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With an advance directive, patients can make known their wishes for future medical care in the event they become unable to make their own decisions about health care. This course provides information about the types of advance directives available.

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This course discusses strategies you can use when working on healthcare teams.

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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.

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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.

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This course describes how to develop an effective orientation program.

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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.

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This first part of the series focuses on recruiting the best people for your company.

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This course focuses on the resume screening process, filling an open position, and retaining your best employees.

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Este curso informa a los trabajadores del cuidado de la salud cómo se forman prejuicios implícitos, sus causas y el daño que pueden crear. Además se proporcionan métodos para reconocer y reducir los prejuicios implícitos.

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This course will instruct you on how to recognize stress and give you effective tips to cope with it and eliminate it.

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

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In this course, you will learn powerful ways to stop stress even before it arrives. You will also learn effective ways of handling the stress that does occur in your life, through healthy, productive outlets.

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This course will cover how to effectively develop, deliver and evaluate a successful new employee orientation program. This course also includes a variety of useful checklists, activities and evaluation forms.

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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. 

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People who are consumers of health care have rights, including the right to receive quality care. Along with those rights come certain responsibilities. This course explains what those rights and responsibilities are as defined in 1997 by the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry.

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Health care workers in home care will learn the elements of effective communication, as well as techniques to implement within their workplace that will enhance their connections with colleagues and patients. Challenges to communication are addressed in this course as well as ways to best communicate with teammates and patients, and staff in other facilities or hospitals. Topics include considerations for personal preferences and identifiers, such as in persons with disabilities; cultural norms; inter- and intra-facility communication; and effective communication methods.

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El maltrato de adultos mayores es reconocido como un problema grave cada vez más grande en nuestra sociedad. La mayoría de los estados requieren que usted, como un proveedor de cuidado de la salud, reporte sospechas de negligencia o de maltrato de adultos mayores. Este curso provee consejos para identificar el maltrato de adultos mayores y explica cómo usted puede reportar sospechas de maltrato.

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La diversidad e inclusión son dos componentes muy importantes para mejorar la igualdad y el progreso en el lugar de trabajo. Uno no puede desarrollarse completamente sin el otro. Este curso está diseñado para proveerles tanto a los trabajadores como los empleadores del sector de la atención sanitaria un entendimiento más profundo sobre el tema, una revisión de las leyes federales aplicables y lineamientos relacionados a cómo implementar los conceptos de la diversidad e inclusión en el lugar de trabajo.

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Methamphetamine addiction has grown to epidemic proportions in the United States. Chemicals used to make meth include ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine which are found in many cough and cold products and are known as “scheduled listed chemical products” (or SLCPs). Recent federal legislation requires all “regulated sellers” of products containing these three products to self-certify with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) before selling the products. While this course does not satisfy the DEA's self-certifying requirement, it does provide the information the DEA requires in order to self-certify.

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Las instalaciones del cuidado de la salud deben proporcionar un entorno positivo y libre de discriminación para todos los empleados. Learn More

This course will assist you in developing a framework to structure an interview in a lawful manner.

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Todos en Estados Unidos tienen ciertos derechos que son garantizados por la ley. Las personas que son clientes del sector del cuidado de la salud también tienen derechos, incluyendo el derecho a recibir cuidado de buena calidad. Junto con esos derechos, existen ciertas responsabilidades como clientes en nuestro sistema del cuidado de la salud. Este curso explica cuáles son esos derechos y responsabilidades según como fue definido en 1997 por la Comisión Consultiva para la Protección y Calidad en la Industria del Cuidado de la Salud.

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Health care facilities strive to provide a positive, discrimination-free environment for employees. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination, which is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sexual harassment affects an individual’s employment, interferes with work performance, and creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. This course will provide an overview of the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, how it can be prevented, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) process for receiving and resolving complaints.

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Diversity and inclusion are two important components of improving equality and advancement in the workplace. One cannot fully prosper without the other. This course is designed to provide both health care workers and employers a deeper understanding on the topic, a review of applicable federal laws, and guidance on how to implement the concepts of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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

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