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Wed, Aug 3, 2022 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Matthew J Palmer, PharmD, BCGP, Manager, Clinical Operations, PharMerica

Nena Hart MSN, RN, CHPN, RAC-CT, C-DONA, Founder, Hart Healthcare Solutions

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In this fifth webinar in the Partners in Nurse Advancement Series, NADONA and PharMerica presenters will offer practical ways for facility clinical leadership to partner with their consultant pharmacist to better initiate, manage, and appropriately reduce the use of psychotropic medications. Adopting a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to psychotropic medication management promotes positive outcomes for residents, optimal survey results, and enhanced facility compliance.

KEY LEARNINGS:

List trends in psychotropic medication utilization in the LTCs
Describe steps to implement prior to initiating psychotropic medications
Identify strategies to optimize the use of psychotropics while remaining compliant with CMS regulations
Review strategies when implementing psychotropic treatment care plans from admission through discharge

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Matthew J Palmer, PharmD, BCGP, Manager, Clinical Operations, PharMerica

Dr. Palmer is a Manager of Clinical Operations for PharMerica. He provides and oversees clinical pharmacy services to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities throughout the region. Matt is a board certified geriatric pharmacist with over 17 years experience in the Long-term care arena and has led efforts to develop collaborative practice agreements surrounding antibiotic use and deprescribing.

Nena Hart MSN, RN, CHPN, RAC-CT, C-DONA, Founder, Hart Healthcare Solutions

Nena has her master’s in nursing administration and is the Founder of Hart Healthcare Solutions, which helps senior care providers take back the operational health of their organization, stop the vicious cycle of agency use and critical staffing, enhance survey outcomes, and ultimately improve patient care.

Provider approved by the CABRN, Provider # CEP 15467. Valid in the U.S. for Nursing CEU's. This program is pending approval for Continuing Education for 1 total participant hour with NAB/ NCERS - Approval # 20230802-1-A85482-DL

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A Spoonful of Sugar – Empty Bed Syndrome: The Impact of Staffing Shortages

Featuring NADONA’s Executive Director, Sherrie Dornberger

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When admissions from hospitals and the community plummeted during COVID, nursing home occupancy crashed. Despite some gains in 2021, occupancy stood at 75% in September. A return to pre-pandemic rates is still far off, but the virus is no longer the only culprit. Projected financial losses are leading to staff cuts in settings already plagued by vaccine mandates and retention challenges. And fewer workers mean fewer beds. That’s because the loss of direct care workers reduces the number of residents a facility can safely admit without having quality levels suffer. In fact, nearly 60% of nursing homes are limiting new admissions due to shortages.

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CERTIFIED ASSISTANT LIVING NURSE PREP COURSE AND EXAM

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This course is perfect for Assisted Living Nurse Leaders who want to review before the CALN certification exam. It is also a good review for nurse leaders to prepare for a managing role in an Assisted Living facility. This is a work at your own pace program. Go as slow or as fast as you want. You have one year to complete this course.

This educational activity will outline the role of the Assisted Living (AL) Nurse. This program will cover medical conditions that the AL nurse may encounter. Infectious disease outbreaks including PPE and transmission precautions, death and dying, and communication with families will be discussed. Medications from administration to absorption, anti-psychotics and the use of herbals will be explored. Skin conditions, Immunizations, ADLs and restorative nursing are also covered. This course examines falls and incident/accident reporting as well as elder abuse, HR, service plans, regulations and other systems found in Assisted Living facilities.

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91) 5 CEs.

The course consists of 5 webinars and 5 quizzes. All of which need to be watched and quizzes passed before certificate of completion is awarded. The Certified Assisted Living Exam is available for those seeking that designation and the credentials of CALN after their title.

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NURSE LEADER CERTIFICATION TRAINING 14 CONTACT HOURS

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We are excited to announce the online series of the Nurse Leader Certification Prep and Training Series.

Please Read Member Testimony Below!

This program covers the relationship the Nurse Leader has with the Administrator and how to communicate within the partnership. It also explores the new culture change needed within LTC. A review of the regulatory changes in ’17 and ’19 will be held. Nursing department budgets will be discussed and hands on practice of developing a staffing model used in budgeting. This program, also covers how the facility is reimbursed and the role of the Nurse Leader in QAPI and survey. It outlines the responsibilities of the DON role.

