TIP OF THE WEEK

Campaign rewards: Strategies to prevent pressure ulcers

 

For a limited time, Ohio KePRO and the Ohio Local Area Network for Excellence (LANE) is offering a complimentary “Strategies to Prevent Pressure Ulcers” Toolkit to Ohio members of the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes Campaign.

 

The toolkit includes:

• Easy-to-use checklists, worksheets, and various articles to help you in evaluating your policies and procedures as they relate to skin care
• An attitude and knowledge survey to use with your staff to help determine if they have misconceptions or false beliefs about pressure ulcer causes or preventive measures
• Educational materials that can be copied and passed out in meetings or in-services, or posted on walls in employee break rooms/lounges
• Quality improvement tools and worksheets to help your skin care team as it looks at your facility’s systems and processes
• Pressure ulcer materials from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).

All campaign registrants also receive a welcome packet that includes materials to improve care, network with other campaign participants, and promote your participation in the campaign.

 

Register for the campaign before February 28, 2008 and receive information about how to order this valuable pressure ulcer toolkit. For more information about the campaign, visit www.nhqualitycampaign.org.

 

 

 

 

IN THE NEWS

 

RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN HOSPICE REVOCATION TO PURSUE AGGRESSIVE CARE

January 28, 2008 -- Arch Intern Med -- Findings from a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine indicate that African American patients were more likely than white patients to withdraw from hospice to pursue life-prolonging therapies. Read more >>

 

 

NEW GUIDELINE IDENTIFIES THOSE MOST AT RISK OF FALLS

February 5, 2008 -- Neurology -- A new American Academy of Neurology guideline finds certain neurology patients are at a high risk of unintentional falls and should be screened regularly to help prevent the high number of fall-related injuries and deaths in the United States each year. The guideline, "Assessing Patients in a Neurology Practice for Risk of Falls," appears in the February 5, 2008, issue of Neurology®. Read more >>

 

 

NEW! OHIO CENTER FOR NURSING WEB SITE

January 30, 2008 -- The Ohio Board of Nursing established the Ohio Center for Nursing to promote nursing as a career and provide information about the nursing workforce in Ohio. The center’s Web site went live January 30, 2008 and is available at www.ohiocenterfornursing.org.

 

 

OHIO KEPRO EVENTS

 

 

 

INDUSTRY EVENTS

 

Treatment of Pressure Ulcers in the Nursing Home
A national teleconference for members of the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes Campaign
February 21, 2008, 2:00 to 3:15 p.m.
Speakers: Steve Levenson, MD, and Debra Bakerjian, PhD, MSN
Click here to register

 

Not my Facility! How to handle an allegation of sexual abuse

Presented by the Ohio Academy of Nursing Homes

Tuesday, February 26 in Columbus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m

 

 

NAVIGATING THE MDS THROUGH THE OHIO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEM

May 1, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET

Speakers: Claire Spellmire, RN, BSN, and Karen Jennings, LNHA, MHA, from the Case Mix Section, Bureau of Long Term Care Facilities, Office of Ohio Health Plans.

Cost: Free

 

For more information or to register, call Cheryl Robertson at (614) 466-9088.

Space is limited to two per facility.

 

Cuyahoga Community College Spring ’08 Continuing Education Schedule for Gerontology Professionals

 

Medicare Learning Network: Learning resources and products for the healthcare professional.

 

Alzheimer’s Association Training Events

 

AOPHA Events

 

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Courses

 

Ohio Department of Health, Technical Assistance Program – New Programs

 

Ohio Health Care Association Events

 

 

 

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