Category: Inservices (No CE) Survey Ready (P1171) Author: Laura More, LCSW This course will help nursing assistants be ready for a state or federal survey of the facility where they work. Pain Issues: Calming Fears of Addiction (P1177) Author: Barbara Acello, RN This course will allow the student to examine facts about pain treatment and addiction in older people. Patient Mobility: Transfer Skills (P1181) Author: Barbara Acello, RN This course is designed to review transfer skills for the nursing assistant who cares for persons with decreased mobility.
Pandemic Flu Preparedness for Employers (P1183) and (PH1183) Author: John Freitas, DO This course explains the latest CDC and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines, as well as provides checklists and sample communications to help business and HR professionals assemble a pandemic influenza response plan. The training provided in this course will help employers to determine how to avoid adverse effects on other entities in their supply chains while also reducing transmission among staff. H1N1 Influenza Outbreak: Planning and Response for Healthcare Professionals and First Responder Personnel (P1185) and (PH1185) Author: John Freitas, DO CEU: 2 hour This course explains the actions that healthcare workers can take to plan and respond to an H1N1 influenza outbreak. This course is intended for all professionals that work in physician offices and other outpatient facilities, as well as for emergency-response healthcare professionals, including firefighters and law enforcement first responders.
Assist with Self-Admin of Meds in ALFs (P1186) Author: Denise A. Barter, CPh, MBA, CGP, FASCP Liz Jensen, RN MSN CEU: 4 hours This course provides information, guidelines, and suggestions necessary for safely assisting residents with medication administration. This course is designed for unlicensed staff members who will be assisting residents in an assisted living facility with medication administration. An instructor s guide is provided for nurses or pharmacists who will be conducting the return demonstration for completion of the course. Note: This course provides general information only. Requirements in each discipline and state must be taken into consideration to assure compliance. Age Specific Care for the Population We Serve (P1187) Author: Lisa Venegas This course is designed to give an overview and guidance for each stage of growth and development. It provides hands-on tips, practical examples and helpful insights, as well as clinical information on vital signs, physical growth characteristics, special considerations, safety concerns, psychosocial needs, and patient and family education.
Back to Basics: OSHA Fit Testing for Particulate Respirators (P1188) Author: Lisa Venegas To train all staff who may be at risk from exposure to infected individuals, with respiratory protection training - as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and to satisfy recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Safe Injection Practices (P1189) Author: Lisa Venegas stick injuries. This course highlights the Safe Injection Practices recommended by the CDC that prevent practices that can spread bloodborne pathogens, as well as reduce the risk to patients and healthcare workers from needle
ABHOW Project Management Basics (P7603) Author: Dale E. Fage, PMP, CPE, CIAQP CEU: 4 hour This 4-hour interactive online course covers the tools and techniques required to successfully manage a project, as well as manage people. It provides a reference tool to be used as a building block for continued education. ABHOW Project Team Management (P7604) Author: Jim Zhao This 1-hour interactive online course introduces the concept and principles of project team management the concept of team, conflict resolution, team building cycle and management s roles. It is prepared specifically for architects, engineers and contractors. Team-building is one of the key elements for the high productivity of any organization. ABHOW Effective Communication (P7605) Author: Donna Koby This 1-hour interactive online course prepares you to better deal with people and situations on a personal and professional level through effective communication.
ABHOW Employee Satisfaction (P7606) Author: Donna Koby This 1-hour interactive online course gives you some tips and insight into improving employee satisfaction. ABHOW Leadership for Managers & Supervisors (P7607) Author: Edward P. Shanahan This 1-hour interactive online course helps managers become better leaders by teaching different leadership techniques and when they should be used. It also teaches managers how to determine what motivates employees, and how to build teams. ABHOW Manager s Guide to Performance Appraisals (P7609) Author: Donna Koby This 1-hour interactive online course covers the techniques required in employee performance evaluation. From first day expectations to end of year reviews, this course teaches you as a manager the professional way to get the best from your employees each and every day.
ABHOW Role of the New Supervisor (P7610) Author: Donna Koby This 1-hour interactive online course is for the newly promoted supervisor, but is valuable to experienced managers as well. It begins where you begin: the introduction to your new work environment and dealing with the changes in your status.
Category: Various (With CEs) Wound Series: Venous Stasis Ulcer Assessment, Interventions, and Prevention (1303) Author: M. J. Johnson, RN, MSN, CWS CEU: 2 hour treatment of stasis ulcers. This course is designed to present the student with current practices in the assessment, prevention, documentation, and 3/20/2009 Advance Directives: Ethics and Management (1330) Author: Laura More, MSW, LCSW CEU: 3 hours This course discusses advance directives for healthcare professionals working in geriatric settings: nursing homes, home care, hospice, and outpatient facilities. The various types of advance directives, patient and family education, and the ethical implications of the process are covered. Resources for state advance directives are offered throughout the course, as well as in the Resources section. Ethics & Jurisprudence for Physical Therapists in Georgia (1332) Author: Bill Asenjo, PhD, CRC Eric Oestmann, PhD, MS, PT CEU: 3 hour This course is designed to acquaint the student with the concept of ethical dilemmas in the healthcare industry and identify solutions to bioethical issues.
3/20/2009 Brain Injury: Practice Guidelines (1335) Author: Lorrie C. Mercer, MS/PT CEU: 8 hours This course is designed for healthcare professionals who provide medical and rehabilitative care for patients following a brain injury. Clinical foundations, including types of injuries, pathophysiology, outcomes, impairments, complications, prognosis, assessment of the severtiy of injury, and treatment guidelines will be described. Current trends in refabilitation will be reviewed and patient care placement options in the post-acute setting will be identified. Child Abuse Identification and Reporting: New York Mandatory (1339) Author: Dr. Eileen Trigoboff, RN, PMHCNS- BC, DNS, DABFN, CIP CEU: 3 hours The purpose of this course is to help healthcare professionals licensed in New York State to prevent, identify and report suspected child abuse.
Infection Control Planning in LTC (1350) Author: John Freitas, DO CEU: 4 hours This course is designed to provide healthcare professionals in long term care facilities a framework for developing an infection control program in this setting. Practicing in the role of an Infection Preventionist (IP) or Infection Control Professional (ICP) within the long term care facility involves development an/or maintenance of an infection control program, surveillance, data collection & analysis, education, reporting oversight, reporting to agencies or other facilities and more. The development of an effective, facility-wide infection control program is paramount to the reduction of healthcare acquired infections in the long-term care setting.