CE OPPORTUNITIES

• Teaching Tomorrow's Nurses, brought to you by The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future


• List of State CE Requirements from MedSenses, Inc.


• E-IMPACCT - your resource for FREE certified CME/CE and other content designed to inform clinicians about chronic constipation in the elderly.


• AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness CME/CE programs


• AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness CME/CE programs - NURSES ONLY


• Reducing the Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI):  Spotlight on Populations at Risk

CLINICAL INSIGHTS SERIES FROM MCM

• Clinical Insights in Geriatrics (CIG) Interactive Newsletter Series:  Setting the Stage:  Stage-Specific Treatment Options for Patients with Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease


• Clinical Insights in Geriatrics (CIG) Interactive Newsletter Series:  Managing Pain in Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment


• Clinical Insights In Geriatrics (CIG) Interactive Newsletter Series:  Successfully Diagnosing and Managing Overactive Bladder in Older Adults to Optimize Outcomes


• Clinical Insights in Geriatrics (CIG) Interactive Newsletter Series:  Pain Management in Older Adults/Improving Assessment and Treatment


• Clinical Insights In Geriatrics (CIG) Interactive Newsletter Series:  Improving Chronic Constipation Management for Older Adults Through a Comprehensive Approach


• Clinical Insights In Geriatrics (CIG) Interactive Newsletter Series:  Barriers to Effectively Managing Chronic Constipation in Older Adults


• Clinical Insights In Geriatrics (CIG) Interactive Newsletter Series:  Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease In Older Patient Population - Selecting The Appropriate Treatment

 

GOJO'S INFECTION PREVENTION WEBINAR

• Emerging Models of Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care
  Sponsored through a grant by GOJO   An HTML5 compatible browser is necessary to view this webinar

CHAPTER WEBSITES

• Florida Chapter (FADONA)


• Maryland chapter (MDNADONA)   


• New Jersey (NJADONA) 


• North Carolina (NCDONALTC)


• North Dakota (NDNADONA)      


• Ohio (OHIONADONA)


• West Virginia (WVADONA)


• Texas (TXNADONA)

STATE CHAPTER NEWS

• North Dakota Long Term Care Association's Caregiver Award given to Two of NADONA's facilities


• FADONA Annual Award Winners Recognized at FADONA's 24th Annual Convention

PRESS RELEASES

• NADONA/LTC and NurseTogether.com Form Strategic Partnership to Benefit Nurses by Providing Variety of Online Resources and Career Support to Assist with Professional and Personal Challenges


• PharMerica Announces the Continued Sponsorship of The NADONA Stephanie Carroll Scholarships In Honor of Nurses Week

STATE PRESIDENT LINKS

• Roberts Rules of Order on line


• Board Source- Building Effective Non profit Boards


• Institute on Board governance  


• About non profit boards


• Ice breakers, business icebreakers, building a team


• Country Joe McDonald-Tribute to Florence Nightingale


• Nurse and Doctor  Gourmet Popcorn gifts


• An Organized Approach


• IRS- Nonprofit information


• Lapel Pins

TRAVELING SUGGESTIONS FOR CONFERENCE

• Pack for your trip. Get assistance- what to take- what not to forget


• Seat Guru- See what seats are best!

MEMBER WEBSITES

• The Honor Society Launches Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy with $1.6 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation. Acquire the leadership competency and knowledge necessary to impact health care practice for older adults and their families! 


• John A. Hartford Foundation - funded initiative called "How to Try This", a collaborative project of Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU's College of Nursing and the American Journal of Nursing. cost-free, web-based resources including demonstration videos and companion articles in AJN.: Facility Guide for the Nursing Home Quality Indicators: PPS overview: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/snfpps


• Strategies for Managing C- Diff  


• Discover Nursing (scholarships, nursing information)


• Hydration Calculator


• Online Care of the Geriatric Resident- Nursing Resources


• Aging with Dignity  


• Environmental protection agency  


• Medicare- Nursing home compare  


• Agency for healthcare Research and Quality


• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  


• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  


• Sharing Innovations in Quality


• Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing


• National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners:  Comprehensive Alzheimer's and dementia training and certification organization providing to health care professionals and first responders


• 2010-2011 Senior Care Digest Electronic Version


• Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) has a new resource to assess and manage pain in older adults. The free website, www.GeriatricPain.org, shares best-practice tools and resources for nurses responsible for pain care in adults residing in long-term care environments.


