Education

Online Continuing Education

Purpose
The primary goals of ARN continuing nursing education are to increase awareness of new trends in rehabilitation health care and to support the continued growth of the specialty of rehabilitation nursing and individual nurses. Individual activity objectives can be accessed by logging on to each posstest.

Objectives
Each article will have relevant objectives, but the overall objective for this educational activity is to provide rehabilitation nurses with the opportunity for learner-directed continuing education that will benefit their clinical practice and thus their patients and their families.

Activity Audience
This independent study offering is appropriate for all rehabilitation nurses.

Continuing Education Credit
Each article provides 1 nursing contact hour.

The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Disclosure
A staff member, volunteer (committee member or RNJ author), or family member who has an affiliation with a commercial company must declare that relationship in advance of involvement with an education activity that could be used as a forum to promote the interest of that company and its products.

If there are any disclosures to report, they will be indicated in the individual activity.

Off-Label Use
Any articles containing off-label use will be indicated.

Here's How It Works
These journal articles offer one nursing contact hour each. You may complete all the articles from each issue or only one or two.

Please note the expiration date for each set of articles. The expiration date is different for each volume of the journal.

Earning contact hours on-line is easy:

1. Select an article(s) below.
2. Prepare to answer the posttest questions online. You'll find a link to the posttest questions at the beginning of each article.
3. Answer the posttest questions and submit them for grading.
4. Login/register and make payment (only $9 per contact hour).
5. Please take a few minutes to complete the evaluation form after passing the test.
6. Print contact hour certificate from your browser.

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Index of Articles

November/December 2007
Volume 32 Number 6

Expiration date: December 31, 2009

Discriminating High Fall Risk on an Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit

Life Changes in Individuals Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea While Accommodating to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Devices

New Pressure Ulcer Staging Guidelines

September/October 2007
Volume 32 Number 5

Expiration date: October 31, 2009

Rehabilitation Nursing: Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes in Inpatient Rehabilitation Settings

Using Research: Evidence-based Practice in Rehabilitation Nursing

July/August 2007
Volume 32 Number 4

Expiration date: August 31, 2009

The Relationship Between Psychosocial State and Exercise Behavior of Older Women 2 Months After Hip Fracture

Predictors of Cardiac Rehabilitation Initiation

The Relationship of Continuity and Discontinuity, Functional Ability, Depression, and Quality of Life over Time in Stroke Survivors

May/June 2007
Volume 32 Number 3

Expiration date: June 30, 2009

Hope for Love: Practical Advice for Intimacy and Sex After Stroke

Strategies to Reduce Risk of Falls-Related Injuries in Rehabilitation Nursing

March/April 2007
Volume 32 Number 2

Expiration date: April 30, 2009

Social Isolation: A Practical Guide for Nurses Assisting Clients with Chronic Illness

Problem-Solving Early Intervention: A Pilot Study of Stroke Caregivers

Interpreting Laboratory Values in the Rehabilitation Setting

January/February 2007
Volume 32 Number 1

Expiration date: February 28, 2009

Comparing Two Methods of Rehabilitation for Risk Factor Modification After a Cardiac Event

Physical Activity Barriers and Program Preferences among Indigent Internal Medicine Patients with Arthritis

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