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With excitement, we share the launch of our new, refreshed Governance Resource Community Page—a centralized location designed to simplify access to key guidelines, frameworks, and best practices related to governance!
Each resource is available in a downloadable format to allow you ease in customizing the resources to meet your needs in alignment with your governance processes.
Click here to access these resources within the Community, or click here to view other pathways. |
We’ve continued to evolve our NIHSS offering based on customer feedback - enhancing the learning experience while maintaining the trusted, evidence-based foundation you rely on.
What’s new for NIHSS (1- and 2-year certifications):
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Added a third test patient to strengthen assessment experience
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Increased CE to 5.5 contact hours
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Introduced a 10-question pre- and post-test to support knowledge retention
New: Pediatric NIHSS (PedsNIHSS) Courses
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1- and 2-year certification courses
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4.5 CEs
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Designed specifically for pediatric stroke assessment
Reminder: APEX NIHSS Courses Expiring
As a reminder, our partnership with APEX Innovations is ending, and these courses will permanently expire on August 5, 2026:
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APEX Innovations: NIH Stroke Scale Training and 1-Year Certification (free course)
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APEX Innovations: NIH Stroke Scale Training and 2-Year Certification (free course)
To help ensure a smooth transition, a transition guide is available in the HealthStream Community and your hStream Success Manager is available to assist with planning and rollout by emailing hStreamSuccess@HealthStream.com.
If you need assistance with the transition from the Apex NIHSS course to the HealthStream version, we are hosting two webinars to assist you. |
Soon, you’ll see a refreshed, modern look—while keeping the same easy experience for submitting and tracking your support cases.
What’s new?
The Support Portal is moving to hStream ID for login, so you’ll no longer need separate credentials to access support. One login, fewer passwords to remember. Beta testing is still underway and further details about the roll-out will be communicated soon. |
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If you contract for Dynamic Health, we recommend regularly reviewing our Master List as it updates monthly with the latest course additions, retirements/replacements, etc.
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| Regularly scheduled maintenance is Friday, June 5, from 8pm — 4am Central Time. Click here to view the 2026 system maintenance schedule. |
The new Checklist Application has been in active development and is progressing steadily toward launch. This enhancement will improve how evaluators search for students and complete competencies, simplifying the process of validating multiple skills for multiple individuals. Key features will include the ability to validate multiple skills in a single workflow and complete checklists or skills validations on demand.
We’re planning a limited beta release with a small group of customers during summer with feedback informing any final refinements before full market release. We look forward to sharing more details as development progresses. |
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We’re pleased to share that the Implicit Bias for Clinicians course is now available again in CE Unlimited with ANCC accreditation. We are currently pursuing reaccreditation through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and will provide an update as soon as this accreditation becomes available for the course. |
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New Assessment Notification: This enhancement adds an email notification that will be sent to learners when a Jane Assessment is assigned to them. Immediate assignments will send an alert in near real-time. Assignments with future start dates will send an alert on the start date of the assignment.
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New Courses in the Graduating Nurse Pathway: Two new courses have been added to the Graduating Nurse Pathway and are now part of the CJA Development Plan. Developed in partnership with Galen College of Nursing, we have added two courses, one on Compassionate Care and one on Professionalism. These courses are designed to enhance students' knowledge and reinforce the foundational behaviors and values essential to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care as they prepare to enter the nursing profession.
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The Nurse Residency Pathfinder has been redesigned to deliver a more actionable and clinically informed reporting experience.
Key updates include:
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Updated navigation and filters: A left-hand sidebar with filters relocated to the top of the page for improved usability.
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Redesigned stage tiles: Exact resident and cohort counts displayed alongside a completion donut chart for at-a-glance progress visibility.
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Confidence trend view: Domain-level confidence scores across all four surveys presented in a single view with benchmark comparison.
Jane Assessment integration:
The Pathfinder now includes a Jane Assessment tab, bringing Knowledge Assessment and Clinical Judgment results directly into the dashboard for the first time. Educators can view first and best score comparisons, gaps against national benchmarks, score distribution by performance bucket, and a resident-level list for targeted outreach—all without leaving the platform.
Enhanced reporting views:
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Progress to Completion: Updated to assignment-based tracking rather than cumulative totals, enabling true completion percentages and a student-level drill-down showing individual progress, scores, and in-program completion status.
