As a health care organization, MPRO is committed to providing resources that aid nurses and providers in their efforts to improve quality of care.  MPRO is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Michigan Nurses Association (www.minurses.org), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

MPRO's Web site offers free continuing education self-instructional modules (SIMs) and links to national organizations that offer continuing education (CE) opportunities.

Currently we are offering SIMs on the following topics:

Clinical:

• Pain: Assessment and Management: 2008
• Heart Failure Quality Improvement: 2008

Communication:

• Presentation Skills: 2008

Medical Review:

• The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA): 2008
• Medicare Expedited Appeals Process: 2008

Quality Improvement:

• How to Map Your Office Process: 2008
• Quality Improvement with PDSA: 2008
• Quality Improvement Tools and Techniques: 2008
• How to Examine Value and Waste in Your Office Process: 2008
• Change Management in the Physician Office Setting: 2008
• The Challenges of Changing in the Physician Office: 2008