This course will help you: Improve drug safety in your ambulatory surgery center (ASC) Comply with accreditation standards related to drug safety Learn the common causes of drug errors Learn methods Improve drug safety in your ambulatory surgery center (ASC) Administering Medications Safely in an Ambulatory Surgery Center for avoiding errors Identify methods for improving drug safety Recognize how to reconcile medications across a patient s care Comply with accreditation standards related to drug safety Learn the common causes of drug errors Learn methods for avoiding errors Identify methods for improving drug safety Recognize how to reconcile medications across a patient s care Administering Medications Safely in an Ambulatory Surgery Center: Part 2 This course will examine drug errors and hazards. This course will help you: Keep your patients safe from drug errors Keep yourself safe when working with hazardous drugs Identify the features of an adverse drug event that can assist in promoting positive patient outcomes. Discuss ways to reduce the risk of drug interactions in patients to increase patient safety. You will learn about: Adverse drug events and drug interactions Highalert medications Hazardous drugs and other substances, including increase patient safety. Explain ways to increase the safe use of high risk drugs in patients to medical gases List methods for limiting your exposure to hazardous drugs in order to help ensure healthcare worker safety. Explain methods to increase the safe use of medical gases in patients to increase patient safety. Administering Medications Safely in an Ambulatory Surgery Center: Part 2 (CE) Each year, approximately 1.5 million patients are harmed by As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, medication errors. These preventable drug mistakes occur in nurses will know about adverse drug events and drug interactions, highalert medications, and hazardous drugs and other substances. healthcare facilities. Most medication errors can be prevented. This course discuss keeping your patients safe from drug errors as well as Specifically, they will be able to (a) discuss ways to reduce the risk of keeping yourself safe when working with hazardous drugs. Participants drug interactions in patients to increase patient safety; (b) explain ways will learn about adverse drug events and drug interactions, high alert to increase the safe use of high risk drugs in patients to increase medications, and hazardous drugs and other substances, including patient safety; (c) list methods for limiting your exposure to hazardous medical gases. drugs in order to help ensure healthcare worker safety; and (d) explain methods to increase the safe use of medical gases in patients to increase patient safety. Bloodborne Pathogens and Standard Precautions Some organisms that cause disease are carried in a person s blood and other body fluids. Healthcare workers are routinely exposed to the blood and body fluids of their patients. They are therefore at risk for contracting disease. This course will help you protect: Yourself Your coworkers Your patients Your family This course will cover how to: Work safely with blood and body fluids Protect against exposure to bloodborne pathogens Identify important bloodborne pathogens and how they spread, increasing the risk of infection to healthcare workers. List important safeguards against bloodborne pathogen exposure to improve healthcare worker safety. Identify how to respond in a way that will ensure healthcare worker safety if you are exposed to a bloodborne pathogen. Recognize how Standard Precautions are used to protect against exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Page 1 of 13
Some organisms that cause disease are carried in a person s blood and After completing this continuing nursing education activity, registered other body fluids. Ambulatory surgery center (ASC) staff are routinely exposed to the blood and body fluids of their patients. They are nurses will be able to work safely with blood and body fluids and know how to protect against exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Specifically, therefore at risk for contracting disease. This course will help ASC staff they will be able to: (a) identify important bloodborne pathogens and protect themselves, their coworkers, their patients and their family. how they are spread, increasing risk of infection to healthcare workers; Bloodborne Pathogens and Standard Precautions (CE) This course will discuss how to work safely with blood and body fluids (b) list important safeguards against bloodborne pathogen exposure and how to protect against exposure to bloodborne pathogens. that will improve healthcare worker safety; and (c) identify what to do if you are exposed to a bloodborne pathogen that will increase healthcare worker safety. Developmentally Appropriate Care of the Adult Patient Healthcare professionals should be committed to providing quality patient care. In order to do so, they must understand a patient s agespecific: Characteristics Needs Typical milestones and challenges Understanding these features will enable you to better meet your patients needs. Define the term competency Differentiate the needs, characteristics, and healthcare practices for the young, middle, and older adult as they relate to clinical care Explain how to assess age specific competencies in an ambulatory surgery center setting Developmentally Appropriate Care of the Adult Patient (CE) A competency is a set of knowledge, skills, and abilities that allow a As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, person to perform a task. Healthcare staff in the ambulatory surgery nurses will have the information they need to provide quality care for center must develop and demonstrate