• Nursing Degree Guide - Our directory of NLNAC and CCNE accredited nursing programs was compiled by hand using data collected from the U.S. Department of Education, school administrators, the CCNE and the NLNAC. See our research methodology for more information.


• DiscoverNursing.com  List of nationally known nursing organizations.  Contact them for more information about your specialty, to find out about conferences and events, or to subscribe to their publications.  We are proud that NADONA is part of this list.

COLLABORATION AND ADVOCACY

• Pioneer Network's Nurse Competencies for Nursing Home Culture Change


• Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes - NADONA is on the steering committee


• Pioneer Network's New Dining Practice Standards

RESOURCE PUBLICATIONS

• MDS 3.0 Quality Measure Draft User's Manual Appendix A


• MDS 3.0 Quality Measure Draft User's Manual Part 1


• MDS 3.0 Quality Measure Draft User's Manual Part 2


• Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Minimum Data Set 3.0 and Resource Utilization Group-Version 4 Policies and Clarifications


• CGNO Contact List Description


• Purpose of CGNO


• Special Focus Facility ("SFF") Initiative


• MLN Fact Sheet:  Accountable Care Organizations


• Long Term Care Professional Leadership Council Essential Core Functions


• Long Term Care Professional Leadership Council Brief History of the Institute of Long-Term Care


• Pioneer Network Food and Dining Clinical Standards


• Pioneer Network Food and Dining Clinical Standards Task Force Dining Practice Standards Approval Sheet for Organizations


• Pioneer Network Nurse Competencies for Nursing Home Culture Change


• The Future of Nursing IOM Report


• Common Formats for Healthcare Report Form, Summary of Initial Report, Device or Supply including HIT, Fall, Healthcare-associated Infection, Medication or other Substance, and Pressure Ulcers


• McKnight's Long-Term Care News Free Subscription Enrollment


• Suicide Prevention for Senior Living Communities


• Questions and Answers About Swine Influenza and You


• Kestrel Health Information:  Providing health care professionals with the most comprehensive product search tools. 


• Elopement Resource Manual from Healthcare Association of New York and Wandering Behavior, Edge Electronic Dementia Guide.   


• Workforce Stability Toolkit - A Publication From Quality Partners of Rhode Island.  


• Nursing Home Federal Requirements - Guidelines to Surveyors and Survey Protocol, Seventh Edition, James E. Allen, PhD, MSPH, CNHA  


• Florida Department of Health:  CDI Lab Testing Protocol (pdf)


• Florida Department of Health:  CDI Test Info Sheet (pdf)


• Needle Tips


• Vaccinate Adults


• CMS Financial Models to Support State Efforts to Integrate Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees


• CMS Fact Sheet - Technical Assistance Resource Center Available to States to Coordinate Care for High-Cost, High-Need Beneficiaries


• CMS Testing Financial Models to Support State Efforts to Coordinate Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees:  Two New Models Available to States to Improve Quality and Decrease Costs


• CMS Demonstration to Improve Care Quality for Nursing Facility Residents:  Initiative to Reduce Preventable Hospitalizations


• Follow-up on CMS Final Rule


• Michigan Antibiotic Resistance Reduction (MARR) Long-term Care Tool Kit Download Center


• Using and Cleaning Fingerprint Readers


• Cleaning the Caretracker Kiosk


• NTAS Red Alert Emergency Procedures


• Nursing Outlook


• COCA Update - CDC Updates for Clinicians


• Long-Term Living Magazine


• Frontline NAFC


• NCCDP E-newsletter


• NEWS-Line  News, Information and Job Opportunities for Healthcare Professionals


• Partnership for Health in Aging:  Multidisciplinary Competencies in the Care of Older Adults at the Completion of the Entry-level Health Professional Degree


• Partnership for Health in Aging:  Annotated Bibliography


• Nursing Home Quality:  Twenty Years After the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987


• Appendix PP of State Operations Manual (1/12)


• Nursing Home Quality Measures

RESOURCE WEBSITES 

• See new "Speak Up" video on taking medication safely by The Joint Commission
  Five Elements of QAPI
  Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes:  Visit the Advancing Excellence Web Site for the Best, Most Comprehensive Information about the Campaign!   


