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This course provides an overview of hepatitis B, how it is spread, its symptoms and diagnoses, and its vaccination.

The purpose of this course is to understand the cultural importance of the individual and those directly affected, including family and friends, in dealing with illness and death. As the U.S. becomes more ethnically and racially diverse and culturally complex, there is a need for understanding how to work with individuals who have different values, health beliefs, and perspectives about health and wellness than your own or those you are familiar with.

Continuing Education: VGM Education is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

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 reviews the impact of seating and positioning on pressure ulcer risk, and examines relevant interventions for prevention. You should complete the 3-course series called “Overview of Pressure Ulcer Etiology” (OWC006a, b and c) before starting this course.

This course defines home accessibility remodeling: a proactive housing and care alternative for persons with disabilities and others who wish to remain in their homes as their personal health changes and as they grow older.

Este curso provee la información que necesita para desarrollar un plan de preparación ante emergencias para su negocio de HME.

Esta es la primera parte en una serie de cursos de dos partes que discute una amplia variedad de problemas relacionados a la seguridad en el lugar de trabajo. En esta primera parte de la serie, abordaremos las áreas de responsabilidad para hacer cumplir las reglas de seguridad en su compañía; cómo identificar, analizar y controlar riesgos/peligros dentro de su compañía; los tipos de inspecciones que debería realizar en su lugar de trabajo; y el tipo de entrenamiento de seguridad que su compañía le debería estar ofreciendo a sus empleados.

Este curso cubrirá las reglas, regulaciones y procedimientos asociados con el manejo de un vehículo comercial. Conocer estas reglas, regulaciones y procedimientos le ayudará a desarrollar buenos hábitos de conducción y finalmente prevenir accidentes de tránsito.

Esta es la segunda parte de un curso de dos partes que discute una amplia variedad de problemas relacionados a la seguridad en el lugar de trabajo. En esta segunda parte de la serie, nosotros abordaremos los procedimientos para reportar e investigar accidentes y otras emergencias; reglas básicas de seguridad y las normativas que su compañía debería considerar adoptar; cómo manejar la comunicación de riesgos, los patógenos transmitidos por la sangre y la gestión de seguridad de los procesos.

VGMU offers more than 100 nursing hours covering a variety of health care topics. The topics include dementia care, legal aspects of nursing, endocrinology, mental health care, and autoimmune diseases.

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This course provides the information you need to develop a Disaster Preparedness Plan for your HME business.

This course provides an overview of the prevalence, causes and risk factors of the disease.

This course focuses on embezzlement.

The HIPAA & Infection Control course bundle contains the following two VGMU courses:

This course is the recorded audio and slides presented by Heather Trumm at the Heartland Conference 2019. Topics covered: the skin, review of the healing process, review the factors that affect the healing process, and discuss the types of wounds and treatment. 

This course provides an overview of how aging affects mobility, including risk factors, complications and dangers of immobility, and details how therapeutic activities can lessen mobility problems. 

This course is a brief study of general toxicological principles to the extent that you may understand and guard against the toxic effects of the materials found in the workplace or job site.

This course is intended to apply your knowledge of HIPAA basics to the workplace. You should complete part one of this series (“HIP001 – Understanding HIPAA”) before taking this course.

This course provides an overview of health care workers’ roles in preventing needlesticks and other sharp object injuries, and what to do if such an event occurs. The lesson also illustrates how to implement a sharps injury prevention program.

Over 40 percent of American adults have obesity, putting them at increased health risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and some forms of cancer. This course provides basic information about obesity.

This course reviews the relationship between aging and stroke.

This course focuses on check forgery and credit card fraud.

Este curso es la segunda entrega de una serie de dos partes sobre la Ley de Responsabilidad y Transferibilidad de Seguros Médicos (HIPAA, por sus siglas en inglés). Está diseñado para aplicar sus conocimientos sobre los aspectos básicos de la HIPAA en el lugar de trabajo.

LGBTQ individuals have faced many challenges that have kept them in the closet or forced them back into the closet because of discrimination and bullying from friends and family, health care workers, and the general public. This self-study will help health care staff understand LGBTQ terminology and ways to provide compassionate, LGBTQ-informed care.

Small businesses nationwide are increasingly falling victim to fraud and forgery from outside as well as inside the business. This course focuses on negotiable instruments.