
your own neighborhood preparing you to skillfully
care for patients again. More Information... (pdf) |
$1800 | |
Legal Issues in Nursing |
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| Protect yourself against practice problems and earn four hours credit. Nurse attorney, Katharine Witter Brindley, instructs a three-part video series supported by The Law Related to Nursing Care, a Washington Nursing Commission manual. | $120 | |
Safe Medication Administration |
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| Supports the intent of all nurses to provide safe care. This 60 contact hour course is ready when you are. A 20 hour independent study of texts and syllabus can stand alone, or is followed by 40 hours of supervised medication administration. Meets requirements of most State Boards of Nursing for remediation. |
$350 Theory and Clinical |
$100 Theory only |
One Voice: The Social Myths, Detection and Standards of Intervention in Domestic Violence |
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| In a series of three videotapes, Dr. Michael Rice, a psychiatric advanced registered nurse practitioner, instructs professionals who encounter victims and perpetrators of this prevalent social health problem. Earn three contact hours while growing in skill and understanding. | $60 | |
Mental Status Exam |
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| Dr. Merry Armstrong, an advanced practice mental health nurse educator, in an interview with a patient concerned about memory loss, teaches the purposes and techniques of the mental status exam. Four contact hours in a four-part video series. | $80 | |
Ethics |
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| Ethics related to Nursing Practice. A home study video series. 9 contact hours. | $200 | |
Pharmacotherapeutics |
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| Basic Pharmacology with emphasis on drug classification. 30 contact hours. |
$250 |
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Others |
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Individualized courses may be developed based on requirements from the Washington Quality Assurance Commission by contacting the Office of Professional Development Call or write us to register or to learn about other courses:
Professional Development |
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