Resident Care Regulations NAB Approved | 24 CEUs including 12 Ethics hrs
Descriptions for each day are below.
Medication & Pharmacy Regulation Overview NAB Approved | 8 CEUs including 4 Ethics hrs
Medications are an integral part of the care provided to residents of nursing facilities. They are administered to try to achieve various outcomes, such as curing an illness, diagnosing a disease or condition, arresting or slowing a disease process, reducing or eliminating symptoms, or preventing a disease or symptom. Proper medication selection and prescribing including dose, duration, and type of medication(s) may help stabilize or improve a resident’s outcome, quality of life and functional capacity. Any medication or combination of medications or the use of a medication without adequate indications, in excessive dose, for an excessive duration, or without adequate monitoring may increase the risk of a broad range of adverse consequences such as medication interactions, depression, confusion, immobility, falls, and related hip fractures. This course provides a review of CMS regulations and guidelines for clarity and intent pertaining to unnecessary drugs, medication errors, and pharmacy services.
Module I, F-Tag 329: Each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. An unnecessary drug is any drug when used in excessive dose (including duplicate therapy); for excessive duration; without adequate monitoring; without adequate indications for its use; in the presence of adverse consequences which indicate the dose should be reduced or discontinued; or any combinations of the reasons above.
Module II, F-Tags 332-333: The facility must ensure that (F-Tag 332: §483.25(m)(1)) it is free of medication error rates of 5 percent or greater; and (F-Tag 333: §483.25(m)(2)) residents are free of any significant medication errors.
Module III, F-Tag 425: The facility must provide routine and emergency drugs and biologicals to its residents, or obtain them under an agreement described in §483.75(h) of this part. The facility may permit unlicensed personnel to administer drugs if State law permits, but only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse. The provision of pharmaceutical services is an integral part of the care provided to nursing home residents. The management of complex medication regimens is challenging and requires diverse pharmaceutical services to minimize medication-related adverse consequences or events. The overall goal of the pharmaceutical services system within a facility is to ensure the safe and effective use of medications.
Abuse & Neglect - Detection, Investigating and Reporting NAB Approved | 16 CEUs including 8 Ethics hrs
This course provides a review of the Medical Aspects of Neglect and Sexual Abuse in Long-Term Care;
Module I will review the Roles and Responsibilities of the Facility when conducting an Abuse and Mistreatment Investigations, Tips for Developing Fact-Based Timelines, Common Signs and Symptoms of Potential Abuse and Neglect, Evaluating a Facility’s Policies and Procedures for Identifying, Investigating and Reporting Physical Abuse and Neglect, Identifying Different Types of Injuries and Correct Definitions, Identifying Patterned Injuries, Differentiating Accidental from Intentional Injuries, Identifying Physical and Non-Physical Signs of Abuse and Neglect, Terminology of Common Types of Injuries, Common Forensic Terms to Accurately Assess, Document and Investigate Suspected Abuse or Neglect, Age-Related changes to Consider when Investigating Potential Abuse and Neglect, Age-Related changes than Influence the Effects of Medications and ADEs that may mimic Abuse or Neglect.
Module II will review Identifying CMS Regulations and Guidelines regarding Detection, Investigation and Prevention of Abuse and Neglect, Screening Techniques used when Investigating Abuse and Neglect, Best Practices of Documenting Abuse, Principles of Written and Photographic Documentation.
Module III will review Appropriate Steps and Reviews to Conduct during an Investigation, Documenting Abuse and Neglect, AMA Elder Abuse Guidelines, Medication Reviews, Diagnosis and Clinical Finding of Physical Abuse, Laws that Protect Victims of Abuse and Neglect, Available Resources specific to Abuse and Neglect, Principles of Evidence Collection, Packaging, Labeling and Preservation, Determining Cultural Norms to be integrated into the Development and Implementation of Policies and Procedures related to Mistreatment, Neglect and Abuse, Appropriate Steps for Proper Integration of Cultural Norms into Policies and Procedures.
Module IV will review CMS Regulations, Interpretative Guidelines, Definitions and Incident Reporting Guidelines regarding Abuse and Neglect (F-Tags 223, 224, 225 and 226).
- Exercise 1 is writing a Plan of Correction for Carver Living Center as reviewed in the CMS video Sexual Abuse in Long Term Care.
- Exercise 2 is writing a Plan of Correction for Consult America Cottage Hills as reviewed in the CMS video Sexual Abuse in Long Term Care.
- Exercise 3 is writing a Plan of Correction for Peace River Nursing & Rehab Center as reviewed in the CMS video Sexual Abuse in Long Term Care.