competencies related to patient the adult patient in an ambulatory surgery center setting. Specifically, care. Age specific competencies require caregivers to provide care nurses will be able to (a) define the term competency; (b) according to a patient s chronological age, developmental age, and differentiate the needs, characteristics, and health care practices for maturity level. Age specific competencies improve the quality of the young, middle, and older adult as they relate to clinical care; and (c) patient care and assist ambulatory surgery centers to comply with explain how to assess age specific competencies in an ambulatory accreditation standards and state laws. Nurses and other healthcare surgery center. professionals are expected to incorporate age specific competencies into their daily care. This course will discuss important age specific characteristics and care needs of adult patients. Developmentally Appropriate Care of the Pediatric Patient As a healthcare professional, you are committed to providing quality patient care. To do so, you must understand a patient s age specific: Characteristics Needs Challenges This understanding will allow you to provide optimum care for all of your patients. Define the term competency Explain the different needs, characteristics, and related healthcare practices for the: o Infant o Toddler o Preschooler o Grade school child o Adolescent Describe how healthcare professionals acquire age specific competencies Describe how ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) assess age specific competencies Page 2 of 13
A competency is a set of knowledge, skills, and abilities that allow a person to perform a task. Healthcare staff in the ambulatory surgery As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, nurses will have the information they need to provide quality care for center must develop and demonstrate competencies related to patient the pediatric patient in an ambulatory surgery center setting. Developmentally Appropriate Care of the Pediatric Patient (CE) care. Age specific competencies require caregivers to provide care according to a patient s chronological age, developmental age, and maturity level. Age specific competencies improve the quality of patient care and assist ambulatory surgery centers to comply with accreditation standards and state laws. Nurses and other healthcare professionals are expected to incorporate age specific competencies into their daily care. This course will discuss important age specific characteristics and care needs of pediatric patients. Specifically, nurses will be able to (a) define the term competency; (b) explain the different needs, characteristics, and related healthcare practices for the infant, toddler, preschooler, grade school child, and adolescent; (c) describe how healthcare professionals acquire agespecific competencies; and (d) describe how ambulatory surgery centers assess age specific competencies. The first cases of AIDS were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1981. Since that time, HIV/AIDS has emerged as one of the single most significant health threats of our time: An estimated 33,015 people with a new diagnosis of AIDS in 2010, and approximately 476,732 people in the United States living with an AIDS diagnosis overall An estimated 13,712 people with an AIDS diagnosis who died in 2012, and approximately 658,507 people in the United States with an AIDS diagnosis who have died overall. Over 34 million people worldwide who have died from AIDS, including 1.2 million in 2014. Identify the importance of HIV testing. Specify HIV testing options and reporting. Discuss best practices for reducing the risk of HIV exposure and infection, both within and outside the healthcare setting. Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV/AIDS In spite of efforts to contain this epidemic, HIV continues to spread. In the United States today: About 50,000 new cases of HIV infection are reported each year. Over 1.2 million people are living with HIV. This course has been designed to help you do your part in slowing the spread of HIV infection by providing you with essential information on: HIV testing options and the importance of testing HIV treatment Specific strategies for preventing the spread of HIV Page 3 of 13
The first cases of AIDS were reported to the Centers for Disease Control As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, and Prevention (CDC) in 1981. Since that time, HIV/AIDS has emerged nurses in the ambulatory surgery setting will have the information they as one of the single most significant health threats of our time. In spite need to understand how HIV/AIDS is diagnosed, treated, and of efforts to contain this epidemic, HIV continues to spread. In the United States today, about 50,000 new cases of HIV infection are prevented. Specifically, after completing this activity, nurses will be able to (a) identify the importance of HIV testing; (b) specify HIV testing reported each year and over 1.2 million people are living with HIV. HIV options and reporting; and (c) discuss best practices for reducing the is now a chronic disease and patients with this chronic disease may be risk of HIV exposure and infection, both within and outside the treated in every healthcare setting across the continuum of care. Every healthcare setting. nurse, including ambulatory surgery center nurses, can expect to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV/AIDS (CE) encounter and need to provide care for an HIV patient. This course has been designed to help you do your part in slowing the spread of HIV infection by providing you with essential information on HIV testing options, the importance of testing, HIV treatment, and specific strategies for reducing the risk of HIV exposure