Welcome to AADNS's new LTC DON Chat Podcast. This new auditory-style of content delivery will bring you tips, tricks, updates, advice, and breaking news on the most important topics in long-term care. Our regular hosts and AADNS staff members bring you their own take on updates and regulations and will also interview well-known experts in the field to provide you with multiple perspectives and expertise. 

Release Date: Feb. 11, 2021 

In this podcast, Kim Hicks, vice president of business development for AAPACN talks with Laurie Laxton, RN, BSN, CCFA, RAC-CT, IP-BC, an infection prevention expert and senior clinical educator with ABILITY Network, an AAPACN Diamond Partner and our 2021 Premier Conference Sponsor, about how often we should be testing staff for COVID-19, how do we determine when an infection is an HAI vs. CAI, and other great questions. You don't want to miss this podcast!

Release Date: Jan. 14. 2021 

In this podcast, Amy Stewart, vice president of education and certification strategy for AAPACN talks with Betsy Hardy, BSN, RN, DNS-CT, DNS-MT, director of nursing at Julia Temple Healthcare Center in Englewood, CO, and asks about some of her insights she knows today as a seasoned director of nursing but wishes she knew when she first started as a DNS.

Release Date: Dec. 21, 2020

In this podcast, Vice President of Education and Certification Strategy for AAPACN, Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, discusses some concerns and tips for nurse leaders about how to increase staff confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines with Dr. Leslie Eber, MD, a member of AMDA’s board of directors who is board certified in internal medicine and a certified medical director.

Additional Resources:

• Questions and Answers about the COVID-19 Vaccine for PALTC Staff, Patients, Residents and Family Members

• COVID-19 Vaccine: Answers to Your Questions - A Presentation for Staff and Residents in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

• ACIP COVID-19 Vaccines Workgroup: Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: Clinical Considerations

 

Release Date: July 16, 2020  

In this podcast, AAPACN Vice President of Curriculum Development, Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, discusses infection control issues that nursing home leaders are facing during the COVID-19 Focused Infection Control Surveys.

Updated: May 28, 2020

In this podcast, AADNS Curriculum Development Specialist, Denise Winzeler, BSN, RN, LNHA, DNS-CT, QCP, outlines how the DNS can be prepared for the new Focused Infection Control Survey and the self-assessment process recommended by CMS. This podcast also contains the latest updates, including two additional sections of the survey and two new F-tags.

 

Release Date: May 14, 2020  

In this podcast, AAPACN Vice President of Curriculum Development, Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, discusses best practices for nurse leaders on how to communicate effectively during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Release Date: April 30, 2020 

In this podcast, AADNS Curriculum Development Specialist, Alexis Roam, MSN, RN-BC, DNS-CT, QCP discusses care planning for residents impacted by COVID-19, the important of individualization, and AADNS's latest tool "The Individualized Care Plan Development Guide for Residents with COVID-19."

Release Date: March 26, 2020  

In this podcast, AADNS Curriculum Development Specialist, Alexis Roam, MSN, RN-BC, DNS-CT, QCP, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and some of the CMS and CDC updates, and reviews important information for long-term and post-acute care facilities during this challenging time.

Release Date: Jan. 30, 2020 

How can conflict be an opportunity and a gift? In this podcast, AADNS curriculum development specialist, Alexis Roam, MSN, RN-BC, DNS-CT, QCP, discusses how nurse leaders can manage conflict more effectively in the workplace to pursue the win-win for everyone.

Release Date: Nov. 14, 2019 

In this podcast, AADNS curriculum development specialist, Alexis Roam, discusses some of the warning signs of burnout and compassion fatigue and offers some practical tips to help you recharge and refresh with self-care.

Release Date: Oct. 10, 2019 

In this podcast, AAPACN curriculum development specialist, Alexis Roam, MSN, RN-BC, DNS-CT, QCP, tells her story of why she became a nurse and provides a few tips on how you can rekindle your happiness and purpose in your day-to-day work as a nurse leader.

Release Date: June 27, 2019

In this LTC DON Chat podcast, Pam Truscott, MSN, RN, QCP, DNS-CT, continues the discussion on trauma-informed care and what nurse leaders need to know to ensure their staff are ready for the trauma-informed care requirement for Phase 3 of the Requirements of Participation.

In this LTC DON Chat podcast, Pam Truscott, MSN, RN, QCP, DNS-CT, discusses the ins and outs of trauma-informed care and what nurse leaders need to know to ensure their staff are ready for the trauma-informed care requirement for Phase 3 of the Requirements of Participation.

This podcast series explores ways in which AADNS members are preparing for the PDPM transition this October. In this third and final episode, Lynn Milligan, a healthcare analyst and AADNS Expert Advisory Panel member, shares why and how she has been preparing for PDPM, resources utilized, and how she believes PDPM will affect residents. This podcast series is sponsored by SimpleLTC.
Release Date: May 9, 2019 

This podcast series explores ways in which AADNS members are preparing for the PDPM transition this October. In this second episode, Maureen McCarthy, President and CEO of Celtic Consulting, shares how she is preparing for a successful 2019 with all of the changes ahead and how she thinks PDPM will impact quality and value. This podcast series is sponsored by SimpleLTC.
Release Date: May 2, 2019

This podcast series explores ways in which AADNS members are preparing for the PDPM transition this October. In this first episode, Amy Phipps, MA-CCC/SLP, Senior Vice President of Care Management with Sava Senior Care, shares five tips to prepare for PDPM that she shared at the AANAC and AADNS Conference, as well as her take on how PDPM will impact LTC. This podcast series is sponsored by SimpleLTC.
Release Date: April 25, 2019

In this first episode of the Staff Competency Podcast Series, Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, AADNS Curriculum Development Specialist, explains why staff competency is important to resident well-being and safety, how competencies will be assessed by surveyors and the citations possible for non-compliance, and the differences between competency-based education vs. knowledge-based education.

In this second episode of the Staff Competencies Podcast Series, Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, AADNS Curriculum Development Specialist, shares the best ways for nurse leaders to find competency-based opportunities within their facility and competency-based education requirements in the State Operations Manual.

In this final episode of the Staff Competencies Podcast Series, Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, AADNS Curriculum Development Specialist, shares her insights on how nurse leaders can most effectively evaluate staff competencies, what surveyors are looking for, and more. 

Recorded live at the 2018 AADNS Annual Conference, Amy Stewart, RN, BSN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, Curriculum Development Specialist, shares three great tips in this podcast from her session that DONs must know about the survey process.

Recorded live at the 2018 AADNS Annual Conference, Judi Kulus, RN, NHA, MAT, RAC-MT, DNS-CT, QCP, VP of Curriculum Development, shares three tips in this podcast from her session on how members can prepare for the anticipated PDPM changes. 

Recorded live at the 2018 AADNS Annual Conference, Amy Stewart, RN, BSN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, Curriculum Development Specialist, shares what's keeping her up at night: staffing. In this podcast interview, Amy discusses why she thinks staffing is a concern and what facility leaders should do about it.