Free Preceptor Education
Thank you for precepting WSU Doctor of Nursing Practice students. We appreciate your work in helping our students learn and develop their nurse practitioner competencies and role.
The WSU College of Nursing continues to develop a robust preceptor support and training portal. You’ll find a variety of information to assist you in your highly valued role as preceptor. We will continue to publish free CE opportunities for you on this page as they are developed.
Current CE Offered
Vaccination Rates in a Climate of Vaccine-Hesitancy (1 CE hour)
Presenter: Gretchen LaSalle, MD FAAFP
At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to identify U.S. statistics with respect to vaccine hesitance, describe evidence-based approaches to the vaccine discussion, delineate best practices steps to create a pro-vaccine clinic culture, examine culturally sensitive barriers and facilitators to vaccine acceptance, and recognize counterarguments to common anti-vaccine claims.
Contact Hours: This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour of continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Anxiety Disorders and Benzodiazepine Taper
(1 CE hour)
Presenter: Steven Elrod, PharmD, BCACP
At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to identify patients that would benefit from a benzodiazepine or “Z-drug” taper; review tapering strategies; and practice creating safe, unidirectional benzodiazepine or “Z-drug” tapers.
CE Credits: 1 hour (This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour of continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (which includes .75 hours of pharmacology).)
Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Treating Sleep Disorders
(.75 CE hours)
Presenter: Devon A. Hansen, PhD, LMHC
At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to describe the primary mechanisms which regulate sleep; describe the diagnostic criteria needed to diagnosis sleep disorders, specifically chronic insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea; and describe non-pharmacological approaches to treating sleep disorders.
CE Credits: .75 hours (This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hours of continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.)
When and How to Stop Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain
(1 CE hour)
Presenter: Steven Elrod, PharmD, BCACP
At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to, identify patients that would benefit from an opioid taper; review tapering strategies; and practice creating safe, unidirectional opioid tapers.
CE Credits: 1 hour (This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour of continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (which includes 1.0 hour of pharmacology).)
Pediatric ADHD: Current Guidelines for Primary Care Management (.90 CE hours)
Presenter: Dawn Garzon-Maaks, PhD, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAAN, FAANP
By the end of this presentation, you will be able to: Apply the current clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric ADHD; Implement the best practices for the pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of pediatric ADHD; Provide evidence-based education to children with ADHD and their families.
CE credits: 0.90 hours (This activity is approved for 0.90 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 0.42 hours of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.)
Medical and Recreational Cannabis: Research, Law, and Practice Considerations
Dr. Tracy Klein and Dr. Myrna Munar developed Medical and Recreational Cannabis: Research, Law, and Practice Considerations. This is available for American Academy of Nurse Practitioners members on the AANP website.
Improve your Preceptor Skills: Best Practices (1 CE hour)
In this course you will learn to identify key elements of an effective clinic orientation checklist, describe steps of the One Minute Preceptor model, and describe the Reporter, Interpreter, Manager, Education (RIME) to assess and support a student’s clinical practice skills.
CE Credits: 1 hour (Washington State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.)