Looking for continuing education that helps you build new skills, knowledge sets and areas of expertise?

Courses from NCSBN Learning Extension cover a wide variety of relevant topics that apply to your day-to-day practice. The e-learning format allows you to “sit at the feet” of renowned nursing experts, as they lead you through the course material.

New Courses:

• Delegating Effectively: This course was developed for nurses, both RNs and LPN/LVNs, who delegate nursing care functions. This course is designed to break down and clarify the process of delegation — who can delegate, who can be delegated to, what nursing tasks can be delegated — and to alert nurses to the red flags of inappropriate delegation. (4.2 contact hours, $25) Enroll in the course or learn more about it.
• Acclimation of International Nurses into U.S. Nursing Practice: This self-paced course is designed for international nurses already practicing or preparing to practice in the U.S. The course helps facilitate a successful professional and personal acclimation of international nurses into the practice of nursing in the U.S. The content describes the key information and directs learners to additional resources for a more in-depth understanding of how to make a successful transition professionally and personally. (6.6 contact hours, $40) Enroll in the course or learn more about it.
• Confronting Colleague Chemical Dependency: This course covers the issues surrounding chemical dependency in licensed nurses. The content provides a basic understanding of the physical and behavioral warning signs of chemical dependency in nursing professionals. It describes the role of colleagues, employers and the board of nursing in preventing and/or managing the potentially lethal effects of this chronic problem. (3.3 contact hours, $20) Enroll in the course or learn more about it.
• Respecting Professional Boundaries: This course provides a basic understanding of professional boundaries, describes abuse of the therapeutic relationship and its consequences, highlights warning signs of boundary violations, and provides strategies for preventing and correcting boundary violations. (3.9 contact hours, $23) Enroll in the course or learn more about it.