External CEs

The following continuing education opportunities are some of the variety of free resources available to healthcare professionals in many topic areas. Not all topics count for licensure/certification continuing education credit. Free courses are ways for students and professionals to explore topic areas or to satisfy licensure requirements.

Read about the Ohio Board of Nursing's Continuing Education and Contact Hour requirements here.

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: live or on-demand trainings in a variety of critical care topics

   https://www.aacn.org/education/ce-activities 

   https://www.aacn.org/education/webinar-series?page=1&sort=newest&rows=12&category=all

EdApp: one example of HIPAA training available for knowledge refreshers

   https://www.edapp.com/course/hipaa-compliance-training/

Nursing CE: includes free contact hours in topics such as "Evidence-Based Practice" and "Avoiding Nurse Burnout"

   https://www.nursingce.com/free-nursing-ceus

Ohio Department of Health: Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review webinars and resources

   https://odh.ohio.gov/know-our-programs/pregnancy-associated-mortality-review/Webinars

Ohio Department of Health: "Human Trafficking Training for Ohio School Nurses"

  https://odh.ohio.gov/know-our-programs/sexual-assault-and-domestic-violence-prevention-program/school-nurses-human-trafficking-protocol/human-trafficking-and-ohio-school-nurses

Ohio Mental Health & Addiction Services and Ohio State University CareLine Training Series: Training geared towards crisis hotline workers, these webinars also address areas which will develop skills and knowledge for crisis, trauma, and other special circumstances which will enhance in-person patient care.

   https://csw.osu.edu/continuing-education/2023-careline-training-series/

Ohio Public Health Training Course Catalog Search: Repository for wide array of public health topics; searchable by keyword

   https://www.train.org/odh/search?type=course

Ohio State University Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity: "Implicit Bias Module"

   https://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/implicit-bias-module-series  

Ohio State University Nisonger Center: "Disability Healthcare Training"

   https://nisonger.osu.edu/education-training/ohio-disability-health-program/disability-healthcare-training/

Pacific ADA Center: archived healthcare-specific webinars for care of persons with disabilities

   https://adapresentations.org/healthcare/archive-health.php

University of Texas Health Science Center: "Culturally Competent Care for Communities with Chronic Conditions (C6)"

   https://uthealth.catalog.instructure.com/browse/heroes/courses/culturally-competent-care-for-communities-with-chronic-conditions-c6

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: "Culturally Competent Nursing Care"

   https://ccnm.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/

Updated: 03/20/2024 04:09PM