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Confidence: Preserves existing domain and demographic views and adds conditional formatting to flag scores ≤ 2.00 and declines from prior surveys.
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Retention Rate: Now includes national benchmark comparison alongside 1-year and 2-year rates, plus a Retention Impact section quantifying nurses retained above benchmark and estimated cost savings.
Together, these updates enable a tighter signal-to-action workflow for educators and support more defensible documentation for PTAP, Magnet, and Pathway to Excellence® program evaluation. |
If you contract for Quality OB and need administrative support or are onboarding a new Quality OB admin role, new eLearning courses are now available at HealthStream Academy and within your Quality OB library. Course titles include:
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Quality OB: Administrator - Assigning Quality OB Learning
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Quality OB: Administrator - Overview
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Quality OB: Administrator - Reports
Additionally, a new section specific for Quality OB was recently added to HealthStream Help, which you can view here. |
Quality OB customers now have a new course designed to support California healthcare organizations in meeting the requirements of the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act. This legislation requires healthcare facilities to implement an evidence-based implicit bias training program for all perinatal care providers.
This accredited course addresses all ten requirements of the mandated perinatal implicit bias training and reinforces HealthStream’s commitment to delivering meaningful, regulatory‑driven value to our Quality OB customers.
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Quality OB: Perinatal Implicit Bias, California
Additionally, new certification preparation resources were released to help support nursing staff expand their professional development if pursuing the new C-OBE (Obstetric Emergencies) certification.
New Course Names:
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Quality OB: Certification Prep Study Cards – C-OBE: Obstetric Emergencies
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Quality OB: Certification Prep Test – C-OBE: Obstetric Emergencies
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If you contract for Quality OB, the following courses below went through an accreditation review and update. Learners in progress with current versions need to complete before June 15, 2026, when current CE and versions expire. New versions were released May 13, 2026.
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Quality OB: Effective Communication and Event Disclosure in Obstetrics
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Quality OB : Effective Communication and Event Disclosure in Obstetrics MicroSim
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Quality OB: Effective Communication and Event Disclosure in Obstetrics MicroSim (Certificate-Based Assignment Only)
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Quality OB :EFM Microsim- Nurse
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Quality OB: EFM Microsim – Provider
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Quality OB: Hypertension in Pregnacy MicroSim
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Quality OB: Hypertension – Pregnancy Through Postpartum MicroSim (Certificate-Based Assignment Only)
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Quality OB: Postpartum Hemorrhage
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Quality OB: Postpartum Hemorrhage MicroSim
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Quality OB: Postpartum Hemorrhage MicroSim (Certificate-Based Assignment Only)
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Quality OB: Shoulder Dystocia
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Quality OB: Shoulder Dystocia Microsim: Nurse
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Quality OB: Shoulder Dystocia Microsim: Provider
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Quality OB: Shoulder Dystocia Microsim - Provider (Certificate-Based Assignment Only)
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Quality OB: Shoulder Dystocia Microsim - Nurse (Certificate-Based Assignment Only)
Additionally, the following Quality OB courses were revised and new versions released on May 8, 2026. Learners currently in progress with current versions need to complete by August 12, 2026.
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Quality OB: Evaluating Fetal Wellbeing
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Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 04
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Quality OB: EFM - Tracing Activity 05
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Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 06
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Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 07
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Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 08
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Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 10
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Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 11
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Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 22
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Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 24
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| For Quality OB customers utilizing the courseware for OB/GYN physicians, all Quality OB courses are now approved as a quality improvement activity eligible for Part IV Practice Improvement credit for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Continuing Certification (CC) program. |
If you contract for AWHONN’s Perinatal Bereavement Certificate Program, a new version was released on May 23, 2026.
New Course Titles:
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AWHONN Perinatal Bereavement Certificate Program – Nursing Contact Hours (CNE)
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AWHONN Perinatal Bereavement Certificate Program – Provider for CME
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Overall enhancements to each module based on customer feedback and evaluation data
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Option to slow down or speed up narration
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PDF participant hand-outs available as a resource to support learning
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Introduction module will point learner to AWHONN’s Perinatal Bereavement Resource webpage for additional resources
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Updated references and information throughout modules to new 2025 guidelines
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Impact of Faith and Culture on Perinatal Loss module received the most significant enhancements and expanded coverage to include:
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Asking parents about traditions and understanding common practices and rituals both at birth and end-of-life including burial traditions
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Demonstrating respect for traditional rituals and practicing cultural humility
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Creating a safe space for a person’s faith or spirituality
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If you contract for Essentials of Pediatric Acute Care Orientation (EPACO) from Pediatric Learning Solutions (PLS), version 4.0 is expected to release in July – key details below.
