40 Essential In-Services for Long-Care Term

40 Essential In-Services for Long-Term Care: In-Services for Long-Term Care: Education for Frontline Staff is composed of 40 in-service training lessons that help facilities comply with CMS requirements to deliver in-service training for their certified nursing assistants and all frontline staff. The in-services included in this book cover the most essential topics in long-term care and correlate with CMS initiatives, including Alzheimer’s and dementia care, infection control F-tags, restorative care, and HIPAA. Each in-service is prescriptive in how to conduct lessons, provides concrete learning activities, and includes a post-lesson test to verify staff comprehension along with a certificate of completion to document participant training hours.

This book enables long-term care facilities to:

• Provide a wide variety of quality, easy-to-access in-service education for CNAs and frontline staff
• Keep the level of facility education consistent for frontline staff
• Check the competency of floor staff for each in-service
• Ensure in-services are linked to quality care and in line with QAPI committee measurements
• Address deficiencies in infection control, QAPI, competency management, etc.

• More than a year’s worth of training to satisfy CMS requirements
• Practical education for nursing staff on the important long-term care topics that impact their work daily
• Time-saving guidance for educators on conducting lessons
• Downloadable learning activities, games, and quizzes to modify or use as you wish
• Post-lesson tests to validate comprehension Certificates of completion to document staff training hours

• Resident Education
• Arthritis
• HIPAA
• Tube Feeding and Oral Care
• Communication
• Dysphasia
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Professionalism and Accountability
• Cultural Diversity
• Kidney Disease
• Readmissions
• Ethics
• Caring for Catheters
• Amputee Care
• Assistive Devices
• Alzheimer’s
• Abuse and Neglect
• Behavior Management
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Dementia
• Depression
• Diabetes
• End of Life
• Heart Complications
• Incontinence and Constipation
• Infection Control
• Malnutrition and Dehydration
• Mental Illness
• Nutrition
• Stroke and Seizures
• Skin Care
• Vital Signs
• Oxygen Training
• Pain Management
• Personal Care
• Psychosocial Issues
• Range of Motion
• Respiratory Disorders