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Bloodsucking Leeches and Flesh Eating Maggots

How to Take this Course

Here are a few hints to help you navigate through the course.

Click on links in the Table of Contents frame on the left side of the screen. You can view pages consecutively, or access any page at any time.
You can contact website support by clicking on "RnCeus Interactive e-mail" or return to the RnCeus Interactive Home Page by clicking on the word "RnCeus.com" in the top bar above. The horizontal top bar will stay with you in every page of the website!
Access the Exam and Evaluation Form at the end of the course. Follow instructions on that page to obtain nursing contact hours, or to just try the questions. You can review all course material, submit the exam, and get it graded without registering or paying any price!
Links to the World Wide Web enrich the course content. Sometimes they also contain material that will appear on the EXAM; you will always be warned in the course text if the link contains a test question.
Review the different sites; when you click on a link, the new website will either replace the "frame" that you're looking at, or will open into a completely new page. Depending on which occurs, either click "BACK" on your browser to return to the course, or you can minimize the link or close the page. To keep the link for easy reference, "BOOKMARK" it or add it to your " FAVORITES" list.
Scattered throughout the course are Instant Feedback areas, like the one below. Review information about the Target Audience and give it a try!

To reinforce the material, quiz yourself on what you have learned while studying this information. Wherever you see this color text, questions are accessible.

For example:

Instant Feedback:

This course is intended for nurses and other healthcare workers with an interest in leech and maggot therapy. It is of particular value to those who work with burn, surgical, and diabetic patients, as leeches and maggots are becoming treatments of choice for many conditions.