Regulatory Management of Substance Use in High-Risk Nurse Populations is a continuing education article from the January 2012 Journal of Nursing Regulation. Read the article and take the accompanying posttest to receive contact hours

• Discuss the challenges of a nurse with a substance abuse disorder who requires prescribed medication.
• Identify assessment techniques for nurses with a substance abuse disorder who require prescribed medications.
• Describe monitoring techniques for nurses with a substance abuse disorder who require prescribed medications.
• Compare commonly abused prescription drugs.

Medication Administration in Nursing Homes: RN Delegation to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel is a continuing education article from the October 2011 Journal of Nursing Regulation. Read the article and take the accompanying posttest to receive contact hours.

• Describe medication administration in the nursing home.
• Recall steps of the delegation process.
• Identify the role of unlicensed assistive personnel in medication administration.
• Discuss how a registered nurse can appropriately delegate medication administration.

Addressing Chemically Dependent Colleagues is a continuing education article from the July 2011 Journal of Nursing Regulation. Read the article and take the accompanying posttest to receive contact hours.

• Recall at least two recommendations for improving the identification of and successful intervention for impaired nurses.
• State guidelines for helping and reporting nurses with chemical dependence.
• Identify barriers to helping and reporting an impaired peer.
• List warning signs of chemical dependence.
  

Defining and Assigning Accountability for Quality Care and Patient Safety is a continuing education article from the April 2011 Journal of Nursing Regulation. Read the article and take the accompanying posttest to receive contact hours.

• Describe how accountability relates to patient safety and quality.
• Identify at least two types of accountability.
• Define systems theory and systems thinking.

Survey Research: An Effective Design for Conducting Nursing Research is a continuing education article from the January 2011 Journal of Nursing Regulation. Read the article and take the accompanying posttest to receive contact hours.

• Describe the steps of the survey research project.
• Differentiate survey research methods.

• Discuss the role of the  board of nursing (BON) as related to the patient in pain.
• Discuss the role of the BON as related to the nurse in pain.  

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• Define addiction, substance abuse, and substance dependence.
• Identify contributing factors for addiction.
• Explain the biological neural pathways that underlie addiction.

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Evidence-based Nursing Regulation: A Challenge for Regulators is a continuing education article from the April 2010 Journal of Nursing Regulation. Read the article and take the accompanying posttest to receive contact hours.

• Describe evidence-based nursing regulation.
• Discuss the six steps of evidence-based nursing regulation.
• Identify at least three strategies for implementing evidence-based nursing regulation.