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Overall update: Changes include updated images, interactivities, and content to improve understanding and visual appeal.
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Pediatric Nutrition: The Pediatric Nutrition Overview course will be split into two lessons to improve learner engagement and retention.
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Pediatric Nutrition Overview: this lesson will cover the fundamentals of pediatric nutrition including age-specific nutritional needs, obesity prevention and management and risk factors for malnutrition
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Modalities of Pediatric Nutrition (NEW): this lesson will focus on nutritional support and modalities of nutrition for the pediatric patient including age-appropriate formula and/or food choices, oral supplementation and parenteral nutrition
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Child Abuse and Neglect: Adding content to address Munchhausen’s “factitious disorder” and human trafficking. Two topics that were identified as gaps by PLS’s pediatric advisory committee.
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PLS App Supplemental Learning Activity: Case Study for Medication Administration Safety will be added to the PLS App to create a digital experience that allows clinicians to apply their knowledge of medication safety by making decisions and observing outcomes related to adverse signs and symptoms during medication administration.
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| We’re excited to share that the full OASIS Section-by-Section series has been updated to align with OASIS-E2 and is now ready for use. Since every section in the series was updated, this release should be viewed as an entirely new series rather than a partial revision. Throughout the series, you’ll find updated guidance, revised item definitions, and clearer direction on assessment and scoring rules to support OASIS-E2 requirements. For a closer look at the item-level changes, click here to view the OASIS-E1 to OASIS-E2 updates resource. |
| If you contract for ENA Content - Introduction to Trauma: Caring for Pediatric Patients 3.0, this course will be undergoing a revision. The old version of the course will be inactivated on 7/11/2026. The change in versions is that the new version now includes references and is available now for new enrollments/assignments. |
| If you contract for Sigma’s Nurse Manager Certificate Program, a new version is expected to release this month. Learners in progress with current version modules must complete by CE expiration June 23, 2026. The new version has been revised to update content to latest standards and align content with the Global Nurse Leader Competency Framework. |
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We are pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned HealthStream Surgical Orientation (HSO) Community of Practice, a centralized resource hub built to support perioperative educators and administrators in implementing, managing, and optimizing their HSO programs.
The community is organized around four key areas: getting started with HSO, designing your orientation program, administering and assigning content, and maintaining and optimizing your program over time. All resources within the community have been newly developed or updated, including educator guides for pre-built and custom curricula, role-based education guides, course metadata, orientation schedule templates, downloadable skills checklists, guideline highlights, facilitator guides for in situ simulations, and administrator guides to support system navigation and curriculum management.
Additionally, the HSO Implementation Guide course available in the HLC has been fully updated with new guidance to support administrators and educators in effectively building and managing their orientation programs.
Also included in the community are continuing resources supporting our expanding HSO assignable curricula offerings in the HLC for Circulating Nurses, Surgical Technologists, First Assistants, PACU, Pre-Op, SPD, and HLD teams. Please refer to the Master List.
An announcement with available training options will be shared with existing users later this month. Clients will be contacted directly to assist with provisioning access to the community. |
Medical Assistant Orientation (MAO) is expanding its strong training foundation this month with six new AAMA-accredited courses focused on clinical procedures, regulatory knowledge, and preceptor development:
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MAO: Clinical Practice, CLIA Regulations
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MAO: Clinical Practice, Techniques for Phlebotomy and Specimen Processing
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MAO: Clinical Practice, Techniques for Suture and Staple Removal
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MAO: Clinical Practice, The Gastrointestinal System
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MAO: Leadership, Skills and Techniques for Preceptors
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MAO: Wound Care, Types of Wounds and Interventions
These additions further strengthen both frontline clinical proficiency and leadership readiness, supporting organizations in enhancing onboarding, skills development, and preceptor training programs. |
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