Earn CE with Rehabilitation Nursing Journal 

ARN provides members the opportunity to earn 6 free nursing contact hours online each year through Rehabilitation Nursing. One article per issue is free to ARN members. Members are required to read a previously selected article, then go online and complete and pass a post-test. Access the most recent CE articles below.

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Online Continuing Education Articles

Subjective Well-Being, Positive Affect, Life Satisfaction, and Happiness With Multiple Sclerosis: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Valid to September 4, 2026

How Do Nurses Assess Cognition in Adults With Neurological Conditions? A Scoping Review

Valid to September 4, 2026

A Nurse-Led App-Based Home Exercise Program after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Valid to September 4, 2026

Measurement of Physical Activity Among Hospitalized Older Adults Living with Dementia

Valid to September 4, 2026

Working-Age Caregivers of Stroke Survivors: Needs, Concerns, and Quality of Life

Valid to June 5, 2026

The Effect of Teach-Back on Readmission Rates in Rehabilitation Patients

Valid to June 5, 2026

The Perceived Meaning of Traumatic Brain Injury for Older Adults

Valid to March 6, 2026

Cognitive Symptom Awareness Among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis using a Mobile Application

Valid to March 6, 2026

Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring of Physical Activity in Clinical Practice

Valid to September 5, 2025

Male External Catheter Care and Maintenance

Valid to September 5, 2025

Efficacy of Rapid Rehabilitation Nursing in Postoperative Care in China: A Meta-Analysis

Valid to September 5, 2025

The Role of Nursing Staff Regarding Goal Setting and Achieving in Geriatric Rehabilitation: A Focus Group Study

Valid to September 5, 2025

Predicting Falls in Rehabilitation: A Comparison of Three Instruments Including Hester Davis

Valid to June 5, 2026

Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy and the Role of the Rehabilitation Nurse

Valid to June 5, 2026

The Lived Experience of Serious Stroke Survival: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Case Study

Valid to March 6, 2026

Rapid Response Team Activation Triggers in Adults and Children: An Integrative Review

Valid to March 6, 2026

Effects of the Interruption Management Strategy "Stay S.A.F.E." During Medication Administration

Valid to December 5, 2025

Immobility and the High Risk of Not Recovering Function in Older Adults: A Focused Ethnography

Valid to December 5, 2025

Anosognosia for Hemiplegia and Falls After Stroke: A Prospective Correlational Study

Valid to December 5, 2025

Nasal Tube Securement: Randomized Controlled Trial in Pediatric Hospitalized Patients

Valid to December 5, 2025

Quality Measure Concepts for Inpatient Rehabilitation That Are Best Understood From the Patient's Perspective

Valid to September 5, 2025

Using Mirror Therapy to Optimize the Efficacy of Balance Programs for Older Adults with Poststroke Balance Impairment

Valid to September 5, 2025

Moving Beyond the LGBTQIA+ Acronym: Toward Patient-Centered Care

Valid to September 5th, 2025

Six Steps in Reading to Appraise Scientific Publications: Discover a Different Path

Valid to September 5th, 2025

Impact of Reengineered Discharge Toolkit on Patients Undergoing Total Joint Surgeries

Valid to June 6, 2025

Balance Ability and Occupational Performance in Patients With Parkinson's Disease and On-Medication-State Freezing of Gait

Valid to June 6, 2025

COVID-19: The Effects on the Course, Outcomes, and Discharge Destination From Acute Rehabilitation
Valid to March 7, 2025

Access, Utilization, and Implementation of Research Among Rehabilitation Nurses: A Qualitative Study
Valid to March 7, 2025

Engaging Rehabilitation Technicians through a Career Ladder During a Pandemic
Valid to December 6, 2024

Examining a Fatigue Management Model for Older Individuals
Valid to December 6, 2024

Updated Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing: Practice Applications
Valid to December 6, 2024

Human Trafficking in Rehabilitation: What Nurses Need to Know
Valid to December 6, 2024

Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement in Rehabilitation Among Stroke Survivors: An Integrative Review
(Free to ARN members through January 31, 2022)
Valid to December 6, 2024

Dosing Patterns In Treatment of Disabling Spasticity With Intrathecal Baclofen
Valid to December 6, 2024