Course Testimonial

Do you feel that the course met the identified objectives? Please explain.
Most definitely! The content was up to date, easy to follow and Cindy was able to present the information in a very “real world” way. You can tell when someone knows how to talk the talk because they have “walked it”.

Would you recommend this course to others?
Yes! I will be introducing this organization benefits to our facility’s directors /Administrators as a support and program to assist our DONs with their professional development. Being able to give our leaders resources like NADONA will hopefully decrease turn-over and burn out that so many DONs are faced with.

What would you suggest to make the content of this program better?
I don’t really have any suggestions to the program. The length of courses was appropriate, the content was spot on, and Cindy taught, explained and delivered the message great!

– Margaret Abbott, VP of Clinical Operations, Wellington Healthcare

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Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC- 22) Certificate of Mastery Program

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NADONA Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC- 22) Certificate of Mastery Program (15 Session) – Online Course

AVAILABLE NOW! NEWLY UPDATED! NEWLY CREDENTIALED!

IPAC-22 IS A PREREQUISITE COURSE FOR THE IP-BC CERTIFICATION EXAM

The IPAC Program is a Certificate of Mastery Program that yields an official certificate and either 15 hours (live) or 22 contact hours (online). Awarded CEs are nursing CEs.

The program is a prerequisite to be eligible to sit for the NADONA Infection Preventionist Board Certification. The IPAC program is designed to cover all the components of a well-rounded Infection Control Program and the role of the Infection Preventionist.

The IPAC Program is offered online and in person site trainings. Courses are available at any time and are 15 sessions per webinar (22 contact hours) or a 2 day onsite training with 15 contact hours for nurses. A Certificate of Mastery is awarded at the time of completion but no credentials or designations. In order to earn a credential/designation, healthcare professionals must sit for the official Infection Prevention Board Certification (IP-BC).

The IPAC program was specifically designed to meet the new regulations regarding Infection Control and the Infection Preventionist. The content covered in the IPAC program includes the following:

Overview of Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship
Infection Control Program Components
Role of the Infection Control Preventionist
Healthcare Associated Infections & Regulatory Agencies
Pathogens and Infections
Hand Hygiene
Transmission
Environment / Disinfection
Resident Equipment& Outbreak Investigations
PPE
Isolation Precautions
Safe Injection Practices / Risk Assessment
Health Programs & Staff Training
Antibiotic Stewardship
Opportunities in Infection Control

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Long Term Care Imperatives: Clinical Perspectives: PART 1:

The National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration of Long-Term Care (NADONA) and HealthcareHygiene magazine are partnering to develop a continuing education, three-webinar series addressing imperatives in infection prevention in post-acute care.

The webinars will examine key clinical, administrative and regulatory issues pertinent to nursing leadership in long-term care facilities. Scheduled presenters are veterans in this arena and include officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

(3 Contact hours) Three contact hours of continuing education for nurses will be offered.

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Long Term Care Imperatives: Administrative Perspectives: PART 2

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Long Term Care Imperatives: Regulatory Perspectives: PART 3

THIS PART 3 IS POSTPONED BY CMS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO NEW REGULATIONS

This series is being underwritten by GOJO Industries, Cintas Corporation, and HealthySole.

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Quality Measurement: Applying an Understanding of the Basics: Part I

Broad River Rehab is proud to partner with NADONA to offer a new, four-part webinar series on Quality Measures.

Each of these programs are eligible for 1 CE credit for both administrators and nurses.

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Quality Measurement: Falls, a Global Approach: Part 2

Broad River Rehab is proud to partner with NADONA to offer a new, four-part webinar series on Quality Measures.

Each of these programs are eligible for 1 CE credit for both administrators and nurses.

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Quality Measurement: Impacts of Depression: Part 3

Broad River Rehab is proud to partner with NADONA to offer a new, four-part webinar series on Quality Measures.

Each of these programs are eligible for 1 CE credit for both administrators and nurses.

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Quality Measurement: Final Rule, Health Equity and Literacy: Part 4

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We are pleased to announce Pathway Health and the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration for Long-Term Care (NADONA) have collaborated to provide a five-series continuing education webinar series for Clinical Leaders!