Health Continuing Education Courses

510-862 Critical Thinking/Nursing Skills >

Discuss ways to develop and apply critical thinking related to the nursing process, physical assessment and skills in the Nursing Skills Lab setting. Content includes enhanced physical assessment, multiple routes of medication administration, infusion therapy, enteral and nasogastric tube management, maintenance of oxygenation and wound management. Therapeutic communication techniques, care of the older adult, documentation and the roles of the RN, LPN and UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) will be reviewed.

• Demonstration of competency of selected nursing skills by achieving a “satisfactory” rating is required (skills testing).
• This course meets two days a week for three hours each class period for eight weeks (total of 48 hours). Extra time outside of class may be required for this course.

510-830 Pharmacology Review Nurse Refresher > 

Designed for nurses refreshing their pharmacology knowledge, this course includes principles of safe medication practices along with drug-specific information related to different medication classes such as anti-hypertensives, anti-infectives, hypoglyemics and others.

510-863 RN Refresher: Clinical Practice > 

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510-864 LPN Refresher: Clinical Practice >

This clinical experience will be in a long-term care, rehab or sub-acute facility under the guidance and direct supervision of a nursing instructor.

• This course is 100 hours in the clinical setting for both RNs and LPNs (25 hours per week for four weeks).
• The clinical course begins after the completion of the critical thinking/skills courses. The clinical experience provides the returning RN/LPN the opportunity to put theory and skills into practice. Extra time during the clinical day may be required for this course.

1. Current active/limited Wisconsin nursing license. (If license is inactive, contact the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services at 608.266.0627). License must be current at time of application.
2. Completion of BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider course.
3. Completion of criminal background check.
4. Completion of health requirements through a ProHealth Works clinic (physical exam; up-to-date with immunizations; a two-step TB skin test; completed 10-panel drug screen)
5. Review and sign the Nursing Technical Standards. You will submit this form to your faculty on the first day of class.
6. Completion of Statement of Confidentiality, Release of Information and signature on the RN/LPN Refresher syllabus forms.
7. Completion of WCTC Theory and Practice courses (to be taken concurrently) and Clinical course listed above.