Physical and Cognitive Training to Enhance Intensive Care Unit Survivors' Cognition: A Mapping Review
Valid to December 6, 2024

Grief and Loss Among Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Study
(Free to ARN member through November 30, 2021)
Valid to September 6, 2024

Introducing Standardized Assessment and Management of Oral Cares in a Rehabilitation Unit: Patient Outcomes and Experiences
Valid to September 6, 2024

Graphic Representation of Hourly Activity Counts May Identify Discharge Outcomes for Older Adults After Critical Illness
Valid to September 6, 2024

COVID-19 and Inpatient Rehabilitation Nursing Care:Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future
Valid to June 7, 2024

Brief Psychosocial Intervention to Address Poststroke Depression May Also Benefit Fatigue and Sleep-Wake Disturbance
Valid to June 7, 2024

Impact of a Sleep Enhancement Protocol on Nighttime Room Entries in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
Valid to June 7, 2024

Rehabilitation Nursing Challenges for Patients With Lower Limb Amputation
Valid to June 2, 2023

Chronic Illness and Fatigue in Older Individuals: A Systematic Review
Valid to June 2, 2023

Examining Fall Risk Assessment in Geriatric Rehabilitation Settings Using Translational Research
Valid to June 2, 2023

Parents' Perception of Self-Management Behaviors for Their Children With Spina Bifida in South Korea: A Qualitative Study
Valid to March 3, 2023

Effects of Laughter Therapy on Life Satisfaction and Loneliness in Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes in Turkey: A Parallel Group Randomized Controlled Trial
Valid to March 3, 2023

Development and Validation of an Age-Appropriate Website for Children Requiring Clean Intermittent Catheterization
Valid to March 3, 2023

Extrinsic and Behavioral Fall Risk Factors in People With Parkinson's Disease: An Integrative Review
Valid to December 2, 2022

Using the Preparedness Assessment for the Transition Home After Stroke Instrument to Identify Stroke Caregiver Concerns Predischarge: Uncertainty, Anticipation, and Cues to Action
Valid to December 2, 2022

Educating Nurses on Supported Mirror Viewing for Patients After Amputation and Other Visible Disfigurements
Valid to December 2, 2022

Hospital Environmental Effects on Sleep in Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury in Rehabilitation
Valid to December 2, 2022

Factors Influencing the Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Physical Functional Capacity After Cardiac Rehabilitation
Valid to December 2, 2022

Do Errorless Methods Improve Discharge Medication Instruction and Adherence?
Valid for December 2, 2022

Constructing Recovery Narratives: Experiences and Expectations Following Spinal Cord Injury
Valid to September 2, 2022

Effect of Sitting Ba-Duan-Jin Exercises on Balance and Quality of Life Among Older Adults: A Preliminary Study
Valid to September 2, 2022

What Types of Physical Function Predict Program Adherence in Older Adults?
Valid to September 2, 2022

Using Volume-Based Tube Feeding to Increase Nutrient Delivery in Patients on a Rehabilitation Unit
Valid to September 2, 2022

Acupunch Exercise Program Development and Feasibility Evaluation for Older Adults
Valid to September 2, 2022

A Feasibility Study of a Multifaceted Walking Intervention to Maintain the Functional Mobility, Activities of Daily Living, and Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia
Valid to September 2, 2022

Design and Usability Testing of the Stroke Caregiver Support System: A Mobile-Friendly Website to Reduce Stroke Caregiver Burden
Valid to June 3, 2022

Cognitive Impairment Level and Elderly Hip Fracture: Implications in Rehabilitation Nursing
Valid to June 3, 2022

Examining Factors Related to Health-Related Quality of Life in People with Parkinson's Disease
Valid to June 3, 2022

Implementation of an Evidence-Based, Nurse-Driven Sepsis Protocol to Reduce Acute Care Transfer Readmissions in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Setting
Valid to  March 4, 2022

Associations Between Self-Reported Symptoms and Gait Parameters Using In-Home Sensors in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis
Valid to March 4, 2022

An Altered Eating Experience: Attitudes Toward Feeding Assistance Among Younger and Older Adults
Valid to March 4, 2022

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