and infection, both within and outside the healthcare setting. Fire Prevention in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Patients are often unable to protect themselves from harm. This means that fires in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) can be especially dangerous. Healthcare workers must be able to identify fire risks to prevent fires. They must also know what to do if a fire does occur. This course will teach you: How to identify fire risks and prevent fires How to respond to a fire emergency How accrediting organizations and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expect ASCs to handle fire safety Identify the three sides of the fire triangle List sources of fuel, oxygen, and heat in the ASC setting Discuss the importance of fire safety List common causes of fire in the ASC setting List methods of preventing fires Identify high risk areas for fires Identify methods of evacuating patients to safety Identify how to contain a fire Recognize how to properly use a portable extinguisher to fight a fire List guidelines for patient evacuation General Safety Concerns for Workers in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) can have many hazards. If safeguards are not put in place, these hazards can lead to: Injury Lawsuits Poor regulatory reviews On the other hand, staff commitment to safety policies and procedures can help: Minimize hazards Maximize safety This course will teach you: How to identify and define different types of hazards How to identify staff at risk for exposure to each hazard How to safeguard against different types of hazards Define different types of hazards List examples of each type of hazard Identify the personnel at high risk for exposure to each type of hazard Recognize factors that contribute to certain hazards Understand how to guard against different hazards in the ASC setting Page 4 of 13
As a worker in the healthcare industry, you are affected by the Administrative Simplification requirements of HIPAA. You are required by law to follow these rules. HIPAA Education for Ambulatory Surgery Center Professionals In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) made changes to HIPAA. Individuals who obtain protected information without authorization can face criminal penalties. This includes employees at ambulatory surgery centers. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) made additional changes to HIPAA to enhance compliance and standardize certain rules. This course will help you comply with HIPAA rules and regulations. You will learn about: Which organizations are covered by HIPAA The penalties for violating HIPAA The Administrative Simplification requirements of HIPAA, and how to comply with each Identify covered entities as defined by HIPAA. List eight electronic health transactions covered by HIPAA and the medical code sets to be used for these transactions. Specify safeguards required by HIPAA to ensure the security and integrity of electronic health information. Identify the unique employer identifier used under HIPAA. Distinguish between uses and disclosures of health information that are and are not allowed under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Identify changes to HIPAA as they impact security and privacy rules, new penalties, and enforcement. HIPAA Education for Ambulatory Surgery Center Professionals (CE) In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) made As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, changes to HIPAA. Individuals who obtain protected information nurses in the ambulatory surgery center will understand and without authorization can face criminal penalty. This includes appropriately comply with HIPAA regulations. After completing this employees at ambulatory surgery centers. It s important for staff to activity, nurses should be able to: (a) Identify covered entities under understand how to comply with these regulations within their daily HIPAA; (b) List eight electronic health transactions covered by HIPAA work activities. The purpose of this course is to discuss and educate and the medical code sets to be used for these transactions; (c) staff about which organizations are covered by HIPAA, the penalties for Recognize safeguards required by HIPAA to ensure the security and violating HIPAA, and the Administrative Simplification Requirements of integrity of electronic health information; (d) Identify the unique HIPAA, and how to comply with each. employer identifier used under HIPAA; (e) Distinguish between uses and disclosures of health information that are and are not allowed under the HIPAA Privacy Rule; and (f) Identify changes to HIPAA as they impact security and privacy rules, new penalties, and enforcement. Identifying and Assessing Domestic Abuse Victims for Ambulatory Surgery Center Professionals This course will discuss domestic abuse, and will provide you with the information you need to: Identify victims Assess victims Refer victims to other resources Report victims of this form of abuse By doing so, you can: Improve public health Improve your ambulatory surgery center s (ASC s) quality of patient care Specific information for Florida providers to meet state board requirements is also included. List the effects of domestic abuse on the victim and children in the household as it relates to the provision of care. Cite the methods for assessing victims of domestic abuse in a clinical setting. State the importance of assessing and reporting domestic abuse as a healthcare provider. Page 5 of 13
