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The risks posed to the frail elderly population living in nursing homes from infections requires an intentional strategy now more than ever given the public health crisis from COVID-19. This 60-minute webinar will provide insight into how to take QAPI beyond paper compliance and use it to fuel infection prevention and control efforts. This proactive, data-driven approach will help protect nursing home residents from infections including COVID-19 and the seasonal flu.

Following this webinar, you will be able to: 

• Identify the regulatory requirements for Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) that correlate to the regulatory requirements for the Infection Prevention and Control Program (IPCP)
• Apply the proposed data that can be used to measure and improve infection prevention efforts
• Distinguish what information should be included and discussed on the QAPI/QAA meeting agenda that pertains to IPCP
• Understand how the data can guide the QAA Committee and the Infection Preventionist to take corrective action that will lead to a more robust and wholistic approach to infection prevention and control

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Members: $19  |  Non-members: $59  (Learn more about membership) 

Members: $19  |  Non-members: $59  (Learn more about membership) 

Members: $19  |  Non-members: $59  (Learn more about membership) 

Members: $19  |  Non-members: $59  (Learn more about membership) 

Members: $19  |  Non-members: $59  (Learn more about membership) 

Members: $19  |  Non-members: $59  (Learn more about membership) 

Following this session, attendees will be able to:

• Identify opportunities for collaboration between the DNS and the NAC
• Describe the parameters of the SNF PPS assessments and why collaboration is two-way
• Delineate the realities of reimbursement for the facility’s cash flow and the impact on the nursing budget
• Understand how survey, PDPM and QAPI are dependent upon the relationship and collaboration between the DNS and the NAC

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Jane Belt and Alexis Roam have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Members: $19  |  Non-members: $59  (Learn more about membership) 

Continuing Education: This webinar is eligible for 1.0 CE hour 

Record date: Aug. 21, 2019 

Duration: 60 minutes  

Speaker:  Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA

Documentation is critical to support the delivery of safe, effective care. Additionally, solid documentation supports MDS coding. With the implementation of PDPM right around the corner, relying on checklist documentation may not fully capture all the information your team needs. During this 60-minute webinar, you will learn about a three-D approach to documentation to help guide your nursing staff’s documentation of residents. Documentation that is detailed, distinct, and deliberate will help to ensure you are capturing key elements to support care delivery.

Following this session, attendees will be able to:

• Explain why documentation is critical to support care delivery

• Define the three-D approach to documentation

• Describe the impact of documentation under PDPM

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Amy Stewart has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Members: $19  |  Non-members: $59  (Learn more about membership) 

Members: $19  |  Non-members: $59  (Learn more about membership)

Continuing Education: This webinar is eligible for 1.0 CE hour
Recording Date: May 21, 2019
Duration: 60 minutes
Speaker: Jillene Nero Snow, MBA, BSN, RN-BC, CHC, Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations, Ethica; AAPACN Board Vice Chair

With just a few months away from the deadline to implement the Phase 3 requirements of participation, you may be asking yourself if your facility teams are ready? During this session, the presenter will focus on the key elements of the required compliance and ethics programs, staff training, QAPI governing body role and responsibilities, and trauma-informed care. The presenter will provide knowledge and instruction related to these requirements and tips/tools to ease implementation. Don’t miss this opportunity to evaluate your readiness and shore up any gaps before your first standard survey after the Nov. 28, 2019 deadline.

Following this webinar, you will be able to:

• Gain an understanding of compliance and ethics programs
• Comprehend staff training requirements
• Increase your knowledge of trauma-informed care
• Create an immediate plan of action to begin the development and implementation of Phase 3 requirements

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Jillene Nero Snow has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Continuing Education: This webinar is eligible for 1.0 CE hour
Recording Date: April 29, 2019
Duration: 60 minutes
Speaker: Amy Stewart, BSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT

Do you know how the April 2019 changes to the Five-Star Rating System will impact your facility rating? We anticipated the unfreezing of the health inspection star, but the recently released updates brought about unexpected impacts to all three Five-Star domains, including a threshold adjustment to the staffing domain and separate weighting and thresholds for the short- and long-stay quality measures and the new and retired measures. During this 60-minute webinar, we will dive into some of the significant Five-Star changes and how they may impact your Five-Star Quality Rating.

Following this webinar, you will be able to: 

• Describe the changes in each of the three domains impacting the Five-Star rating
• Understand how inaccurate Payroll-Based Journal staffing hours can heavily influence the staffing star
• Detail strategies to improve your Five-Star Quality rating

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Amy Stewart has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Continuing Education: This webinar is eligible for 1.0 CE hour
Recording Date: July 17, 2018
Duration: 60 minutes
Speaker: Amy Stewart, RN, RAC-MT, DNS-MT, QCP-MT

In November 2017, CMS implemented a new survey process that combined the traditional survey and the QIS survey processes. Since that time, skilled nursing facilities have been working hard to limit the number of deficiencies and understand the expectations of the new process. However, this process has not been without flaw. The new survey results from CMS are in and every DON needs to know the top 10 trends in survey citations that have been cited over the last few months so that they can prepare their facility. Join this 60-minute webinar to learn about the most common citations that nurse leaders are facing today and how to prevent them. By preventing these citations, you and your team can provide higher quality and safer care for residents.

This webinar will help you:

• Identify the top ten citations being cited in today’s skilled nursing facilities
• Learn effective prevention measures for these common citations so that you can develop a plan of action to ensure you are not tagged for these deficiencies
• Become familiar with available resources that will help you prepare your staff for survey

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Amy Stewart has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Continuing Education: This webinar is eligible for 1.0 CE hour
Recording Date: March 1, 2017
Duration: 60 minutes
Speaker: Amy Stewart, RN, RAC-MT, DNS-CT, QCP- MT

Compliance with recent SOM regulations related to staff competency require nurse leaders to tailor a training and education plan for staff specific to their facility’s resident population. The recent updates require not only sufficient nursing staff, but also that staff have the appropriate competencies and skills sets to provide nursing and related services to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident, as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care. In addition, as of November 28, 2017, facilities must link staffing with the required facility assessment, which considers the number, acuity, and diagnoses of the facility’s resident population. While the task of ensuring competency-based staffing might seem burdensome there is a bright side. Training and education are often associated with increased staff retention, decreased staff turnover, improved patient and resident outcomes, and a more effective and engaged workforce.

This webinar will discuss with key considerations when applying competency-based staffing using the facility assessment. In addition, participants will be given an example of a training and education evaluation plan that will assist in identifying site specific training needs.

Participants will be able to:

• Compare and contrast competency-based educational offerings with knowledge-based in-service offerings
• List three benefits of providing competency-based staff education
• Develop a facility-specific training and education evaluation plan that will help identify educational needs and the resources needed to offer the education

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Amy Stewart has no conflicts of interest to disclose.