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| Announcements & Reminders |
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| Live: NIH Stroke Scale Certification |
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As part of your hStream subscription, we negotiate on your behalf to provide streamlined access to hundreds of complimentary medical product training and CE courses (see below). Last month we added one more complimentary course to this offering: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification.
This HealthStream course offers a 2-year certification and is accredited for 2.0 ANCC contact hours and a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™*. Content includes an overview of the NIHSS with detailed descriptions and illustrations of how to evaluate each category on the scale. Anyone encountering people with stroke-like symptoms, a confirmed and active stroke, or a history of stroke will benefit from this training, which also covers:
- NIHSS Characteristics
- Rules for Scoring
- Scoring the NIHSS
- Variations and Applications of the NIHSS
- Pediatric NIHSS (PedNIHSS)
- Demonstration and Practice
- NIHSS Reassessment
NOTE: Our current complimentary offerings also include these APEX Innovations courses that offer 3.0 CE hours each and include videos hosted on YouTube (please ensure your organization allows access prior to promoting):
- APEX Innovations: NIH Stroke Scale Training and 1-Year Certification (free course)
- APEX Innovations: NIH Stroke Scale Training and 2-Year Certification (free course)
*Learners must complete the entire activity and score an 80% or higher on the post-test to obtain a certificate of completion. |
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| Live: Free Access to “Care of the Acutely Ill Pediatric Patient – Respiratory Bundle” |
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Children’s Hospital Association and HealthStream want to help address the current surge of RSV, flu, and COVID viruses in pediatric patients by providing complimentary access to these courses through April 30, 2025:
- PLS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- PLS - Advanced Medication Calculation
- PLS - Asthma
- PLS - Basic Medication Calculation
- PLS - Basic Principles of Oxygen Therapy, Specialty Gases and Noninvasive Ventilation
- PLS - Emergency Response for the Deteriorating Pediatric Patient
- PLS - Family-Centered Care in the ICU
- PLS - Lower Airway Diseases
- PLS - Neonatal Sepsis
- PLS - Pediatric Assessment: The Respiratory System
- PLS - Pediatric Sepsis
- PLS - Respiratory Inhalation Medications
- PLS - Status Asthmaticus
NOTE: These 13 courses are available now for assignment and self-enrollment, featuring current evidence-based practice to prepare clinicians for children with critical respiratory issues presenting in the ED or inpatient areas (search term: PLSrespiratoryfree). |
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| Expiring This Month: Free COVID-19 Courses |
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The free versions of these COVID-19 training courses will expire on Tuesday, March 11. Please ensure in-progress learners complete prior to this date. If your organization would like to continue using this training, please consider our DigitalMed or CE Unlimited libraries and contact your Account Manager for more information or pricing.
- COVID-19 FREE: Cardiovascular Assessment - HealthStream - 20-172795
- COVID-19 FREE: Fluids and Electrolytes - HealthStream - 20-929441
- COVID-19 FREE: Geriatric Assessment - HealthStream - 20-199271
- COVID-19 FREE: Heart Failure - HealthStream - 20-1121272
- COVID-19 FREE: Pulmonary: Overview of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) - HealthStream - 20-944226
- COVID-19 FREE: Ventilation Complications and Nursing Care- HealthStream - 20-1121872
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| Updated Medical Product Training Courseware List |
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Review Master List►
Included with your hStream subscription, access these Medical Product Training courses via the Services tab. Just “Accept” relevant content, and then choose your preferred publishing settings. In addition to the "Master List," click here to review detailed information on MedTech partner course additions, expirations, and more. |
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| Upcoming Maintenance & 2025 Schedule |
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| Regularly scheduled maintenance is Friday, March 7, from 8pm — 4am Central Time. Click here to view the 2025 system maintenance schedule. |
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| Jane AI™ |
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| Live & Coming Soon: Pathway Creator Enhancements |
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Review Master List►
Review 2023-25 Releases►
Live
- Pathway Creator Enhancements: Two new options were released as administrators configure development plans and re-testing in Pathway Creator:
- Development Plans: Below National Average – Automatically assign development plans to learners that score below the assessment's national average (review here).
- Re-testing: Below Custom Score – Automatically re-test learners in a jane pathway according to a custom score set by an administrator.
Expected March
- Pathway Creator Enhancements: Additional options will be released as administrators configure development plans and re-testing in Pathway Creator:
- Development Plans: Custom Range – Automatically assign development plans based on learners' custom assessment score ranges (preview here).
- Retesting: National Average – Automatically retest learners in a Pathway based on the assessment's national average/benchmark.
- Development Plans: By Quartile – Choose Bottom, Lower, Upper, or Top Quartile and each will include flexible options: None, 2, 10, 20, or custom hours
Expected April & May
- Student Group Automation: Will enable auto-enrollment using HealthStream Learning Center (HLC) student groups. Once available, jane administrators can auto-enroll learners into Pathways based on their department, job title, job category, etc. Once enrolled in the automated Pathway, learners are assigned assessments and development based on the Pathway’s configuration.