Domestic abuse occurs between two people in a close, intimate After completing this continuing nursing education activity, registered relationship. It is a public health concern in the United States. Each year nurses will be able to identify victims, assess victims, refer victims to 4.8 million women experience intimate partner related physical assault other resources, and report victims of domestic abuse. Specifically, or rape, 2.9 million men experience intimate partner related physical they will be able to: (a) list the effects of domestic abuse on the victim assault and over 1,500 women (75%) and men (25%) die as a result of and children in the household as it relates to the provision of care; (b) domestic violence. In Florida alone, there were 111,681 reported cite the methods for assessing victims of domestic abuse in a clinical domestic violence offenses and 192 murders in 2011. Understanding setting; (c) state the importance of assessing and reporting domestic abusive relationships will help you to see domestic abuse as a public abuse as a healthcare provider. Identifying and Assessing Domestic Abuse Victims for Ambulatory Surgery Center Professionals (CE) health threat and identify and care for victims of abuse. This course will discuss domestic abuse, and will provide you with the information you need to identify victims, assess victims, refer victims to other resources, and report victims of this form of abuse. Latex Allergy Latex allergy in sensitive individuals produces symptoms that range from mild dermatitis to life threatening anaphylaxis. Identify sources of latex in the ASC setting and the cause of latex allergies The incidence of latex allergy peaked in the 1990s but still is present in Identify groups of people at increased risk for latex sensitivity 1% of the general population 8 17% of healthcare providers Distinguish among three different types of latex reaction Delineate strategies for managing latex sensitivity This course will teach you what you need to know to: Identify patients Explain how to avoid latex anaphylaxis and procedures for treatment who are likely to be latex sensitive Protect latex sensitive patients and in the event of an anaphylactic response during surgery staff in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) setting You will learn about: What latex allergy is and what causes it Risk factors for latex allergy Different types of latex reactions What to do if you, a coworker, or a patient is allergic to latex Latex Allergy (CE) Latex allergy results from sensitivity to certain proteins and chemicals As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, found in latex. Sensitivity develops after contact with latex. Latex nurses in the ambulatory surgery setting will be prepared to identify allergy in sensitive individuals produces symptoms that range from groups of people at increased risk for latex sensitivity, recognize the mild dermatitis to life threatening anaphylaxis. Reactions can become types of latex reaction, and implement strategies for preventing and more severe with each exposure to latex products. The incidence of managing latex sensitivity. Specifically, after completing this continuing latex allergy peaked in the 1990s but still is present, affecting 1% of the education activity, nurses will be able to: (a) identify sources of latex in general population and 8% 17% of health care providers in the United the healthcare setting and the cause of latex allergies; (b) identify States. In addition to patients, allergy/sensitivity to latex is an groups of people at increased risk for latex sensitivity; (c) delineate important health concern for nurses and other healthcare providers among three different types of latex reaction; (d) distinguish strategies who are regularly exposed to latex products during patient care for managing latex sensitivity; and (e) explain how to avoid latex activities. This course will discuss how to identify patients who are anaphylaxis and procedures for treatment in the event of an likely to be latex sensitive and how to protect latex sensitive patients anaphylactic response during surgery. and staff in the healthcare setting. Page 6 of 13
Sedation and anesthesia are important risk factors for morbidity and mortality during operative or invasive procedures. Monitoring Ambulatory Surgery Patients During Moderate Sedation/Analgesia Administering sedation safely is critical to: Help prevent negative outcomes Comply with regulations This course will cover: How moderate sedation relates to other types of anesthesia services, and how this relates to patient safety Important information about the administration of moderate sedation, including processes and procedures that occur before and after analgesic administration List the levels on the continuum of sedation in typical patient care scenarios Identify the key features of moderate sedation as they relate to patient care Distinguish nursing responsibilities before, during, and after moderate sedation as they relate to patient care Monitoring Ambulatory Surgery Patients During Moderate Sedation/Analgesia (CE) Sedation and anesthesia are important risk factors for morbidity and mortality during operative or invasive procedures. Administering sedation safely is critical to help prevent negative outcomes and comply with regulations. This continuing education activity will discuss how moderate sedation relates to other types of anesthetic services, and how this relates to patient safety. In addition, discussion will cover important information about the administration of moderate sedation by non anesthesia personnel, as well as processes before and after sedation. After completing this continuing nursing education activity, registered nurses will be familiar with best practices for the administration of moderate sedation by non anesthesia personnel. Specifically, they will be able to: (a) list the levels on the continuum of sedation in typical patient care scenarios; (b) identify the key features of moderate sedation as