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Title
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Description
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Primary Audience
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N-1
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What Every DON Should Know.
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Comprehensive management training to prepare RN's for their responsibilities as a Nursing Executive.
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New DON's, Management Staff
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N-2
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What Separates Great DON's From Their Peers?
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Common characteristics of highly successful Nursing Executives.
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DON's, Management Staff
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N-3
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Conducting A Negative Outcome Survey.
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Identifying resident decline using a comprehensive evaluation process. Proven method to detect & correct care giving inconsistencies. Very good survey turnaround tool.
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DON's, Management Staff
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N-4
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Managing Resident Outcomes is A Matter of Data.
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Examining why reliable resident data determines whether caregivers are postured for success or failure.
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DON's, Management Staff, Nurses
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N-5
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Nurses Taking Charge.
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Influencing resident care as a manager of caregivers, not a medical technician.
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DON's, Management Staff, Nurses
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N-6
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What Does OBRA Expect From Nurses?
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Examining how outcome based regulation redefined the role & responsibilities of licensed staff.
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Nurses
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N-7
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Making A Difference Starts With A Plan.
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Reinforcing the linkage between care planning & positive resident outcomes. Treating care plans as a care giving blueprint & commitment, not a cursory compliance exercise.
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Nurses
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N-8
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Incident Reports Telegraph Could-of's & Should-of"s, If You Can Read Between The Lines!
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Examining how incident report documentation reveals the strength & weakness of care giving environments when skillfully interpreted. Exploring regulatory & legal implications.
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Nurses
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N-9
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Getting Back To Nursing Basics.
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Managing resident ADL's with uncompromising resolve. Considering the cause-effect consequences of care giving lapses.
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Nurses
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N-10
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Who Knows What Happened?
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Scrutinizing unusual occurrences that result in physical harm or trauma to residents, especially those who are cognitively impaired. Recognizing the signs of resident abuse.
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Nurses
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N-11
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It's A Residents' Right To Say No.
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Examining when non-compliant resident conduct should be honored, when it should be scrutinized, and when it should be overruled. Not allowing the resident rights doctrine of self determination to excuse clinical staff from appropriate intervention.
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Nurses
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