• Nurse Executive Council:  The Nurse Executive Council provides a forum and serves as the voice of nurse leadership in the post acute and long term care environment. Our voice provides healthcare organizations and stakeholders with experiential knowledge that will continue to enhance quality of care through leadership and encourage innovation for ongoing improvements in care delivery and patient safety.


• Quiet Heart Music featuring Yamaha recording artist, Henry A. Wiens, Quiet Heart Music offers personalized piano solo CDs that are especially suitable as sympathy or memorial gifts. Soothing Memorial Gift CDs, will honor the memory of a loved one while providing proven, continuing comfort to those left behind.  


• NurseZone.com:  Dedicated to meeting the personal and career needs of today's nurses and nursing students. Discover the latest in health care news, devices & technology, advice by industry experts, as well as career information and thousands of nursing jobs available right here, at your convenience


• TFH Special Needs Toys:  A focussed resource for fun products. This text will help both People with Disabilities and Disabled People find a wide range of Special Needs Toys online.


• TMF Health Quality Institute:  TMF Health Quality Institute, formerly the Texas Medical Foundation, has been a presence in Texas health care since being chartered in 1971 as a private, non-profit organization of licensed physicians tasked with leading quality improvement and review efforts in the state. Over the past 37 years TMF has developed and nurtured strong relationships with stakeholders in all provider settings, including hospitals, physician offices, home health agencies and long-term care facilities, through work as the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for Texas and various state, local and private contracts.  TMF offers Provider Intervention & Tools for Skilled Nursing Facilities. 


• Carefree Homecare in Scottsdale, Arizona:  Dedicated to consistently providing the highest level of personal and compassionate care for senior care Scottsdale. 


• Kinetic Concepts, Inc.:  KCI's new website for clinicians, features clinical evidence and data demonstrating the benefits and postive healing outcomes of V.A.C. Therapy in treating DFUs, information on the impact of diabetic foot wounds in the U.S. and an FAQ section for patients on the definition, causes and treatments of DFUs.


• Research Project from the University of Texas at Austin:  Dr. Eun-Ok Im is conducting an Internet study on the physical activity attitudes among diverse ethnic groups of middle-aged women and invites NADONA members to participate. 


• AfterShingles.com is an educational resource offering tools and information to help educate consumers about shingles and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), or after-shingles pain, its impact on people’s lives and steps to take to help manage this condition. 


• Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis is a united effort to raise awareness of this serious medical condition among consumers, healthcare professionals, policy-makers and public health leaders. 


• Pandemic Influenza Toolkit:  A resource to assist your organization in preparing for a pandemic influenza.  Contains helpful educational modules, whitepapers, webcasts and other tools to assist in your planning efforts.     


• Spanish for Nurses  (nursing students and other health care providers) is an independent study and group course, complete with audio, audio script, small books and flash cards -- all on one CD, playable on any CD player.          


• Hill-Rom Medical Equipment:  Hill-Rom specializes in hospital and home health care equipment. As an innovator in medical technology, we specialize in hospital bed design, hospital equipment, and medical care solutions for your patients.  


• The TURN Study - The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston:  The purpose of this multi-site, randomized, controlled trial is to determine the optimal frequency of repositioning nursing facility residents with mobility limitations who are at moderate and high risk for pressure ulcer development who are cared for on high density foam mattresses for the purpose of preventing pressure ulcers.


• iaBPG Best Practices Toolkit Implementing and Sustaining Change in Long-Term Care  


• RN to MSN Program Directory:  The most complete directory on the Web of RN to MSN/Masters in Nursing programs. 


• Unwanted Medicine Return Program


• Teleosis Institute:  Teleosis is a program of Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading membership and networking organization for institutions in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices. Practice Greenhealth members include hospitals, healthcare systems, businesses and other stakeholders engaged in the greening of healthcare to improve the health of patients, staff and the environment.


• Know What to Do ABout the Flu


• Fall Management Program and Toolkit offered through the Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation


• The National Consumer Voice For Quality Long-Term Care


• Partners Against Pain is a resource that serves patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals to alleviate unnecessary suffering by advancing standards of pain care through education and advocacy.


• American Health Care Association Quality Improvement Committee 


• E-IMPACCT:  Your resource for FREE certified CME/CE and other content designed to inform clinicians about chronic constipation in the elderly.


