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Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders (ADRD)
As we grow older, it is not uncommon to experience a decrease in mental acuity due to the normal effects of aging. However, in people suffering from ADRD, the degree of mental difficulty is far greater. It is not always easy to detect the difference between the two but as a healthcare worker, you need to develop antennae to sense the subtle differences between the two states. This course is designed to give the student a better understanding of ADRD that will prepare them to distinguish between normal aging and memory loss from ADRD.
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Arterial Ulcers and Recommended Wound Care
The student will learn to identify the pathophysiology and etiology of arterial ulcers and explain how to perform an Ulcer Evaluation.
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome:
Providing Better Outcomes
The purpose of this course is to demonstrate a clear knowledge of the anatomy behind carpal tunnel syndrome and the causes, treatment options and prevention strategies.
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Clinical Documentation for Home Health
The course provides specific information about appropriate clinical documentation practices with a special focus on medication administriation and management and wound assessment and care.
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Communicating With the Elderly
Communication is such a common word, but it plays a big part in our daily lives. As a caregiver, you want to serve your elderly patients and clients in the best manner possible. It's easy to see that a gap in communication could result in a wrong diagnoses, medication errors, or other problems. This course will help you to close that gap.
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Congestive Heart Failure
This program describes the signs and symptoms seen in the presence of congestive heart failure. Content includes a review of normal anatomy and physiology of the heart and the pathophysiology of heart failure.
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Critical Issues in Aging and Sexuality for
Long-Term Care Professionals
This course looks at the normal age-related changes that affect sexuality among the elderly, as well as the effects of medication and disease on sexual function. The student will explore the stereotypical age-biased views of sexuality in the elderly and learn to apply the ethical concepts of autonomy and dignity to sexual issues in long-term care settings. The risk of elders contracting AIDS and STDS will also be discussed.
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Cultural Issues for Palliative Care
As caregivers who often assist people in the final stages of life, it is imperative that we have a broad understanding of the religious traditions we are likely to encounter as we help terminally-ill patients and their families. This course compares the beliefs of major world religions and explains how faith can impact palliative care.
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Diabetes: Acute Complications of Diabetes
This course will cover hypoglycemia (causes, treatment, and prevention), nighttime low blood sugar, low blood sugar unawareness, hyperglycemia, sick day rules, diabetic ketoacidosis (cause and prevention) and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma or syndrome. Several handouts are included for use with patients
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Domestic Violence: Awareness and Prevention
The healthcare professionals guide to recognizing Domestic Violence and knowing how to intervene. More and more Domestic Violence is on the increase everywhere we go. The healthcare professional is in a unique position to put an end to some of this if you recognize it when you see it and know how to intervene. This class gives the basic information every healthcare professional should know about this heinous crime.
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Dysphagia Management in Home Healthcare
This course will help the student to examine treatment strategies and practical interventions for dysphagia in homecare settings.
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Effective Case Management in
Psychiatric Disorders
A case study detailing the steps involved in case managing complex psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders when combined with medical diagnosis. Specific strategies for reduction of hospitalizations and cost effectiveness demonstration are provided.
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End of Life Series: Ethical Considerations
for Palliative Care
This course is intended to help learners identify specific ethical issues relative to palliatve care.
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End of Life Series: Nutrition in the Terminally Ill
To educate healthcare professionals in communicating with patients who are terminally ill and their families, when the patient can no longer tolerate nourishment. An explanation of end of the life disease process and patient care is also described.
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HIPAA Privacy Standards
The student will learn about the purpose and basic provisions of the new HIPPA laws. The concept of Protected Health Information (PHI) will be discussed, as well as identification of other sensitive and confidential information. Specific examples are given that will illustrate when PHI can legally be used, and what actions are not in compliance with HIPAA. The legal penalties for non-compliance are also discussed.
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HIV/AIDS: Prevention and Management
of Occupational Exposure
As healthcare professionals we need to understand how to protect ourselves from unnecessary contamination, and we also need to protect our patients. This course meets the standards for this biennial requirement with timely information about procedures for the safe, appropriate care of patients with HIV/AIDS and the prevention, control and management of staff exposure to bloodborne pathogens in the workplace.
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Infection Control Basics
Controlling infectious diseases is one of the most fundamentally important aspects of healthcare. It can also be one of the most forgotten. The precautions that we as healthcare workers take to prevent infections are usually inconvenient, often irritating, and generally lacking in immediate visible results. But don't underestimate the necessity infection control. If you work in healthcare, it is your job to control infections. This class will teach you how to do that.
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MDS: Maximizing Quality in your Facility's
MDS Process
The MDS is only the first step in the legislated assessment process known as the RAI (Resident Assessment Instrument). An understanding of the RAI is crucial to achieve accurate and timely assessments, and ultimately provide quality resident care.
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Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease caused by progressive demyelination of the white matter of the brain and spinal cord as well as damage to nerve fibers and their targets. This short course will give you the information you need to begin to treat this patient.
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Understanding Delirium in Long-Term Care
The purpose of this activity is to prepare professional caregivers working in long-term care settings to understand, recognize, and assess delirium and to implement appropriate interventions to prevent the negative outcomes associated with delirium. This course was authored by Theris A. Touhy DNP, GCNS-BC, Professor at Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.
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