Shalla Newton

MSN, RN, NE-BC

Shalla graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, receiving her B.S. with honors. She also graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, receiving her BSN with top honors. She earned her MSN from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing with top honors. She also maintains her post-baccalaureate nurse educator certificate. Shalla’s tenure encompasses over 20 years of cross-functional leadership and direct clinical roles in healthcare, biopharma/biotech, government affairs, nonprofit patient advocacy & research organizations. Shalla is an accomplished writer, speaker, and published author with global experts. She also sits on scientific, advocacy, & legislative advisory boards. Her therapeutic passion has been focused in rare, orphan, & complex diseases for the past 15 years with subject matter expertise in rheumatology, immunology, genetics, neurology, and several pediatric diseases.

Courses Authored

Autoimmune Disease: Causes and Treatments

The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to autoimmune disease causes, treatment, and overall management.

1.00 Contact Hours

$20.00

Free with Standard Membership

Therapeutic Considerations for Patients with ALS

The goal of this course is to provide nursing and occupational and physical therapy professionals with an overview and interprofessional team management considerations for patients with ALS.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

Recognize background information, signs, symptoms, and diagnostic options for ALS.
Review treatment approaches in the management of ALS.
Recall interprofessional team considerations in the care of patients with ALS.

1.00 Contact Hours

$23.00

Free with Standard Membership

Utilization Management: The Review Process

The goal of this course is to equip nurses with knowledge of the utilization review process in acute care settings.

1.00 Contact Hours

$15.00

Free with Standard Membership

Utilization Management: Quality Indicators

The goal of this course is to equip nurses with knowledge of quality indicators for utilization management in the acute care setting.

0.50 Contact Hours

$15.00

Free with Standard Membership

Creating a Supportive Healthcare Environment

The goal of this course is to introduce nurses to concepts that foster supportive healthcare environments.

0.50 Contact Hours

$20.00

Free with Standard Membership

Multiple Sclerosis: Treatment and Care Considerations

The goal of this course is to provide nurses and physicians with a refresher in the overall management and treatment of MS.

1.00 Contact Hours

$20.00

Free with Standard Membership

The Affordable Care Act: An Overview

The legislative enactment of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has been the single most significant healthcare policy reform in the U.S. since the inception of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The ACA’s initial goals were robust and have grown in systemic healthcare aim since. However, the ACA is not without its growing pains, including rising plan costs and declining coverage among many states (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS], 2022a).

The ACA serves to provide quality cost-effective care while augmenting growing healthcare disparities and broader coverage for all Americans. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic employment layoffs and loss of health insurance, the number of ACA-covered Americans has soared to an estimated 35.8 million, with 22 million enrolled in ACA-covered Medicare expansion plans (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation [KFF], 2017; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], 2022b). With growing patient enrollment in ACA plans, nurses must be informed healthcare leaders, having the knowledge to assist patients about ACA, how it works, and its impact on patient care.

1.00 Contact Hours

$20.00

Free with Standard Membership

Medicare Advantage and Other Medicare Plans

The goal of this course is to provide nurses and physicians at CMS Medicare-approved organizations with enhanced knowledge of MA plans.

1.50 Contact Hours

$15.00

Free with Standard Membership

Medicare Parts C and D: General Compliance

The goal of this course is to provide Medicare Sponsors with enhanced knowledge of Medicare Parts C and D compliance knowledge.

1.00 Contact Hours

$19.95

Free with Standard Membership

Utilization Management: Medicare Beneficiaries

The goal of this course is to equip nurses and social workers with knowledge of utilization management as it applies to Medicare beneficiaries in acute care.

1.00 Contact Hours

$20.00

Free with Standard Membership

Seizure Management: Essentials

The goal of this course is to further educate pre-hospital EMS personnel and nurses about seizure management.

1.00 Contact Hours

$15.00

Free with Standard Membership

CNML: Human Resource Management Part 2

The goal of this course is to prepare nurses for the CNML exam.

1.00 Contact Hours

$20.00

CNML: Strategic Management and Technology

The goal of this course is to prepare nurses for the CNML exam.

1.00 Contact Hours

$20.00

Seizure Management: Essentials

Epilepsy, also known as a seizure disorder, affects over 50 million people globally and 3 million people in the U.S. Over 150,000 new cases are diagnosed every year (Mass General Brigham Mass General for Children [MGBC], 2022). Seizure disorders are a heterogeneous group of disorders that have a common thread of abnormal nerve cell (neuronal) activity that misfire, producing seizures. The course will provide both prehospital emergency medical service (EMS) as well as hospital and outpatient (community) nursing professionals with a high-level overview of seizure disorder knowledge and management.

1.00 Contact Hours

$12.00

Free with Standard Membership

Utilization Management: Acute Care Roles and Responsibilities

The goal of this course is to equip nurses with knowledge of key principles of utilization management (UM) and responsibilities of the UM process.

1.00 Contact Hours

$15.00

Free with Standard Membership

Supporting Parents of Children with Special Healthcare Needs

Approximately 20% of all children in the U.S. have a qualifying condition classified as a special healthcare need (Young & Crankshaw, 2021). The term “special healthcare needs” is often interchanged with the term “disabilities.” This course will interchange the terms. Caring for a child with special healthcare needs is a full-time job for the parents and continues throughout the child’s life. Nurses and social workers are in a unique position to facilitate family coping, navigating complex medical care access and barriers, and being the conduit between the professional healthcare and outside community.

1.00 Contact Hours

$12.00

Free with Standard Membership

An Overview of Population Health

The goal of this course is to provide nurses in clinical settings with the knowledge and role nurses play in population health.

0.50 Contact Hours

$20.00

Free with Standard Membership

Virtual Visits: Telemedicine

The goal of this course is to provide nurses, providers, and social workers with information about telemedicine and needed expanded areas of utilization.

1.00 Contact Hours

$26.00

Free with Standard Membership

Working with Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

The goal of this course is to help the healthcare team gain knowledge about barriers and interventions when working with patients experiencing homelessness.

1.00 Contact Hours

$15.00

Free with Standard Membership

Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Chronic Disease

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder. It is a systemic inflammatory disease. However, it tends to focus on the body’s connective tissue and joints. This course will give the background and pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic criteria, treatment, and other disease considerations for RA.

1.00 Contact Hours

$12.00

Free with Standard Membership