Continuing Education for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals

The Center for Allied Health at Bucks County Community College provides quality, up-to-date information for healthcare professionals and those wishing to enter the healthcare field.   To register call 215-968-8409 and select option #1 or www.bucks.edu/con-ed.  For more information about Allied Health Programs, please call Janet Baker at 215-968-8324 or email: bakerj@bucks.edu

Dementia Care Specialist (32 hrs) NEW
As baby boomers age, the 21st century workforce is challenged to care for an exponentially growing population of persons with dementia. This course provides essential knowledge and understanding about neurological diseases that affect cognition and memory, and practical application of effective skills for supporting persons with dementia. Nearly all disciplines benefit from expertise in Dementia Care Specialists, as do families of persons with demen­tia. Come away with increased knowledge in how to care for persons with dementia. Expertise in this growing area of human services also enhances your resume. Pamela Atwood, MA, CDP, QDCP, CLL

Online /$495/ WHPAH 0099 WB30/ 6/4 - 7/27 

Diabetes Education for Nurses
This course is intended for nurses or other inter­ested healthcare professionals who would like to learn the latest information on diabetes manage­ment. This course will help you to build upon existing knowledge and study the nature of diabetes in greater depth, including the impact on the patient and the family. It will focus on how to em­power patients by incorporating self-management skills and lifestyle changes. You will learn pattern management, treatment protocols including the use of insulin and insulin pumps. Brenda Schlesinger, MSN, APRN-BC, GNP-BC, CDE

Approved Hours: 3 (PSNA for Nurses)

Newtown Campus/ $59/ WHPAH 0801 WB1/ Sa, 4/21, 9 am-noon

EKG Interpretation: Basic Cardiac Dys­rhythmia
This course is designed for nurses, working in telem­etry, critical care and trauma, as well as techs work­ing in telemetry units. You will learn concepts that allow for the basic interpretation of EKG rhythms. It will include how to measure and plot EKG rhythm components as well as treatment methods for spe­cific abnormal rhythms.  Susan Salley, RN, CCRN, CEN

Application for nursing contact hours submitted to PSNA

Newtown Campus/$80/WHPAH 0251 WB1/ 2 Wed, 4/4 & 4/11, 6-9 pm

Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
This course is geared for Nurses, EMTs, Paramedics and other healthcare professionals, to learn the rela­tionship between heart failure and cardiomyopathy. It will review ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomy­opathy as well as various types of cardiomyopathies, symptomatology, and four classifications of heart failure and current treatment modalities from medical management to surgical intervention. Susan Salley, RN, CCRN, CEN

Approved Hours: 4 (PSNA for Nurses)

Newtown Campus/$59/WHPAH 0556 WB1/ Wed, 4/18, 6-10 pm

HIPAA - Privacy/Security and Compliance
Healthcare professionals need to have an awareness of the regulations for privacy and security. Health­care workers need to keep informed of the latest changes and guidelines. The Health Insurance Por­tability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is about insurance portability and fraud and the changes that have evolved in business development. HIPAA involves three segments, 1-Privacy, 2-Security and 3-Transaction sets. The changes include processes, policies, and procedures for all covered entities, including and not limited to providers such as hos­pitals, and laboratories as well as insurance payers. Deborah Talone, MBA

Application for Nursing Contact Hours Submitted to PSN

Newtown Campus/$59/WHPAH 0325 WB1/  Wed, 4/4, 6-9 pm

Approved hours: 4 (PSNA for Nurses)

Newtown Campus/$59/WHPAH 0558 WB1/ Wed, 5/2, 6-10 pm

Nursing Review & Re-Entry into Practice

Requirements: Current PA Nurse’s license, Cur­rent Healthcare Provider CPR certification, Profes­sional Liability Insurance, Healthcare Insurance and Medical clearance, Criminal background check by the State Police. All must be provided before clinical experience. All forms can be found on our website: http://www.bucks.edu/nursing_review/index.php

$1,299 (includes textbook)/ WHPAH 0310 WA1

Orientation: Newtown Campus

Classroom:  Lower Bucks Campus

Clinical:  Lower Bucks Hospital

Coming Fall 2012

Medical Terminology (40 hrs.)

This medical terminology course is designed for current medical billers and coders in hospitals and doctor’s offices. This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the “language” used in the medical field with emphasis on the special terminology used in medical billing and coding. Anatomical descriptive terms, names of tissues, organ systems, and the disease processes that are related to each body system will be included. AnneMarie Johnson, RN, BSN, CLNC

Online/ $500/WHPAH 0975 WB20/ 6/18-8/10

Pharmacology Update for Nurses
This course provides a background review of phar­macology basics, defines the pharmacologic process­es used by nurses, reviews the new drugs of 2011, examines under dosing and overdosing, and explores the use of the package insert.  Dr. Joseph Urban, R.Ph., MBA
Approved Hours: 8 (PSNA for Nurses)

Newtown Campus/$105/WHPAH 0559 WB1/ 2 Wed, 7/11 & 7/18, 6-10 pm

Newtown Campus/$120 (plus $25 materials fee paid to instructor)/

RHEAL 0140 WB1-WB2/

WB1/ 2 Tu & 2 Th, 6/19-6/28, 6-8 pm

WB2/ 2 Mon & 2 Wed, 8/6-8/15, 9-11 am 

Toxicology & Health  (45 hrs)  NEW
Toxic substances are everywhere, in our homes, our workplaces, and our communities. Allied Health professionals may be the ‘first- in- line’ to respond to health complaints and or/emergencies. If you have a basic knowledge about adverse effects of exposure to toxic substances, you will be able to respond more effectively to these incidents and be able to identify exposure to toxic substances more accurately. This course is geared for nurses and healthcare profes­sions. It will investigate the toxic effects of chemicals upon human. Basic principles of dose-response rela­tionships, target organ toxicity, and description and characterization of exposure to toxic substances are presented. Dermal, respiratory, developmental, and immune-toxins will be discussed as well as animal and plant toxins, and pesticides. This course em­phasizes our day-to-day interaction with chemicals in our homes, workplaces, and community and pro­motes the development of an informed perspective with respect to the toxicity of these agents. Students will learn how to find and interpret information about toxic substances and effectively evaluate the quality and significance of the information found. Jane Huggins, Ph. D., DABT

Application for nursing contact hours submitted to PSNA

Newtown Campus/$1,299/WHPAH 0579 WB1/15 Mon, 2/6-5/14, 6:30-9:30 pm

Newtown Campus/ $129/ RHEAL 0094 WB1/
9 Th, 2/23-4/19, 5-6:30 pm

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