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Continuing Education Units
(CEUS)
The College's Continuing Education Department offers professional development which encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from formal coursework, workshops and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. All of these opportunities can be documented with Continuing Education Units (CEU). The CEU is a nationally recognized standard of measurement for continuing education activities. The CEU concept provides individuals with recognition for their efforts to update or broaden their knowledge or skills. A CEU is generally defined as being equal to 10 class hours (50-minute hours).

Contact Hours for Nurses

Unique accredited certificate programs for nurses and other health care professionals. Three Rivers Continuing Education Department offers instructor-facilitated noncredit online learning which can be taken from the comfort of your home, office and at any time of the day or night. All courses run for six weeks and cover 12 lessons. Courses include quizzes, hands-on assignments, discussion areas, supplemental links and more.

Course Requirements

• Internet Access

• Email

• Mozilla Firefox or Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer

Programs Available:

Certificate in Bioenergy and Spritual Healing 26 Contact Hours

Certificate In End of Life Care
26 Contact Hours

Certificate in Gerontology
40 Contact Hours

Certificate in Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing
23 Contact Hours

Certificate in Pain Management and Assessment
24 Contact Hours

Certificate in Perinatal Issues
14 Contact Hours

Spanish for the Health Care Professional
This 16-hour course focuses on building employee-patient communications while enhancing the employee's professional skills. This course develops basic conversational skills in Spanish, while instilling confidence between the patient and employee. The instructor emphasizes language communication as a skill, as opposed to just learning a language. After the completion of this course, the employee will be able to engage a Spanish-speaking patient in simple dialogues, obtain basic patient information, and give simple instructions. This course is intended for any healthcare worker i.e. nurse, physician, technician, interviewer or related staff. Prerequisites—None