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About Specialty Health Education, Inc.
Specialty Health Education, Inc. is a continuing educational company, which provides the highest quality continuing education seminars and self-study programs. Our educational specialists utilize the clinical and didactic expertise of a variety of advanced practice nurses, clinical specialists, administrators and physician consultants to meet the growing educational needs of healthcare providers. As a result, only the highest level of continuing educational programs are offered by Specialty Health Education, Inc. Specialty Health Education, Inc. is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Specialty Health Education, Inc. is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 12963. All continuing education programs are designed to meet the Board of Nursing requirements in all fifty states.
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About the Author
Michael Kost, DNP, CRNA
‘Sedation Clinical Competency Program’
Author
Michael Kost, DNP, CRNA is the Program Director of a nurse anesthesia educational program in a mid-atlantic state. He received his Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from Widener University, his anesthesia clinical education at the Frank J. Tornetta School of Anesthesia at Montgomery Hospital, Master of Science in anesthesia and healthcare administration from Saint Joseph's University and Master of Science in Nursing as a geriatric clinical nurse specialist from Gwynedd Mercy College. Michael recently completed his Doctorate in Nursing Practice at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and his Post-Master's Certificate in Nursing Education from La Salle University School of Nursing.
He is the author of two award winning texts on Moderate Sedation/Analgesia. The ‘Manual of Conscious Sedation’ (W. B. Saunders) was the first text of its kind to assemble into a single source all of the information needed to ensure quality care for patients receiving sedation/analgesia. His latest publication entitled ‘Moderate Sedation/Analgesia: Core Competencies for Practice’ (Elsevier Science) provides non-anesthesia sedation practitioners with all of the necessary competencies required to provide safe, clinically competent sedation patient care. Additionally, he is a featured speaker for the Specialty Health Education, Inc. seminar series entitled 'Annual Perianesthesia Nursing Update Series' offered each Fall. He is a respected author, consultant and educator on a wide variety of topics including pharmacology, perianesthesia, perioperative, sedation/analgesia and patient safety issues.
In the last 15 years, Michael has personally provided and participated in the education of over 20,000 sedation nurses, physicians, dentists and allied healthcare workers!
Accreditation
Specialty Health Education, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Specialty Health Education, Inc. is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 12963
Sedation Clinical Competency Program
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Healthcare Provider Notice
Sedation/analgesia healthcare are ever-changing fields. Standard safety precautions must be followed, but as new research and clinical experience broaden our knowledge, changes in the treatment and drug therapy become necessary or appropriate. Participants are advised to check the product information currently provided by the manufacturer of each drug or treatment to verify the recommended dosage, treatment protocol, method and duration of administration, and contraindications. It is the responsibility of the healthcare provider relying on experience and knowledge of the patient to determine dosages and the best treatment for the patient. Neither Specialty Health Education, Inc. or the author assumes any responsibility for any injury and/or damage to person or property.
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