In addition to our academic courses, master's degree, grad minor/certificate, and online learning modules, the Center offers opportunities for health professionals to gain continuing education credits. Learn more about these opportunities below.
Continuing Education for Health Professionals
Food Matters for Health Professionals
Food Matters CE Course is an evidence-based, experiential-learning, applied nutrition, and culinary skills course for health professionals of all disciplines. The course addresses the role of food in specific health conditions and its function in health promotion and disease prevention. The relationship between the source of food and the larger food system to both environmental and human health will be explored, in addition to the importance of understanding the food system’s impact on patients and communities. Credits available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™, ANCC Contact hours, MN Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice CEUs, and National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching CEUs (CEA-000171-1). See website for more details.
Integrative Nursing Webinars
Integrative nursing is a way of being-knowing-doing that advances the health and wellbeing of persons, families, and communities through caring and healing relationships. Integrative nurses use evidence to inform traditional and emerging interventions that support whole person and whole systems healing.
Chief Wellbeing Officer Role within Veterans Health Administration
Wednesday May 8, 2024 • 12 to 1:00 p.m. Central
The content of the webinar is designed for nurses. Other health professionals are welcome.
This session led by nurses in the Chief Wellbeing Officer (CWO) Role will discuss the position in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The speakers will explore how this role contributes to the wellbeing of clinicians and the overall organizational health. They will also discuss the support mechanisms that are necessary for executing these strategies in the field, so that the wellbeing initiatives can truly make a difference in the lives of healthcare professionals.
Participants can earn 1.0 continuing nursing education contact hours.
Climate Conversations: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Professionals in Minnesota
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 • 12 to 1 p.m. Central
The content of the webinar is designed for nurses. Other health professionals are welcome.
Health professionals are the most trusted voices in our society, yet many are not prepared with climate knowledge to help our patients and communities adapt. This talk will cover the findings of two research studies led by the Minnesota Department of Health and provide summaries, tools, and next steps to engage the public to promote adaptation to the health impacts of climate change.
Participants can earn 1.0 continuing nursing education contact hours.
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.
Continuing Education for Health Coaches
In addition to our Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching master's degree, grad minor/certificate, the Center offers opportunities for health coaches to gain continuing education credits to maintain their eligibility to continue their NBC-HWC status (requires 36 CEU every 3 years).