they relate to patient care; and (c) distinguish nursing responsibilities before, during, and after moderate sedation as they relate to safe patient care. Overview of HIV HIV is one of the most important health threats of our time. It has killed millions of people in the United States and worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over one million people are living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, and that one in five is unaware of his or her infection. Therefore, all healthcare professionals need a basic understanding of the virus and the disease it causes: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This course will teach you the basics about HIV and AIDS. After completing this course, participants should be able to: Explain the difference between HIV infection and AIDS in patients Describe the transmission routes of HIV in patients Identify tests used to diagnose and monitor the progress of HIV infection in patients Cite strategies for preventing the spread of HIV and the treatment of infections in patients You will learn: The relationship between HIV and AIDS How HIV is spread How HIV infection is diagnosed How HIV infection can be prevented and treated Page 7 of 13
HIV is one of the most important health threats of our time. It has killed As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, millions of people in the United States and worldwide. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over one million people are living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, and that one in five is unaware of their infection. Therefore, all healthcare nurses will know about the relationship between HIV and AIDS, how HIV is spread, how HIV infection is diagnosed, and how HIV infection can be prevented and treated. Specifically, they will be able to (a) explain the difference between HIV infection and AIDS in patients; (b) professionals need a basic understanding of the virus and the disease it recognize the transmission routes of HIV in patients; (c) identify tests Overview of HIV (CE) causes. This course will discuss the basics about HIV and AIDS. Participants will learn about the relationship between HIV and AIDS, how HIV is spread, how HIV infection is diagnosed as well as how HIV infection can be prevented and treated. used to diagnose and monitor the progress of HIV infection in patients; and (d) cite strategies for preventing the spread of HIV and the treatment of infections in patients. Pathology and Epidemiology of HIV The first cases of AIDS were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1981. Since that time, HIV/AIDS has emerged as one of the single most significant health threats of our time, claiming the lives of: 658,507 people in the United States (as of the end of 2012) Over 34 million people worldwide In spite of efforts to contain this epidemic, HIV continues to spread. The CDC reports that in the United States: Nearly 50,000 new cases of HIV infection are reported each year. Over 1.2 million people are living with HIV infection. Approximately 477,000 people are living with AIDS. Explain the relationships among HIV, CD4 cells, and the immune system as they relate to disease pathology Specify how HIV is transmitted, including high risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission Identify populations at increased risk for HIV infection Discuss the importance of cultural competence when it comes to treating and preventing HIV infection This course has been designed to help you do your part in slowing the spread of HIV infection, by providing you with essential background information on: The biology and pathology of HIV Risk factors for HIV infection Pathology and Epidemiology of HIV (CE) The first cases of AIDS were reported to the Centers for Disease Control As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, and Prevention (CDC) in 1981. Since that time, HIV/AIDS has emerged nurses will have the information they need to understand the biology as one of the single most significant health threats of our time. In spite and pathology of HIV as well as the risk factors for HIV infection. of efforts to contain this epidemic, HIV continues to spread. In the Specifically, after completing this activity, nurses will be able to (a) United States today, about 50,000 new cases of HIV infection are explain the relationships among HIV, CD4 cells, and the immune system reported each year and over 1.2 million people are living with HIV. HIV as they relate to disease pathology; (b) specify how HIV is transmitted, is now a chronic disease and patients with this chronic disease may be including high risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission; (c) treated in every healthcare setting across the continuum of care. Every identify populations at increased risk for HIV infection; and (e) discuss nurse, including ambulatory surgery center nurses, can expect to the importance of cultural competence when it comes to treating and encounter and need to provide care for an HIV patient. This course has preventing HIV infection. been designed to help you do your part in slowing the spread of HIV infection by providing you with essential background information on the biology and pathology of HIV, the risk factors for HIV infection, and the importance of cultural competence when it comes to treating and preventing HIV infection. Page 8 of 13