- Updates to Benchmarks: Annual updates to Assessment data for related national average, percentiles, and quartiles.
- Pathway Creator Enhancement – Archive Pathways + Re-Enroll Learners: Admins will have the ability to archive Pathways as well as re-enroll learners into a Pathway multiple times.
- Pathway Content: Beginning May 1, the Student Nurse Pathway will be sunset and replaced with the Graduating Nurse Pathway.
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| Release Update: New Workflows to Assess Skills Faster |
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Late this year we’ll introduce new workflows to revolutionize the way you evaluate skills and competencies — simplifying the process and making it easier to assess multiple people for multiple skills. While we apologize for this delay, we cannot be more excited about the additional benefits we’re packing into this release, which will enable your evaluators to:
- Quickly assess 1 or more people for 1 or more skills
- Evaluate individuals on the fly, with or without prior assignment
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| CE Unlimited |
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| Monthly Update |
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Review Master List►
If you contract for CE Unlimited, we recommend reviewing our updated Master List each month for important announcements, like:
- New Title: On February 1, we updated Internet Pornography Addiction to be titled Problematic Internet Pornography Use
- Retiring & Replacement Content: In order to obtain their CE, please ensure any learners in progress with All About Alzheimer's complete this course before it’s retired on March 31, 2025. Going forward, please consider using Understanding ADRD.
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| EBSCO Dynamic Health |
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| Live: All Checklists Updated to “Pass Required” |
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Review Master List►
Last month we published new versions of all Dynamic Health checklists in order to update the completion mode from “completion required” to “pass required.” All instructions and evaluator guidelines were updated at the same time to reflect this change. Going forward, all tasks must be marked “met” or "N/A" in order to pass any checklist. By default, the course/checklist will remain on the To-Do List until passed. Anyone in progress with previous versions must complete by May 31, 2025. Otherwise, progress will be lost, and an administrator must unenroll and reenroll the learner(s) in the new version(s). Learners classified as “not yet started,” as well as assignments made after this
mid-February release, automatically have the updated “pass required” versions. |
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| Expected by June: Post-Test Passing Score Increased to 80% |
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| To align with industry standards, the score required to pass post-tests for skill development courses will be increased from 70% to 80%. For existing assignments, anyone in progress must complete by August 31, 2025. Otherwise, progress will be lost, and an administrator must unenroll and reenroll the learner(s) in the new version(s). Learners classified as “not yet started,” as well as assignments made after this update, will automatically have the updated versions requiring 80%. |
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| Specialty Content |
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| Live: New Sims for HealthStream Surgical Orientation |
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Review Master List ►
HealthStream Surgical Orientation (HSO) is a continuously expanding, competency-based solution that delivers in-depth, role-specific courseware in multiple modalities for the entire perioperative team. With a growing library of courses, guideline summaries, simulations, and hands-on training tools, HSO provides comprehensive learning experiences designed to support onboarding, competency development, and lifelong learning. Our program complies with AORN, ASPAN, and AST guidelines and will continue to introduce new courses and learning tools to meet evolving perioperative education needs:
Live
- 7 Cognitive Simulations: Enhance critical thinking, decision-making, and team communication in high-pressure surgical situations
- Titles include: Equipment Safety; Informed Consent; Moderate Sedation; Patient Case (Preop, Intraop, Postop); Code in the Operating Room
- 4 In-Situ Simulations: Including facilitator guides and student attestations courses
- Laser Safety; Radiation Safety; Surgical Instrumentation; Transfer & Positioning Safety
- 70+ Guideline Summaries (and growing): Designed to comply with AORN and ASPAN standards (integrated as optional course resources and available as a reference source in a standalone course)
- Expanded AST Accreditation: 10 total AST-accredited courses, in addition to full ANCC accreditation
Expected This Month
- 3 New Cognitive Simulations with Video: With enhanced realism and learner engagement
Expected June
- Enhanced Content for Circulating Nurses & Surgical Technologists: 17+ additional course expansions tailored for those newest to the OR (see Master List above for more details)
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| Reminder: S.T.A.B.L.E. Program 7th Ed. Transition Dates |
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If you contract for The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program, all new assignments should be made using the 7th Edition online course (includes Foundations) that was made available to you last October. Remember, learners in progress with the 6th Edition must complete by March 31. NOTE: An administrator must create new assignments with the 7th Edition course. Click here for key
details and recommendations on transitioning your individual, group, and/or certification-based assignments.
Also, please ensure your instructors complete the 7th Edition Instructor Bridge Training course* by July 1. Instructors can continue to teach the 6th Edition curriculum until March 31, and the deadline to submit rosters for 6th Edition completions is July 1. In addition, you can review our FAQs.
