Overcoming Analysis Paralysis: Making Sense of Labs and Diagnosis
Overcoming Analysis Paralysis was designed for a deep dive into the lab values, radiology tests, and electrocardiograms that you may encounter on the job. Once the learner is in the classroom, we will walk them through every lab value imaginable. Additionally, the course includes a full afternoon of case studies where the learner applies what they’ve learned to interpret laboratory values, radiology exams, and electrocardiograms in simulated scenarios.
Regardless of what area of healthcare you work in, laboratory values, radiology exams, and electrocardiogram exams need to be interpreted, and this course will allow the learner to dig deeper into these tests.
Our multi-course instructor and Chief Operating Officer, Bill Light, describes the course’s usefulness as: “In an exceptional educational seminar, you hope that you will get one or two “a-ha moments” every hour. In Overcoming Analysis Paralysis, I bet you’ll get one every 5 minutes.”
It doesn’t matter what your position is; if you touch lab work in any capacity, this class will help you. It may be a lot of information; however, it is amazing.
Whether it is taught in person, virtually, or through our on-demand option, the course content is the same! Plus, students can earn up to 14.92 Contact Hours!*
Here is everything we cover:
Electrolytes
Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation
Chest X-Ray Interpretation
Renal Function Tests
Urinalysis Studies
Hematology Studies
Lab Testing and the GI System
Coagulation Studies
Heart Smarts
Testing Through the Ages
Electrocardiograms
Plus, 5 Additional Case Studies
Course Guide
The best way to ensure we give our patients the highest level of care is to be armed with knowledge. Overcoming Analysis Paralysis aims to equip you with that wisdom. OAP (our internal name for the course) is designed to help you empower yourself and increase your understanding when it comes to reading the results of labs, x-rays, EKGs, and other diagnostic tests. The course is about allowing you to make recommendations and identify concerns so you can make a bigger impact on patient outcomes. We hope you’ll apply what you learn during this course to your practice.
We released the online version of our updated Overcoming Analysis Paralysis course in May 2024. This course manual will walk you through the online courses from start to finish. This is not a digital version of a manual.
On-Demand
The on-demand version of the course is the best way to learn from home or on the go! In the 2nd digital version of the course, Jeff Solheim provides viewers with a review that simplifies some of the incredibly complex topics they’ll encounter at the bedside. Just like our live courses, this video series is broken down into the following modules:
Electrolytes
Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation
Chest X-Ray Interpretation
Renal Function Tests
Urinalysis Studies
Hematology Studies
Lab Testing and the GI System
Coagulation Studies
Heart Smarts
Testing Through the Ages
Electrocardiograms
Plus, 5 Additional Case Studies
If you have a group of 2 or more, click ‘Group Enrollment’ to activate volume discounts at checkout.
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“Solheim's Overcoming Analysis Paralysis Course” (OCEAN ID #2025-14) has received OCEAN approval for 14.92 contact hours (expires 03/31/27).
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Approval valid through 03/31/2027; OCEAN ID #2025-14
“I found this course [OAP] to be quite useful. I've been a nurse for a few years, I passed my CEN last year with the help of Jeff Solheim, but I wanted to go back and review some material, deepen my understanding of all the topics and tie them together. I found this course to be quite useful in that regard." - Laimis