Effective pain management is necessary for several reasons: Ethically: Clinicians have an ethical obligation to relieve pain and suffering. Differentiate basic types of pain in order to assist in effective pain Clinically: Good pain management can promote clinical healing. From management and improve patient outcomes a regulatory and/or accreditation standpoint: Regulatory and/or accreditation standards require clinicians to assess and treat pain. Postoperative Pain Management for Ambulatory Surgery Center Patients This course will teach you how to manage pain in your patients. List the benefits of treating pain to improve patient outcomes Identify the components of a pain assessment necessary for effective pain management Identify best practices for safely treating pain to improve patient care quality and outcomes Postoperative Pain Management for Ambulatory Surgery Center Patients (CE) This continuing education activity is for nurses and staff who would like After completing this continuing nursing education activity, registered more information on postoperative pain management in an ambulatory nurses will be able to safely treat postoperative pain. Specifically, they surgery center. will be able to: (a) differentiate basic types of pain in order to assist in effective pain management and improve patient outcomes; (b) list the benefits of treating pain to improve patient outcomes; (c) identify the components of a pain assessment necessary for effective pain management; and (d) identify best practices for safely treating pain to improve patient care quality and outcomes. Preventing Operating Room Fires in an Ambulatory Surgery Center Fires during a surgical procedure are rare. However, they can be devastating. This course will review how to: Prevent surgical fires Respond to surgical fires You will learn about: The fire triangle and how it relates to surgical fires Reducing the risk of surgical fires by keeping components of the fire triangle from interacting in ways that might lead to a fire How to respond to surgical fires Identify the three components of the fire triangle that can impact patient safety in the ASC List sources of heat, fuel, and oxygen in the ASC that could impact patient safety Match members of the surgical team with their corresponding element of the fire triangle and their effect on fire safety Describe strategies for controlling heat, fuel, and oxygen in the ASC State how to respond to a fire in the ASC Preventing Operating Room Fires in an Ambulatory Surgery Center (CE) Fires during a surgical procedure are rare. However, they can be After completing this continuing nursing education activity, registered devastating. Fire prevention and response is essential to the safety and nurses will know how to prevent and respond to a surgical fire in the welfare of healthcare personnel and patients. This course will discuss operating room of an ambulatory surgery center. Specifically, they will methods to prevent surgical fires as well as best practices for be able to: (a) identify the three components of the fire triangle that responding to surgical fires. Specifically, discussion will include can impact patient safety in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC); (b) information about the fire triangle as it relates to surgical fires and risk list sources of heat, fuel, and oxygen in the ASC that could impact reduction in the operating room. patient safety; (c) match members of the surgical team with their corresponding element of the fire triangle and their effect on fire safety; (d) recognize strategies for controlling heat, fuel, and oxygen in the ASC; and (e) recognize how to respond to a fire in the ASC. Page 9 of 13
Vaccination is the single most effective method for preventing patient morbidity and mortality resulting from influenza infection by healthcare workers. Prevention of Healthcare Associated Influenza in Ambulatory Surgery Centers However, rates of healthcare worker vaccination are consistently well below new target goals set by The Joint Commission and other organizations. This is because workers do not fully understand: The risk of influenza infection The safety of the influenza vaccine The effectiveness of the influenza vaccine This course will provide you with basic information about: The influenza virus and its transmission in the ASC setting Influenza diagnosis and impact on healthcare worker and patient safety The influenza vaccine Other influenza prevention/control strategies Specify the role the healthcare worker plays in the transmission of influenza in an ASC and the impact of healthcare worker vaccination on the potential for transmission. Evaluate the benefits of healthcare worker vaccination for the prevention of influenza infection in an ASC. Identify three non vaccine best practice strategies that assist the healthcare worker in the prevention of influenza infection in an ASC. Prevention of Healthcare Associated Influenza in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (CE) Healthcare worker vaccination is the single most effective method for As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, preventing patient morbidity and mortality resulting from influenza nurses will understand the critical importance of healthcare worker infection in the hospital setting. Increased rates of vaccination among vaccination and its role in the prevention of healthcare associated healthcare professionals may be associated with a decreased incidence influenza in a clinical setting. Specifically, nurses will be able to: (a) of healthcare associated influenza infection and patient mortality Specify the role the healthcare worker plays in the transmission of during influenza season. However, rates of healthcare personnel influenza in an ambulatory surgery center setting and the impact of vaccination are consistently well below new goals set by The Joint healthcare worker vaccination on the potential for transmission, (b) Commission. Healthcare providers decline the influenza vaccine for a Evaluate the benefits and costs of healthcare worker vaccination for variety of reasons, with most resulting from provider misunderstanding or misinformation