*Instructor Bridge Training is for current/active S.T.A.B.L.E. Program lead and support instructors only. Entering an active instructor number is required to receive course completion credit. Instructors receive access to the 7th Edition training materials at stableprogram.org and will continue to have access to the 6th Edition training materials until March 31. The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program recommends transitioning to teaching the 7th Edition as soon as possible. |
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| Expected This Month: New IP Address for CHA Content |
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Our valued partner, Children’s Hospital Association (CHA), is migrating to a new hosting service for their courses in mid-March. While we do not anticipate any disruption, we still recommend alerting your IT colleagues to this change since it will result in a new IP address for CHA content. We also recommend reviewing these Technical Specifications.
In addition, if you contract for Essentials of Pediatric Critical Care Orientation, version 7.0 is expected to release on June 2, 2025. Aside from basic updates to improve understanding and add visual appeal, significant changes are being made to the Cardiovascular Care courses to improve learner retention and application. We’ll provide additional details in subsequent notifications. |
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| New “Quality OB” Course Versions |
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If you contract for Quality OB, you now have new versions of these courses, so learners in progress with the previous versions must complete by May 1 (extended deadline to allow learners more time):
- Quality OB – EFM Modules 1 – 4
- Quality OB – Shoulder Dystocia
- Quality OB – Shoulder Dystocia Microsim: Provider
- Quality OB – Shoulder Dystocia Microsim: Nurse
- Quality OB – Hypertension in Pregnancy Microsim
Later this month, you’ll have new versions of these courses, so learners in progress with the current versions must complete by June 30:
- Quality OB – EFM Microsim: Nurse & EFM Microsim: Provider
- Quality OB – Substance Use Disorder (we’re retiring the combined Implicit Bias and Opioid Use Disorder course)
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| ENA Content Updates |
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If you contract for ENA content (review full catalog), these courses will be removed soon, and learners must complete before the associated expiration dates to obtain CE:
- Medication Administration for Experienced ED Nurse – expiring March 31
- Healthy Work Environment (what the ED Leader must know) – expiring August 31
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| Effective June 30: Spanish Courses Retired from Care Essentials |
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If you contract for Care Essentials, on June 30, 2025, we’re retiring all Spanish course versions due to low usage. These retiring courses do not contain CE, and the English versions that do provide CE will continue to be available. If you have any in-progress learners with these titles, please ensure they complete by June 29 before access is removed:
- Behavioral Health: Introduction to Anxiety Disorders (Salud de la Conducta: Introducción a los Trastornos de Ansiedad)
- Person-Centered Planning (Planificación centrada en la persona)
- Behavioral Health: Options for Older Adults (Salud conductual: Opciones para los adultos mayores)
- Behavioral Health: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Salud conductual: Trastorno por estrés postraumático (TEPT))
- Elder Abuse and Neglect (Abuso y negligencia contra ancianos)
- Clinical Practice: Abuse, Overview (Práctica Clínica: Abuso, Visión General)
- Ethical and Legal Issues (Cuestiones eticas y legales)
- Fall Prevention (Prevencion de caidas)
- Long-Term Care of Older Adults and Chronically Ill (Cuidados de largo plazo para adultos mayores y enfermos crónicos)
- Preventing and Reducing Medication Errors (Prevenir y reducir errores de medicamentos)
- Pain Screening (Preguntas para la evaluación del dolor)
- Preventing Unnecessary Hospital Admissions and Readmissions (Prevencion de los ingresos y reingresos hospitalarios innecesarios)
- Suicide Prevention (Prevención del suicidio)
- Taking Vital Signs (Tomar los signos vitales)
- Client Mobility and Transfer Skills (Movilidad del cliente y habilidades para el traslado)
- Clinical Practice: Techniques for Improving Adult Activity (Práctica Clínica: Técnicas para mejorar la actividad de los adultos)
- Effective Communication Among Caregivers (Comunicación eficaz entre los cuidadores)
- Communicating with Unique Patient Populations (La comunicación con poblaciones especificas de pacientes)
- Palliative Care: An Introduction (Cuidados paliativos: Una introduccion)
- End of Life Care (Cuidados al final de la vida)
- Caring for Clients with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease (Cuidar de Clientes con Demencia y Enfermedad de Alzheimer)
- Handling Aggressive Residents and Patients with Dementia (El manejo de residentes agresivos y pacientes con demencia)
- Disaster Preparedness and Actions (Preparacion y acciones para desastres)
- Drugs in the Workplace (Drogas en el lugar de trabajo)
- Zika Virus (Virus del Zika)
- Nutrition and Diet Modifications (Modificaciones nutricionales y dieteticas)
- Food Safety (Seguridad alimentaria)
- The Role of the Direct Support Professional (El papel del Profesional de Soporte Directo)
- Medication Management (Gestion de la medicacion)
- Physical Therapy: Laws that Influence Practice (Fisioterapia: Las leyes que influyen en la practica)
- Understanding Grief (Entender el duelo)
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