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

The purpose of this course is to investigate team building within the context of nursing leadership and improve the nurse’s knowledge of effective leadership skills.

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.

Navigating through crucial conversations can be difficult and nerve-racking for both new and experienced leaders. When you lead a team of people, you’ll undoubtedly run into situations you need to address, and it is your responsibility as a leader to have crucial conversations with your staff to ensure both the individual and the team are moving in the right direction. This course will help you learn the secrets of turning difficult conversations into successful interactions.

There are no CEUs for this course. 

Emotional intelligence is a skill that will allow you to be your best in any collaborative environment. Whether it’s in a workplace, a community group, or family, when we are observant of our feelings and the feelings of others, we can choose to react in ways that are beneficial to everyone involved, resulting in higher productivity, understanding, and mutual trust. This course in an introduction to emotional intelligence.

There are no CEUs for this course. 

The purpose of this course is to investigate the application of the team within the context of nursing leadership and improve the nurse’s knowledge of effective leadership skills.

Health care professionals working in any setting will increase their understanding and skills in providing optimal care to patients from diverse cultures, religious beliefs, and varying age groups.

The respiratory system is a group of organs and tissues that help humans breathe. The main parts of the respiratory system are the airways, the lungs and linked blood vessels, and the muscles that enable breathing. This course provides an overview of the human respiratory system.

The nursing assistant will understand skills required to obtain accurate vital sign measurements and to communicate important clinical information to the care team.

This is a crash course for the sales manager that focuses on the key strategies you can use to monitor, track and manage your sales team.

This course introduces the new home medical equipment staff member to power mobility devices (power wheelchairs and scooters). Because of the multitude of brands of power mobility devices and accessories on the market, this course will cover power mobility devices in the broadest generic terms. For specific information related to a particular brand of power mobility device, please consult the vendors.

This course explains how to bill Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) for all types of pressure-reducing support surfaces and provide the documentation necessary to submit a clean claim. Before taking this course, you should complete the courses: BILL100 – Introduction to CMS and Medicare, BILL105 – Frequently Ordered DME, and BILL106 – Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN).

Unique challenges can arise when performing perioperative care for older surgical patients. This course reviews the challenges of performing such care that all members of a patient’s health care team should be aware.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a novel virus that causes respiratory disease in persons infected, which can range from mild symptoms such as a common cold to more severe diseases – even death. This course provides health care workers with both individual and workplace practices to help prevent the spread of transmission and ultimately keep patients, team members and the public safe.

This course is designed to assist the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to participate with the health care team in managing aggressive behaviors. It is imperative that CNAs be knowledgeable about, and involved in, the management of difficult behaviors to provide for the safety of residents/patients, staff, and visitors.

This course will help you more effectively manage your business and understand the various management styles.

This course will review operating room protocols and aseptic technique.

Purpose:  This is the second part of a three-part series exploring cultures, ethnicities, age-appropriate care, and historical issues that affect the present health care climate. ALL115a covers cultural competency in health care, ALL115b highlights age-specific considerations in health care, and ALL115c addresses past and current issues of the health care industry, such as racism and discrimination, and how to respond as an individual and facility.

In this course, health care professionals will increase their understanding and skills in providing optimal care to individuals from varying age groups.

Learn to lead with intelligence, compassion, motivation and purpose through VGM Education’s Leadership Mastery Program. Designed for both new and seasoned leaders, this concise 12-module program offers strategies to bring out the best in you and your team. From balancing the books to connecting more consciously, you will acquire practical, essential skills to make an immediate, positive impact within your role and workplace. Titles include:

• Making Meetings Meaningful
• From Doer to Manager
• Crucial Conversations
• Employee Engagement
• Leading for Financial Fitness
• The Paragon Principles: Rethinking Your Professional Image
• Emotional Intelligence 101
• Mixing and Matching Working Styles
• Conducting Evaluations and Tracking KPIs
• Keys to Effective Communication
• Using Financial Statements as a Management Tool
• Smart Hiring

Significant discount is available to VGM Members! 
Call us prior to purchase for your discount code: 866-227-8171.

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

This course explains how to bill Medicare for power wheelchairs and scooters (POVs), collectively referred to as power mobility devices (PMDs), and what documentation is required.

This course provides an overview of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, symptoms, testing, prevention, available treatments, and outcomes.

One of the realities of working in health care is that patient deaths occur. Health care professionals are in a distinct position to provide end-of-life care to patients while also supporting their families during this time. Responsibilities of health care providers may include delivering personal care, offering support, and ensuring comfort for individuals under their care. Dying is a personal journey experienced uniquely by each individual. How people cope during this stage of life is largely influenced by their past experiences with death, as well as their cultural attitudes and beliefs. This course provides learners with the knowledge and skills needed to oversee and support the delivery of high-quality end-of-life care, while guiding teams in meeting the needs of patients, families, and caregivers.

This course describes what people can do to keep their blood glucose at a healthy level. Before taking this course, you should complete the course DMGT010 - Overview of Diabetes.

This course is the first of a 3-part series that illustrates simple, inexpensive principles that will help you create a safe and comfortable computer workstation.