about influenza and the safety and effectiveness of the influenza vaccine. This course will provide the learner with basic information about the influenza virus and its transmission in the ambulatory surgery center setting as well as its diagnosis and impact on healthcare worker and patient safety. Information about influenza vaccination will be detailed. Finally, other prevention/control strategies for the prevention of influenza infection in the ambulatory surgery center setting will be discussed. the prevention of influenza infection in an ambulatory surgery center setting, and (c) Identify three non vaccine best practice strategies that assist the healthcare worker in the prevention of influenza infection in an ambulatory surgery center setting. Providing Culturally Competent Care in the Ambulatory Surgery Center In the ASC setting, cultural competence refers to the ability to provide appropriate and effective care to members of various cultural groups. This ability rests on a set of Attitudes Skills Policies Practices It is important for ASC staff to understand and communicate with their patients on an in depth level. Providing culturally competent care will allow you to: Provide optimal care for all patients Maintain compliance with laws and recommendations Identify assumptions you make about patients from different cultural groups Identify guidelines and best practices for improving the quality of your interactions with cross cultural patients Define the components and overall goals of a cross cultural patient assessment Explain how to increase patient cooperation and compliance with treatment plans Page 10 of 13
Cultural competence is a necessary set of attitudes and skills based on policies and best clinical practices that nurses must attain and demonstrate in order to provide effective patient centered care. However, many nurses find it challenging to become knowledgeable about the diverse cultures represented in today s society and are unsure of how to effectively deliver care in a culturally sensitive manner. Healthcare workers must examine the influence stereotypes, biases, and assumptions have on their interactions with patients. By As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, nurses will incorporate their knowledge of cultural differences into their everyday clinical practice. Specifically, they will be able to: (a) identify assumptions they make about patients from different cultural groups; (b) identify guidelines and best practices for improving the quality of their interactions with cross cultural patients; (c) define the components and overall goals of a cross cultural patient assessment; and (d) explain how to increase patient cooperation and compliance Providing Culturally Competent Care in the Ambulatory Surgery Center doing so, providers can learn to appreciate how one s unconscious with treatment plans. (CE) thoughts and assumptions affect the way patients are treated and create new ways of thinking. Nurses must provide culturally competent care in order to provide optimal care for all patients and maintain compliance with laws and recommendations. This activity will provide you with the information you need to provide culturally competent care for all patients and to maintain compliance with laws and recommendations. Healthcare personnel are at high risk for work related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from the extreme demands of handling and moving patients. They are routinely exposed to the three primary risk factors List the risks of manual patient handling that endanger staff members safety. for injury which are awkward posture, force and repetition. Patient lifts Identify appropriate types of equipment and devices that may be used and transfers put staff at high risk for injury. These tasks also can be for specific types of lifts and transfers to ensure staff members safety. dangerous for patients, if performed incorrectly. This course will teach Explain effective ways of maintaining patient safety while moving and you how to lift and handle patients safely by addressing the risks of positioning patients. Safer Patient Handling and Movement in an Ambulatory Surgery Center manual patient handling, how to reduce these risks, the importance of patient assessment before a lift or transfer, and the specific devices and techniques for patient lifts and transfers. Safer Patient Handling and Movement in an Ambulatory Surgery Center (CE) Healthcare personnel are at high risk for work related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from the extreme demands of handling and moving patients. They are routinely exposed to the three primary risk factors for injury which are awkward posture, force and repetition. Patient lifts and transfers put staff at high risk for injury. These tasks also can be dangerous for patients, if performed incorrectly. This course will teach you how to lift and handle patients safely by addressing the risks of manual patient handling, how to reduce these risks, the importance of patient assessment before a lift or transfer, and the specific devices and techniques for patient lifts and transfers. After completing this continuing nursing education activity, registered nurses will know how to lift and handle patients safely. Specifically, they will be able to: (a) list the risks of manual patient handling that endanger staff member s safety; (b) identify appropriate types of equipment and devices that may be used for specific types of lifts and transfers to ensure staff member s safety; and (c) explain effective ways of maintaining patient safety while moving and positioning patients. Page 11 of 13
