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This course provides tips on identifying child abuse, and explains how you report your suspicions.

VGM Respiratory has developed this Home Ventilation Management Program manual as a guide for companies providing invasive or noninvasive ventilation. This guide contains policy and procedure templates, accreditation standards, documentation and reimbursement information, competency assessments and other helpful forms. There is also a tracheostomy guide included in this manual with specific information on how to care for a child or adult with a tracheostomy.

This course will help the health care worker understand and implement appropriate interventions for aggressive behaviors.

The participant will enhance their understanding of diseases, chronic illnesses, and mental issues that affect the older adult and discuss ways to promote healthy aging.

The nursing assistant will understand the importance of water for the health of older adults and develop skills to promote proper hydration in those under their care.

This course is a three-part module about DOT driver’s training.

All health care staff working with older adults will benefit from increasing their knowledge about caring for people living with dementia or a related disorder. The information provided here includes an overview of the brain's normal aging process, dementia's effect on the brain, and how dementia is diagnosed. The different types of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, will be reviewed.

Health care providers will increase their understanding of managing and treating aggressive behaviors in older adults.

Health care professionals will increase their understanding of asthma.

To help the individual eat and drink safely, food textures may be altered with the help of a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP). Certain foods or fluids may be restricted or eliminated depending on an individual’s medical needs. Diets may be ordered for weight management. Food allergies as well as religious practices must be taken into consideration.

Intended Audience: Location managers, billing managers, marketing/sales managers, regional managers, and other designated managers and supervisors. Use of the term supervisors will be used throughout this training as a generic term to include all in the intended audience.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Identify ways to recognize evidence of employee alcohol and other drug abuse.
2. Identify how to document employee alcohol and other drug abuse problems.
3. Identify how to conduct appropriate investigations related to substance abuse.
4. Identify how to validate and confront employees with substance abuse problems.
5. Identify ways to effectuate the basic requirements for drug testing.

All staff working in the long term care setting will increase their knowledge and skills in caring for persons diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder. This bundle of courses includes the following modules:  Dementia Training: Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease, Communication, Behavior Management, Philosophy of Care, Family & Staff Issues, Activities for Persons with Dementia, Activities of Daily Living, Medication & Nutrition, and Ethical Issues.

Behavioral symptoms of aggression in older adults are often misunderstood and mismanaged. Accurate assessment of social, psychological, personal, and medical needs is important to the appropriate approach and treatment. This self-study will help the health care worker understand and implement appropriate interventions for aggressive behaviors.

This course is about the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) driver’s training as it pertains to the handling and transport of compressed oxygen cylinders in the support of patient care. The first chapter will address the safe handling, transport, and storage of compressed oxygen cylinders. The second chapter will cover the specific rules regarding U.S. DOT laws, such as the Materials of Trade (MOT) exceptions, and the regulations on the transport of compressed oxygen cylinders -- specifically when you are carrying a gross cylinder weight on a vehicle that is less than 1,000 pounds, but greater than 400 pounds. 

Maintaining a positive, dependable workforce requires dedication from both leaders and team members. Active engagement is key. This course gives leaders the chance to look at who among their team best represents the company and how to increase that commitment across the office, as well as what opportunities and tactics can encourage employees to buy in to a business’s future.

There are no CEUs for this course.

The nursing assistant will gain an increased understanding of nutrition principles and the unique considerations of the aging population.

The certified medication aide will better understand depression and how it affects the aging population. 

This course will provide an overview of federal employment law and the principles on which it is based.

In HR019c, you will learn about age-specific competency as it relates to people from newborn to preschool, school-age children, adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults. You will learn that to provide proper care, the caregiver’s communication, and approach should be appropriate for the person’s age.

Health care professionals will increase their understanding of the nutrition and hydration needs of their elderly patients.

This course covers basic safety and component information, center of gravity, and operating hazards. You should complete this course before completing Part 2.

This course focuses on forklift inspection and operation, load handling, and forklift refueling. You should complete Part 1 of this series before completing this course.

This course will review operating room protocols and aseptic technique.

While effective communication should be a focus of home medical equipment specialists with all ages of patients, special attention should be paid to working with older adults as an increase in age can bring about medical conditions that may require more patience and an adjustment in how one provides and receives medical information. This course includes tips on how to better facilitate communication with older adult populations.

This course discusses sexual harassment: how to identify it, its legal aspects, how to prevent it from happening in your organization, and how to conduct an equitable investigation.