SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/—Accredited online nursing courses are replacing traditional classroom-based courses, offering nurses a more convenient method for receiving credit, while providing flexibility in their credentialing options.
Ann Johnson, CEO of Wild Iris Medical Education took part in the 21st Century Health Care Forum, a feature on Sky Radio, part of American Airlines On-flight Radio Broadcast. She discussed new trends in continuing education, including why there has been an increase in the popularity of online courses.
The responsibility for continuing education that nurses are required to complete to maintain their licenses is shifting, and in many cases has shifted completely, from the hospitals to the individual nurses. Without a centralized, convenient location for education, such as a hospital or associated university, individuals are turning more and more to the Internet to fulfill their continuing education needs. Read the full article.
COMPTCHE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2008 /PRNewswire/—Wild Iris Medical Education, an online provider of continuing education for healthcare professionals, has just released a new course, "Telephone Triage."
As more and more HMOs turn to telephone nursing, or telehealth, the practice of appropriate disposition of health-related problems by trained RNs using guidelines or protocols has become a new subspecialty. Telephone triage interactions generally require assessment, patient education, and crisis intervention. When high standards are maintained, telephone triage in the HMO setting is a successful, highly appreciated, and integral part of the larger system.
All successful nursing care hinges upon communication. In telephone triage, the challenge is to push the limits of what is possible and unique to this specialty. The manner of communication is as important as what is communicated. Read the full article.
There's no business like your own business... .Ann Johnson, Wild Iris CEO, RN, and Wild Iris Medical Education were featured in an article by Linda Roman RN Magazine. Read the article online at RNWeb.
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc. and American Nurses Association/California Form New Partnership
COMPTCHE, Calif., Dec. 11, 2006 /PRNewswire/—Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc. today announced it will publish a continuing education course in the ANA/C's quarterly newsletter Nursing Voice in partnership with the American Nurses Association/California.
By partnering with Wild Iris and publishing a continuing education course in each issue of Nursing Voice the ANA/C provides easy access to a new venue for continuing education," said Wild Iris Co-Founder Ann Johnson, R.N. "The American Nurses Association/California has a long history of representing nurses and advocating for issues that impact the nursing profession. This is one more positive step in that direction."