Sexual harassment is a crime. Harassment also contributes to a poor work environment. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Preventing sexual harassment can help: Improve employee productivity and morale Decrease employee turnover Save you and your ambulatory surgery center (ASC) legal fees and other costs This course will teach you how to prevent and handle sexual harassment in the workplace. Recognize the legal definition of sexual harassment Identify the two forms of sexual harassment List the responsibilities of employers and employees for preventing and handling sexual harassment The Importance of Compliance Programs in Ambulatory Surgery Centers The purpose of a compliance program is to reduce the risk of misconduct in your ambulatory surgery center. This course will teach you how to do your part to: Support the compliance program Reduce the risk of misconduct You will learn about: The consequences of misconduct The laws and regulations that ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) must follow How a compliance program works List key laws and regulations for the healthcare industry Recognize the features of each law and the penalties for violating each Recognize the benefits of a compliance program List the parts of an effective compliance program Recognize the role of each part of a compliance program According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), proper hand hygiene is the single most important way to stop the spread of infection. Unfortunately, compliance with hand hygiene guidelines is often poor. List important milestones in the history of hand hygiene State why hand hygiene in the ASC setting is so important Identify best practices for hand hygiene The Importance of Hand Hygiene Compliance This course will teach you how to do your part in: Promoting proper hand hygiene Helping to prevent the spread of infection in your ambulatory surgery center (ASC). You will learn about: The history of hand hygiene Why hand hygiene is so important How to keep your hands as clean and germ free as possible The Importance of Infection Control and Prevention in Ambulatory Surgery Centers One of the most important safety priorities for all ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) is reducing or preventing the spread of infection. Discuss the importance of infection control as it relates to patient safety in an ambulatory surgery setting. Identify how infections spread in ambulatory surgery centers. Describe effective strategies for decreasing the spread of infection in ambulatory surgery centers. List the staff s responsibilities for reducing the risk of infection to patients in the ambulatory surgery center. Page 12 of 13
One of the most important safety priorities for all ambulatory surgery After completing this continuing nursing education activity, registered centers is reducing or preventing the spread of infection. Nurses and nurses will understand the importance of infection control and healthcare providers need to know the importance of infection control prevention. Specifically, they will be able to: (a) discuss the importance and prevention in order to help increase patient safety. This activity will of infection control as it relates to patient safety in an ambulatory The Importance of Infection Control and Prevention in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (CE) discuss the importance of infection control, how infections spread, how surgery center; (b) identify how infections spread in ambulatory to block the spread of infection, as well as the healthcare providers surgery centers; (c) recognize effective strategies for decreasing the role and responsibility for infection control. spread of infection in ambulatory surgery centers; and (d) list the staff s responsibilities for reducing the risk of infection to patients in the ambulatory surgery center. Understanding Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotic resistance is a natural outcome of antibiotic use. While antibiotic resistance cannot be prevented, the spread of bacterial resistance can be slowed. Using antibiotics wisely is the only way to slow down the spread of antibiotic resistance This course has been designed to teach how antibiotics can be used in a way that will help preserve their effectiveness. Define how bacteria and antibiotics interact, putting patient safety at risk Cite the scope and impact of the problem of antibiotic resistance as it affects patient safety Explain how resistance develops, and how the use of antibiotics contributes to the emergence of resistance, which decreases patient safety Discuss the best practices for the prudent, effective use of antibiotics that assist in improving patient safety Understanding Antibiotic Resistance (CE) Pathogenic bacteria have killed untold numbers. In modern times, bacterial illness claims fewer lives. This is because of the use of antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance is a natural outcome of antibiotic use. We cannot prevent antibiotic resistance. However, we can slow the spread of bacterial resistance. This can be done by using antibiotics wisely. This course will educate nurses how to use antibiotics in a way that will help preserve their effectiveness. As a result of participating in this continuing nursing education activity, nurses will know how to use antibiotics in a way that will help preserve their effectiveness. Specifically, they will be able to (a) define how bacteria and antibiotics interact, putting patient safety at risk; (b) cite the scope and impact of the problem of antibiotic resistance as it affects patient safety; (c) explain how resistance develops, and how the use of antibiotics contributes to the emergence of resistance, which decreases patient safety; and (d) discuss the best practices for the prudent, effective use of antibiotics that assist in improving patient safety. Page 13 of 13