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Bed Hold Requirements (001355-20241022)
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Description: In this course participants will learn the significance of bed hold policies for resident absences, the required notification processes for residents and their representatives, and the relevant Medicare and Medicaid regulations regarding bed hold coverage. The course also covers the conditions for a resident's return after an absence, criteria for facility-initiated discharges, and the necessary documentation. Additionally, it addresses the implications of refusal of care and the associated ethical considerations. Course run time 19 minutes.
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Published: October 25, 2024
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Care Recipient Advocacy (001341-20240919)
(LMS Course)
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Description: PRIME This program offers an overview of care recipient advocacy, including immediate access requirements and essential elements for written policies on visitation rights and resident notices. It also addresses resident grievance rights, key components of a grievance policy, and the roles of the ombudsman, family council, and resident council. Course run time 20 minutes.
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Published: September 20, 2024
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Your Facility Assessment - What Does CMS Require? (001334-20240903)
(LMS Course)
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Description: This program reviews the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements. as published on 8/8/2024, for completion of the Facility Assessment by each nursing home based on F-Tag 838. It includes how to conduct a community-based risk assessment, how to use the Facility Assessment to analyze sufficient staffing, who should participate in completion of the Facility Assessment, the required frequency of updates, and surveyor investigative procedures of the Facility Assessment for completeness. Course run time 23 minutes.
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Published: September 09, 2024
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Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment - POLST (001321-20240506)
(LMS Course)
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Description: PRIME This program reviews what a POLST is, the difference between a POLST and an advance directive, situations that warrant a POLST, steps to take if an individual lacks decision-making capacity and cannot participate in completing a POLST form, and much more. Course run time 15 minutes.
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Published: May 14, 2024
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Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment - MOLST (001322-20240508)
(LMS Course)
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Description: PRIME This program reviews the New York MOLST form and completion requirements, including situations that warrant a MOLST, how to fill out a MOLST, steps to take if an individual lacks decision-making capacity and cannot participate in completing a MOLST form, and much more. Run time 29 minutes.
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Published: May 14, 2024
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CMS Requirements for Basic Life Support (001301-20240318)
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Description: PRIME This program reviews CMS expectations for basic life support, to include when to initiate CPR; the type of CPR certification required for healthcare staff; how to ensure resident preferences are honored; physician orders related to CPR and other end of life resident choices; the importance of documenting verbal wishes and verifying advance directives; and questions state surveyors will ask, and which related policies they will request. Course run time 16 minutes.
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Published: April 29, 2024
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Transmission Based Precautions (001213-20240326)
(LMS Course)
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Description: PRIME This program will discuss standard and transmission-based precautions to be followed to prevent the spread of infections; the three categories of transmission-based precautions; precautions to take for each of the three categories; high contact resident care; airborne infection isolation rooms; how to avoid unnecessary involuntary seclusion of residents; and how to implement transmission-based precautions. Course run time 26 minutes.
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Published: April 01, 2024
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Dialysis in the Nursing Home (001267-20231218)
(LMS Course)
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Description: PRIME This program reviews how nursing home residents may receive home dialysis services in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) or nursing facility (NF), facility responsibilities in collaboration with a certified ESRD provider, policy and procedure requirements for nursing home dialysis provision, competency training requirements, surveyor oversight and concerns, infection control expectations, what to include in emergency plans, and how to manage treatment complications in the SNF/NF setting. Course run time 106 minutes.
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Published: February 20, 2024
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Key Medical Waste Facts and Protocols (001264-20231129)
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Description: PRIME Review potential health risks and adverse health outcomes from medical waste. Discover how to manage regulated medical waste in healthcare facilities, safe work practices to follow when disposing of hazardous drugs, how to dispose of vaccines, multiple ways to dispose of fluid waste, and the critical importance of education and training for staff. Course run time 33 minutes.
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Published: February 02, 2024
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Immediate Jeopardy - How It Is Determined and Areas at Risk (001265-20231129)
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Description: PRIME This course will help those who are charged with ensuring compliance with all laws, regulations, and rules regarding the oversight and management of their facilities and quality of care and life for residents. The program provides them with understanding of the immediate jeopardy process that is applied by survey teams when certain levels of non-compliance result in citations related to potential for or actual harm to residents. Numerous F-Tag regulations are reviewed, including those that can result in substandard quality of care designation. The CMS Scope and Severity Grid is reviewed. Prevention and action plan strategies are discussed. Course run time 50 minutes.
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Published: January 08, 2024
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