CE Program: What’s Love Got to do With It?

Heart disease has many risk factors including a lack of love, connection, and gratitude. Find out what love has to do with it in this unique class that takes a holistic approach to the heart…

Professional statement of purpose: The purpose of this activity is to enable the learner to understand the genesis of coronary heart disease (CHD) from a mental, spiritual, and physical perspective.

Topics:
• Holistic/Integrative Health and Wellness defined
• Mind-Body connection
• Heart disease statistics
• Epigenetics
• Cholesterol
• Statins
• Lab tests
• Risk factors: emotional, spiritual, physical
• Prevention
• Heart energy; ability to affect others
• “Hado” – loving intention
• Oxytocin – the love hormone
• Role of forgiveness & gratitude

 

Continuing Education credit for this program is awarded by Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) for the following professions: Nurses: As an American Psychological Association approved provider CES programs are accepted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Every state Board of Nursing accepts ANCC approved programs except California and Iowa, however CES is also an approved Continuing Education provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, (Provider Number CEP15567) which is also accepted by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Nurses completing this program receive 1.0 CE hours of credit.

This program has been approved for 1 Social Work Continuing Education Credits, for the licensure period of October 1, 2016 — September 30, 2018, in accordance with 258 CMR. Boston University School of Social Work Authorization Number B-18-114.