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. 

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.