• Asbestos.com - The Mesothelioma Center is committed to providing the latest, up-to-date information to their visitors in the hopes of spreading awareness about the dangers of asbestos cancer.  Mesothelioma symptoms do not develop until this period. A mesothelioma patient’s prognosis, or the probable course and outcome of a disease’s influence on the body, is influenced by numerous factors. Since a mesothelioma diagnosis often occurs once the cancer has progressed to later stages of development, mesothelioma prognosis is typically poor. 


• Geriatric Nursing Resource List from Guide to Nursing Schools


• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home 


• A First Take on LTC in Health Care Reform 


• Health Care Reform's LTC Impact - Part II 


• Nursing Home Compare


• American Pain Foundation


• Medical Assistant


• Mesothelioma:  Mesothelioma Symptoms is an extensive database of information and resources for patients and their families to better understand the Symptoms of Mesothelioma and the various aspects of diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, as well as mesothelioma life expectancy.  Mesothelioma is diagnosed to over 3,000 people each year and it is considered one of the most deadliest forms of cancer in the world. Mesothelioma, in most cases, is caused by exposure to asbestos and it takes over 30 years to develop once exposed. Unfortunately it is a deadly, non-curable disease therefore we are trying to create a greater awareness about this horrific disease.


• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ):  Keep Track of Your Medications Wallet Card


• Affordable Care Act - Quality Initiatives


• Sources of Comfort and Meaning from HealthCare Chaplaincy


• Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center


• Continuing-Education-For-Nurses.com  Our site is about continuing education for nurses and the many options that they can avail themselves to upon embarking on a nursing career. Our website gives detailed information to nurses seeking to maintain their education while climbing up the career ladder with continued professional development. Here they will find ideas on which top nursing schools are best options to consider as well as where to get accredited nursing programs. Moreover, it is a good resource for nurses in getting news about continuing education for nurses.


• AHRQ Releases Toolkit for Preventing Pressure Ulcers


• Relieving Pain in America - Institute of Medicine Report Highlights


• Lee Ann Thieman's Nurse Recruitment and Retention - Recruit the Nurses You Need, Retain the Nurses You Have


• Nurses Link : Nursing Schools Directory


• American Red Cross Hurricane Safety Checklist


• American Red Cross Emergency Preparedness for Small Businesses


• CMS "Help Prevent Fraud" Tool Kit


• Mesothelioma is a very aggressive cancer so patients and their families may struggle when determining the best treatment option. At www.mesotheliomaprognosis.net we aim to provide information to help improve survival rates, reduce pain, and increase quality of life. There has been many advancements for the treatment of Mesothelioma in recent years, and we strive to provide the most up-date information on these treatments. Asbestos exposure is a real threat, and we would like to team up with your organization to spread awareness on this issue.


• ASCP's Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Practice Resource Center


• ASCP's Antipsychotic Medication Use in Nursing Facility Residents


• Masters in Occupational Therapy


• 2011-12 Regional Flu Contacts


• CDC Flu Poster


• The Mesothelioma Association


• Nursing Degree Guide:  We've included interviews with practicing nurses, expert nursing articles and a directory of 7,000+ accredited nursing programs with NCLEX pass rate data.  Our directory of NLNAC and CCNE accredited nursing programs was compiled by hand using data collected from the U.S. Department of Education, school administrators, the CCNE and the NLNAC. See our research methodology for more information.


• How's My Mom:  Helping You Stay In Constanct Contact With Your Family

ASSOCIATION WEBSITES

• American Society for Clinical Pathology(ASCP)


• American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) 


• American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC)


• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA)


• American Assoc. for Respiratory Care


• American Heart Association            


• Arthritis Foundation


• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses          


• Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing


• National Association for Continence      


• National Geriatric Nurses Association


• National Health Information Center    


• National Guideline Clearinghouse


• National Osteoporosis Foundation       


• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel


• North American Nursing Diagnosis Association


• Pioneer Network in Culture Change



• The Alzheimer’s Association 


• The American Health Care Association (AHCA)


• The American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)      


• The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau


• The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL)


• Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies

Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society

 CORPORATE MEMBERS

• Advanced Healthcare Solutions


• Greystone Healthcare Management  


• Life Care Centers of America


• LifeHOUSE


• Mason Health Care


• Merrill Gardens


• Southern Healthcare Management, LLC


• Traditions Management LLC


• Westminister Communities of Florida