This course consists of the materials and information necessary to protect yourself and those around you from being exposed to blood or blood-containing items that you may come into contact with throughout ...
The NE1 Wound Assessment Tool has been developed to help clinical staff assess and document wounds. The Tool encourages a consistent, useful, and thorough approach to this critical step in the treatment ...
Accessories can provide the much-needed extra stabilization and alignment to add the finishing touches to an optimal seating system. Let’s dive into the multitude of accessories that can be added to a ...
Team building in Long Term Care with Lori Porter, Co-Founder and CEO, National Association of Health Care Assistants (NAHCA). #Courses #Taking-Care-of-Me #Healthcare-Assistant #CNA #Nursing-Home ...
This webinar offers knowledge and tools regarding how to use Intra-abdominal Pressure (IAP) measurements to identify and intervene when serious complications in the critically-ill develop. Comprehensive ...
Performing preoperative hair removal has been key aspect of surgical preparation for the last century. In most surgical site infections, or SSIs, the pathogens originate from the patient’s own flora. Body ...
Palliative wound care requires a different mind set than traditional wound care, yet is based on the same fundamental scientific priniciples. Wound care expert Kim Kehoe, BSN, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA details ...
Resources on palliative care have been relatively rare in the past. This course offers valuable information on what palliative care is and how to access it. #Courses #Across-the-Continuum-of-Care ...
Venous thrombolytic events, or VTEs, which include deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, and pulmonary emboli, or PE, are recognized as the most preventable cause of death of hospitalized patients or those who ...
La neumonía asociada a ventilación mecánica (NAVM) no sólo es muy dañina, sino muy costosa de tratar. Por lo tanto, educar a los cuidadores acerca de cómo prevenir la VAP puede salvar vidas y ahorrar dinero. ...
Restraints are a concern in healthcare today due to the danger they pose to those restrained. It is recognized that restraint use needs to be decreased. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has ...
Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects the population worldwide. An estimated 382 million people across the globe, or 9% of the world’s population, have diabetes. The number of individuals affected ...
Diabetes is a metabolic disease that affects the patient’s ability to utilize glucose properly. Because of this, patients’ glucose levels need to be monitored closely, and reported to the nurse and/or ...
La sensibilización con la diabetes del público en general ha aumentado en los últimos años, gracias en parte a las advertencias sobre obesidad infantil y su relación con la diabetes. Los cuidadores involucrados ...
While developing a treatment plan for wounds, you should assess not only the wound, but the entire patient. The factors that affect wound healing need to be included in the overall treatment plan. #Courses ...
Tracheostomies are a common procedure in healthcare today with over 100,000 tracheostomies performed every year in the United States. This makes tracheostomies and tracheostomy tube care a critical component ...
This course focuses on increasing compliance and improving outcomes in wound care by emphasizing the importance of standardization of wound treatment and dressing protocols. #Courses #Correctional-Facilities ...
This course will help in eliminating fear for elderly residents when transferring them to acute care. #Courses #Across-the-Continuum-of-Care #Safety #Infection-Prevention #Healthcare-Assistant ...
This course covers the evolution of the Quality Indicator Survey recently launched by CMS to replace traditional state surveys, including the objectives CMS hopes to achieve with QIS, how it is being rolled ...
Being alert to mental changes and reporting them is an important part of a frontline caregiver's responsibilities. Mental changes may signal an immediate threat to a residen'ts health or well-being. Changes ...