Sepsis Starts Fast. Great Nursing Starts Faster.

Top Nurse CE | November 21, 2025

Every nurse knows the truth we learn early in our careers: infection doesn’t wait.
It doesn’t pause while we hunt down supplies, verify orders, or sort out charting screens.

And when sepsis is at the door, timing becomes the first medication.

At TopNurseCE, we’re building a full Sepsis Essentials Bundle designed for real-world nursing.
Not theory. Not “ideal conditions.”

The actual work that happens between the alarm, the assessment, the cultures, the antibiotics, and the clock that never seems to slow down.

The new course is here…

Our new 2.0-hour course — Nursing Management Essentials: Cultures Before Antibiotics (Timing & Workflow) — takes you inside the precise sequencing that saves lives:

  • Why cultures first isn’t just a rule, but a diagnostic safeguard

  • How your timestamps influence SEP-1 scoring and patient outcomes

  • The nurse’s role in door-to-needle time

  • Real case studies with layered clinical complexity

  • How to shave minutes off delays while keeping care safe and clean

  • SBAR strategies that get pharmacy moving now

It’s practical, it’s high-impact, and it’s the kind of CE that immediately changes your next shift.

But you don’t have to wait.

Start with the FREE 1-Hour Course You Can Take Today

Begin the series with our foundational course, Sepsis: Early Recognition & Time Zero (1.0 Nursing CE) — completely free.
This first course lays the groundwork for everything that follows: early signs, subtle clues, first steps, and the nursing actions that reset the clock in the patient’s favor.

📍 Get the FREE 1-hour course here:
https://topnursece.com/courses/sepsis-early-recognition-spot-start-1-0-ce/

It’s fast, practical, and nurses tell us it helped them spot deterioration earlier — sometimes within the same week.

Why this matters now

Hospitals are tightening sepsis metrics.
Chart audits are growing sharper.
Missed timestamps, delayed cultures, or antibiotic lag time can shift both outcomes and compliance.

Nursing needs CE that keeps up with the demands.

If you want everything… it’s cheaper than you think

Most CE sites charge $59-$149 just for a single course.
Our full All-Access Membership is just $29.95 for the entire year — including:

  • 100+ hours of Nursing CE

  • Instant certificates

  • No tests (ever)

  • All new courses added (including the whole Sepsis Bundle)

  • CA BRN Provider #13886

If you’re in California or any state that accepts CA BRN CE, this is the simplest, most affordable CE you’ll find.

Coming Soon… The Full Sepsis Essentials Bundle

Our Sepsis Essentials series will include:

  • Time Zero & Early Recognition (FREE 1.0 CE — already live)

  • Cultures Before Antibiotics: Timing & Workflow (2.0 CE — coming next)

  • When to Call, When to Escalate (1.5 CE)

  • Organ Dysfunction & Rising Lactates (2.0 CE)

  • Sepsis Documentation Essentials for Audit-Proof Charting (1.0 CE)

Every course is written by nurses, for nurses — with real cases pulled from real hospitals.

If you want to start the series, the free first course is waiting.

And if you want unlimited access to everything we’re building — plus every existing course — the All-Access Membership is the best thing we offer.

Start free. Dive deeper. Stay prepared.

Grab the free course.
Watch for the new module.
And if you’re ready to stop worrying about CE for the rest of the year, join us at TopNurseCE.com.

Your next shift — and your next patient — will thank you.