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 We are extremely pleased to announce that 3 online courses offered through Lynn Hadaway Associates has been approved to provide CRNI recertification units. These courses Three online courses offered through Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc. will now award CRNI recertification units. We recently received notification from the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation that these courses met the criteria and have been approved. When you meet the criteria for taking and successfully passing each course, the certificate of completion will include the statement about the CRNI recertification units. The approved courses include: 

• Infiltration and Extravasation from Vascular Access Devices – 5 contact hours and 5 CRNI recertification units. This online course is the outcome of numerous presentations and publications on this dangerous infusion complication. Over the past 18 years, the list of references has grown to more than 140 as our knowledge base expands. This course was updated in 2012 and contains the most recent standards and guidelines about prevention, recognition and management of these complications. Additionally, the outcomes of these complications include compartment syndrome, necrotic ulcers and complex regional pain syndrome – making infiltration and extravasation the most common infusion-related cause of lawsuits brought against nurses. Protect your patients and yourself by gaining the most recent knowledge about these risks associated with infusion therapy. Use this course to assess your facility’s policy and procedures to identify areas in need of improvement. Learn more.

• Chest Radiograph Assessment and Central Vascular Access Devices – 4 contact hours and 4 CRNI recertification units. This online course provides the necessary information about chest radiographs and how to assess the film for correct CVAD tip location. Written with the assistance of 2 interventional radiologists, there are numerous pictures of chest radiographs with correct and malpositioned catheters. Also included is a discussion of the legal aspects of expanding your practice to include chest radiograph assessment. Learn more.

• The Ins and Outs of Implanted Pacemakers and CVCs – 2 contact hours and 1 CRNI recertification unit. Many questions arise about the safety of placing a CVC into a patient with a pacemaker. This course examines the published literature for all information about these 2 devices located in the same anatomical area. You will learn about the various types of pacemakers, their purpose, and complications, along with a discussion of the potential complications when these devices are used together. We wish to thank the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation for their review and approval of our online courses. Please visit their website –www.incc1.org - for the most recent information about the ways to earn recertification units, how to apply these recertification units to your application for recertification, and the maximum number of units that can be earned through this route. Learn more.

Thanks, Lynn