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 activity 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 journal article.

Off-Label Use
Any articles containing off-label use will be indicated in the individual journal article.

Expiration Dates
Please note the individual articles appearing below are approved for continuing nursing education for a period of two years. The expiration date that appears on each individual article refers to the date after which contact hours will no longer be awarded for that activity. Once contact hours are earned, they may be used for certification and/or licensure regardless of the expiration date.

Instructions for earning contact hours

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To read articles:

Select an article title listed in the table below to read the article. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, but wish to view the articles, download Acrobat Reader for free by clicking on the image below.

To purchase CE posttest and evaluation:

1. Click on the “Purchase CE Test” next to the article.
2. If you are not already logged on to the ARN site, you will be prompted to log-in. The log-in window will ask for your ARN Web ID and password.  If you have not yet set up an account on the ARN Website the log-in window will provide instructions.
3. Once you are logged-in, a new window will open and allow you to purchase the selected posttest via credit card.  If you wish to purchase more than one posttest, click on the link to return to CE articles and select the additional posttest(s) that you would like to purchase. Please note: if you wish to purchase multiple posttests, you must purchase them all at one time as the site will only allow one purchase, per credit card, per day. Once all your purchases have been selected, you may complete your credit card purchase.
4. Once you have purchased the CE posttests, you will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to access the posttest. Alternatively, you may click on the "View Purchased CE" link. (If returning to this page at a later time, you will be prompted to enter the Web ID and password you used at the time of purchase.)

Please be aware that you may only earn contact hours once per article. All sales of CE articles are final and we are unable to issue refunds for duplicate purchases.

Online Continuing Education Articles

Factors Influencing the Use and Nonuse of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy: A Comparative Case Study Valid November 1, 2009, to December 31, 2011
A New Model to Identify Shared Risk Factors for Pressure Ulcers and Frailty in Older Adults Valid November 1, 2009, to December 31, 2011
Expanding the Scope of Staff Education: Brain Injury to Polytrauma Valid September 1, 2009, to October 31, 2011
APN Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Practices in Providing Women's Healthcare Services to Women with Disabilities   Valid September 1, 2009, to October 31, 2011
Predictors of Life Satisfaction in Stroke Survivors and Spousal Caregivers After Inpatient Rehabilitation   Valid July 1, 2009, to August 31, 2011
A Stress-Busting Program for Family Caregivers  Valid July 1, 2009, to August 31, 2011
Nurse-Managed Free Clinic Fosters Care Connection for Homeless Population  Valid May 1, 2009, to June 30, 2011
Don't Worry, Be Positive: Improving Functional Recovery 1 Year After Hip Fracture Valid May 1, 2009, to June 30, 2011
Readiness to Manage Arthritis: A Pilot Study Using a Stages-of-Change Measure for Arthritis Rehabilitation  Valid March 1, 2009, to April 30, 2011
Implementation of the Comprehensive Assessment Toolbox for Stroke in a Medical System  Valid March 1, 2009, to April 30, 2011
Parkinson's Disease: Barriers and Facilitators to Optimizing Function  Valid March 1, 2009, to April 30, 2011
Writing for Publication: You Can Do It!  Valid January 1, 2009, to February 28, 2011
A Creative Alternative for Providing Constant Observation on an Acute Brain Injury Unit  Valid January 1, 2009, to February 28, 2011
Factors Influencing Middle-Aged and Older Latin-American Women's Participation in Physical Activity: A Stroke-Prevention Behavior Valid January 1, 2009, to February 28, 2011