A 12-Part Clinical Webinar Series
Session 1: Something Seems Off — Identifying Changes in Condition
Apply best practices for identifying, communicating, and monitoring changes in condition to ensure optimal resident outcomes and reduce hospitalizations.
- January 20
Session 2: Fall Prevention and Management
Apply concepts of effective root cause analysis for falls to improve care planning strategies.
- February 17
Session 3: Reducing Infections
Review strategies to reduce infection rates and manage outbreaks with a focus on standards of care, staff competency focus areas, and critical nursing assessment principles.
- March 17
Session 4: Care of the Dialysis Recipient
Review requirements specific to residents receiving in-house or offsite dialysis with guidance on pre and post treatment monitoring protocols.
- April 21
Session 5: Breathe easy – Respiratory Care and Services
Meet standards for respiratory care programming including oxygen therapy, tracheostomy and ventilator care, and MDI and nebulizer administration.
- May 19
Session 6: Skin/wound care and Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Examine skin management and wound prevention strategies, along with standards of care for preventing and treating pressure injuries/ulcers.
- June 16
Session 7: Depression, Anxiety and Trauma Informed Care
Manage depression and anxiety in the LTC setting and implement a trauma informed care approach.
- July 21
Session 8: Dementia Care, Behavioral Health, and Antipsychotic Reduction
Best practices for Dementia and behavioral health care and strategies for reducing antipsychotics through non-pharmacological interventions.
- August 18
Session 9: Pain Identification and Management
Clinical standards and regulatory requirements related to assessment, management and documentation of pain, along with potential consequences of poorly managed pain.
- September 15
Session 10: End of Life Care – Hospice and Palliative Care
Understand the similarities and differences between hospice and palliative care, as well as effective systems for collaboration with hospice providers.
- October 20
Session 11: Nutrition, Hydration and Weight Loss
Best practices for systems related to nutrition and hydration, and strategies for reducing weight loss in LTC facilities.
- November 17
Session 12: Incontinence, UTI, Catheters
Assessment and management of incontinence, catheter use, and the infection classification criteria for UTIs.
- December 15