The goal of this program is to define and discuss current and forthcoming HIPAA initiatives regarding resident privacy and data security. The program provides a detailed review of the reforms that have been identified for implementation, and provides information to help long term care workers...
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 set standards indicating the need to decrease restraints and seclusion. This course gives an...
The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with an understanding of how to identify and safeguard the rights of residents in a long-term care facility. These rights are guaranteed by law. #Courses #Geriatric #Legal-Aspects-of-Nursing #RN-LPN #Assisted-Living-Personal-Care ...
De acuerdo con la Comisión Asesora de Pagos de Medicare, casi una quinta parte de los beneficiarios de Medicare (un total de cerca de dos millones) dados de alta del hospital regresan antes de 30 días. Las readmisiones son planificadas y no planificadas, y pueden o no estar relacionadas con el...
Sexual harassment is not an easy term to define. What one individual views as appropriate behavior in the workplace may be completely unacceptable to another. Context is critical to determine if a particular behavior or a set of behaviors constitutes sexual harassment. Behavior equals conduct....
As nursing assistants, you have the most direct contact with residents, and therefore, learn a lot of personal information about each of them. Residents' personal information is private or confidential, and should only be used in the treatment of that resident. This lesson will provide the...
The goal of this program is to define and discuss domestic violence, and inform healthcare professionals about the importance of recognizing these cases of abuse. The course provides nurses with the educational tools necessary to screen for and identify domestic abuse, provide the victim with...
This course provides nurses with a description of the legal elements of nursing negligence and provides strategies for avoiding accusations of negligence. Nurses are at risk for accusations of negligence when providing care to their patients. The purpose of this course is to provide nurses with...
According to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, nearly one-fifth of Medicare beneficiaries (a total of about two million) discharged from the hospital return within 30 days. The readmissions are both planned and unplanned, and they may or may not be related to the original reason the...
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