Twenty-Module Comprehensive Series
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Each module in our fully accredited Comprehensive Series carries career-building CEUs. The Series addresses the entire gamut of caring for elderly patients, including safety and risk management.
- The Aging Process
- Understanding Depression
- Treatment of Depressions
- Understanding Dementia and Alzheimer’s Diseases
- Behavioral Management of Agitation and Aggression
- Working with Dementia
- Communication and the MDS
- Medications
- Restraints, Reduction and Falls
- Elder Abuse and Residents’ Rights
- Fire Safety
- Standard Precautions
- Pain Management
- Skin Care/Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
- Ergonomics and Proper Body Mechanics
- Manual Resident Transfers
- Mechanical Resident Transfers
- Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
- Safely Caring for Aggressive Residents
- Transitional Return to Work
Fifty-Three-Module Short Form Series
Packaged in convenient 15-minute segments, our Short Form Series enables CNAs and RNs to find time to train even on the busiest days.
The Aging Process
- Physical Changes of Aging
- Cognitive and Emotional Changes of Aging
Psychosocial Care
- Emotional Distress and Depression
- Identifying Symptoms of Depression
- Approach to Patients with Anger and Irritability
- Approach to Patients with Loss of Will to Live
- Cultural Diversity and Respect
Dementia Care
- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
- Impact of Dementia on Family
- The Art of Dementia Caregiving
- Use of Validation Therapy
- Causes of Agitation and Aggression: External Stimuli
- Causes of Agitation and Aggression: Internal Stimuli
Clinical Care of Frail Elders
- Medication Administration
- Basics of Pharmacology and Drug Effects
- Psychiatric Medications for the Elderly
- What is Pain?
- Detecting and Assessing Pain
- Pain Medications
- Team Approach to Pain Reductions
- What Is a Pressure Ulcer and How is it Caused
- Ulcer Stages
- Risks of Pressure Ulcers
- Effect of Skin Color and Race on Pressure Ulcer Risk
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment
- Urinary Incontinence
- Catheter and Bladder Care
Administration
- Verbal Communication
- Written Communication and the MDS
- Incident Reports
- HIPAA and Privacy
- Workplace Harassment
Keeping Residents Safe
- Alternative to Restraints
- Fall Reduction
- What to do in a Fire: Rescue and Alarm
- Containing and Extinguishing Fires
- Danger of Smoke
- What is Abuse?
- What Can You Do to Prevent Abuse?
- Residents' Rights
- What Are Standard Precautions
- Hand-Washing and Hygiene
- Blood-Borne Pathogens
- Safe Disposal of Bio-Hazardous Waste and MSDS
- Disaster Preparedness
Workplace Safety
- Understanding Ergonomics
- Proper Lifting and Body Mechanics
- Manual Lifts and Transfers
- Mechanical Lifts and Transfers
- Preventing Accidents
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Staying Safe with Aggressive Residents
- Reporting Accidents
- Returning to Work