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What can STEM teach us about Nursing,
that Nursing school did not?
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​Nursing is on a  mission to be designated a STEM discipline.

Start here!
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To Register:  Call 618-259-7781
Select the 10A or the 3P session
Purchase: $110.00
Purchase
IVs
Injection of Contrast
Blood Draws
Vital Signs
Injections: IM/SQ/ID
ALL Nursing skills.....
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​20 CEs for $45.00 

• Not the ‘usual’ CE, a STEM CE!
• Read articles & submit the Q&A.
• View a video & submit the Q&A.
• Sit in on a 30-minute virtual instruction, & submit the Q&A.
• Don’t need a CE – view & learn for free.
​    [Virtual not available with this option.]
• Author available for direct communication, with purchase.​
Pay by Venmo (at bottom of page) / or by Credit Card (this button)
$45.00
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STEM 1
​Physiology
 / Technology / Math
Temperature - a VITAL SIGN.
What didn't Nursing school teach us about body Temperature? 
Article (1 CE) / Veideo (0.5 CE) / Virtual (0.5 CE)
stem_nurisng_ce_-_temp.pdf
File Size: 1961 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Video - Temperature
CALL to set up your Virtual Presentation 618-259-7781

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STEM 2
Technology
- the Tourniquet
​What DIDN'T Nursing school teach us about the tourniquet?
Article coming soon
Video coming soon
Virtual Presentation coming soon

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STEM 3
Nursing Opportunities Outside of Floor Nursing

Opportunity is Knocking, Are you Listening?  What else can we do with our Nursing degree and education - besides floor nursing?  CNTs!
Opportunity Knocking Article coming soon
Video coming soon
Virtual Presentation

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STEM​ 4
Anatomy / Physiology/ Physics

How to Locate, Dilate, & Grade a Healthy Vein
​What didn't Nursing School teach us about locating healthy veins for IVs?  coming soon

vat_articles_how_to_locate_a_healthy_vein_article.pdf
File Size: 421 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

How to LOCATE a Vein per the VAT method

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STEM 5
Physics & Math
How to Access a Vein per the STEM method.
 What didn't Nursing School teach us about the Math and Physics of needle insertion?

coming soon

Needle Insertion Technique article coming soon
Video coming soon

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STEM 6
Physics & Technology
What does that 'one nurse, in the entire hospital, do differently than all the rest' that makes her/him so good?  coming soon

Grip Pressure Assessor article coming soon
Video coming soon

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STEM 7
Anatomy / Physiology / Physics

What are the causes of IV INFILTRATION - ALL the causes.  How does blood move around the body?  What does the heart rate have to do with the speed of infusion? What does GRAVITY........
INFILTRATION

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STEM 8
Infectious Disease

The MOST overlooked cause of HAIs in the practice of Medicine.  It's a Nursing, Radiology, & Laboratory Medicine issue.
HAIs

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 STEM 9
Anatomy of the IM /SQ / & ID injections

Where should that IM, SQ, and ID injection be placed?  Anatomical placement is CRITICAL - the absorption, mission, & effectiveness depend on it.
IM / SQ / ID article coming soon
Video coming soon

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STEM 10
Technology

What didn't Nursing School teach us about the Band Aid, the Alcohol Wipe, the GLOVES, Coban, & Kling - that we REALLY need to know?
Misc.Article coming soon
Video coming soon

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STEM 11
Technology / Physics / Physiology

POC Finger Stick & Infant Heel Stick.
Use Gravity in your favor..........
Article coming soon
POC Finger & Heel Stick Video coming soon

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To get the CE, 
Make your Venmo Payment to: ​ @TheNursesStation
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then start reading, viewing, and/or participating in one or more modes above,
copy the questions at the end of presentation,

then open an email to [email protected],
then paste the questions along with the answers in that email,
​and SEND.

(Instructions to collect the CE will be found at the end of each activity.)

We will track your CEs throughout the CE peiord,
and, at the end of that 2 year period,
we will issue your
Certificate of Completion through CEII
in the Nursing STEM Initiative series.

For questions, call 618-259-7781, and ask for Gail.


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The Nurses' Station, P.C.               2 Terminal Drive, Suite 1                 East Alton, Il.  62024                  618-259-7781 
  • Introduction
  • Nursing's STEM Initiative
  • CE Reviews
  • Articles
  • IM Injection - Deltoid
  • The INFILTRATION
  • Ideal Body Weight
  • Products & Services
  • BP CE
  • CNA Association IL
  • Vein Access Technologies
  • Complementary Nursing Therapies
  • Staff
  • New Page