Comprehensive Urgent/Emergent Care Package
84.75 CE Hours | 30 RX Hours
This package features 39 courses covering the spectrum of prominent health challenges seen in urgent and emergency medicine, ranging from the common cold to cardiac irregularities. Explore tactics for treating reemerging infectious diseases, reading and interpreting diagnostic panels, and managing chronic pain. Under the keen guidance of our founder, Dr. Fitzgerald, you will learn how to consider whole-body wellness when executing care protocols, and the connection between emotional health and physical symptoms.
Upon completion of each course, you will gain a crucial understanding of how to conduct a variety of physical examinations, including dental, orthopedic, respiratory, abdominal, and vertigo evaluations. Emphasis is placed on the principles of safe prescribing, drug updates, and common side effects. Plus, you will learn how to quickly and efficiently stabilize wounded patients with comprehensive suturing demonstrations.
Courses included in this package:
- Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis: A focus on the latest treatment recommendations 1.5
- Anemia Assessment and Intervention: Common and Not So Common 1.8
- Anxiety and Panic Disorder: The Latest Treatment Recommendations 1.6
- Assessment and Intervention of COPD: The Latest Treatment Recommendations 1.25
- Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Mumps, Measles, Pertussis, and Varicella 1.75
- Asthma: Assessment, diagnosis, and management 1
- Cough, Cold and Fever Symptoms: Pharmacologic Therapies 1.7
- Dental Examinations: Identifying Common Disorders 1.4
- Dizziness, Vertigo, and Syncope: Assessment and Treatment 1.5
- Drug Adverse Effects: Focusing on the most serious problems 1.5
- Drug-Drug Interactions: Safe Prescribing to Avoid Malpractice 1.5
- Evaluation in Immunologic and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders 1.6
- Expert Exam: HEENT: Physical Assessment 3
- Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities: Evaluation and management of common disorders 2.75
- Hepatic Function Assessment 2.1
- Laboratory Diagnosis: Challenging Case Studies 1.2
- Laboratory Diagnostics: A Focus on Renal Insufficiency and Failure 1.8
- Laboratory Monitoring During Drug Therapy 1
- Low Back Pain Assessment and Management 1.7
- Management of Thyroid Disorders: Too Many, Too Little, Masses 1.9
- Ophthalmology Examinations: Identifying Common Disorders 1.6
- Optimizing Outcomes with Preoperative Assessment 1.5
- Orthopedics: Knee Expert Exam 2.4
- Orthopedics: Shoulder Expert Exam 2.4
- Prescribing for the Relief of Symptoms: Pain, Fever, Cough and Nausea 1.4
- Radiology Diagnostic Fundamentals: When & What to Order 1.6
- Respiratory Tract Infections: A Focus on Antimicrobial Treatment Options 1.6
- WBC Count and Differential 1.5
- Antimicrobial Update: A focus on appropriate use and stewardship 1.5
- Evaluating Chest Pain: From differential diagnosis to diagnostic imaging 4.4
- Chest X-ray Interpretation: A Systematic Approach 3
- Abdominal & Pelvic Pain Evaluation: From Diagnosis to Diagnostic Imaging 3.5
- Spine Imaging Criteria and Interpretation: Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar 2.7
- Cardiac Rhythms: The Clinician’s Approach to Accurate Interpretation 4.1
- Medical Imaging of Upper and Lower Extremity Fractures 4.7
- Orthopedic Assessment: Upper and Lower Extremities 3
- Suturing Skills: The Art of Wound Repair 3.9
- Basic 12-Lead ECG Interpretation: A Primary Care Perspective 2.4
- Analysis of the 12-lead ECG: Beyond the basics 4
Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald
DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP
Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald
DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP
Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald is the founder, president, and principal lecturer with Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, (FHEA), an international provider of nurse practitioner certification preparation and continuing education for healthcare providers.
An internationally recognized presenter, Dr. Fitzgerald has provided thousands of programs for numerous professional organizations, universities, and national and state healthcare associations on a wide variety of topics including clinical pharmacology, clinical assessment, laboratory diagnosis, healthcare, and nurse practitioner practice. For more than 25 years, she has provided graduate-level pharmacology courses for NP students at a number of universities. In addition, she practices as a family nurse practitioner at the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence, MA.
Dr. Fitzgerald also holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, where she received the Alumni Association Award for Clinical Excellence and is also an Adjunct Associate Professor. Dr. Fitzgerald is a member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for Neighborhood Health Plan in Boston, MA.
Dr. Fitzgerald is the recipient of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties’ Lifetime Achievement Award, given in recognition of vision and accomplishments in successfully developing and promoting the nurse practitioner role, the American College of Nurse Practitioner’s Sharp Cutting Edge Award, the Outstanding Nurse Award for Clinical Practice by the Merrimack Valley Area Health Education Council, and one of the 50 Leaders in 50 Years by the Solomont School of Nursing, UMass Lowell. In addition, Dr. Fitzgerald received the Loretta C. Ford Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Nurse Practitioner Symposium for demonstrating longevity, integrity, professional achievement, and advocacy in advanced practice nursing. She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a charter fellow in the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
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Benefits of all CE Passport NP Memberships:
- NEW State mandated CE courses now included
- All In-Person CE Conferences
- All Livestream CE classes
- 285+ On-demand CE courses created by practicing NP experts
- 480+ Pharmacology Hours
- 35+ CE curated learning paths
- 30+ CE podcasts
Note: Physical products (books, suture kits, CD-ROM) are not included.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Dr. Fitzgerald uses real examples from patient visits to teach students important skills.
Yes. If you are a licensed NP who has previously worked in a different setting and will now be staffing an emergency clinic, this course bundle will prepare you to tackle various cases with ease.
You’ll gain stronger clinical instincts, improved diagnostic reasoning, physical exam proficiency, suturing skills, and the ability to manage urgent conditions efficiently and safely.
Yes. Courses on antimicrobial updates, drug adverse effects, and drug-drug interactions help you prescribe safely while minimizing risk and improving patient outcomes.