Continuing Education
PADONA offers a number of programs and webinars designed to provide long-term care nurses with continuing education credits to meet annual requirements.
Archived Webinars
Purchase Past Webinars for Education & Training
Purchase audio recordings and presentation handouts from our educational webinars to help train your team. Webinars are available to both PADONA members & non-members.Once your payment has been received and membership status verified, you will receive an email with a link to download the webinar recording and presentation handouts. For payment questions contact Candace Jones at cjones@padona.com.
PADONA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. No presenters or planners have a conflict of interest relative to this webinar. Nursing contact hours cannot be awarded for completion of the audio recording. PADONA assumes no liability for the accuracy of the information provided.
An Everyday Guide to Understanding the CMS 5 Star Rating
The presentation will cover all 3 aspects of the 5-star rating system for long term care providers. During the presentation, survey, staffing and quality measures will be discussed in depth and the scoring for each measure. Based on the all three scoring measures, overall scoring for the facilities will be discussed. Finally, strategies, understanding of the RAI manual and a discussion of best practices to help improve the facility 5 star rating.
OBJECTIVES:
- Understand the October 5, 2019 technical guide
- Understand the scoring of each 5-star measure
- Practical strategies to improve the 5-star rating
Quality Measures and LTC Survey Pathways
As healthcare providers, often spend time trying to figure out how to navigate the complexities of providing superior patient care while meeting regulatory requirements and promoting our public image. This webinar will focus on looking at ways the tools and reports already at our disposal can pave the way to making our wish list improvement items become reality. We will discuss the integration of Quality Measure reports, Department Of Health Survey Pathways and the QAPI process into the daily routine. The audience will be able to identify how our tools and data reports allow us to anticipate areas for improvement before negative outcomes occur and ways to incorporate the use of these tools into our daily work flow.
Federal Regulations and the Consultant Pharmacist:
Improve your understanding and application the of the State Operations Manual (SOM) regulations and guidance related to pharmacy services. We will be focusing on some trending topics for this year including: medication storage, consultant pharmacy services, and more!
OBJECTIVES:
- Understand and apply the regulations regarding medication storage
- Understand the consultant pharmacist role from the regulatory and clinical perspective
- Through regulations and practicality, understand how to best utilize your consultant pharmacist as a part of your interdisciplinary team.
Respiratory Therapy, the MDS & PDPM:
Two respiratory therapists will demonstrate through discussion the importance of respiratory therapy training and competencies for nursing staff. The training and competency evaluation is required to effectively assess patients and provide proper treatment for incoming respiratory patients. By having the necessary training, nurses will meet the PDPM requirements for the nursing component by adhering to the RAI Manual coding requirements for the MDS assessment in section O and assure that facilities are capturing the optimal available points under the new reimbursement system.Avoiding a Citation for Discharge and Transfer Notifications:
CMS implemented the Final Rule which consisted of three phases for regulatory compliance in long-term care facilities. In November 2017, one of those regulations focused on compliance with transfers and discharges from the long-term care facility. In order to assist facilities in minimizing the opportunity for an F-622 citation, this webinar will examine the regulation, explain various definitions, and offer suggestions for compliance.
Implementing Vibrant QAPI Program:
This case study presentation reviews the planning and implementation steps taken by the Lutheran SeniorLife Passavant Community to evolve a paper compliant but dull QAPI program into an inclusive, data driven, multi-dimensional program. We have achieved this through passionate leadership, attention to practicality, persistently addressing the barriers to progress, and the patience to allow all departments to learn, apply and finally embrace the value of a true performance improvement process striving for excellence.
Hazardous Drugs & USP 800:
All drugs save lives but hazardous drugs also pose a risk to the healthcare workers who handle and administer them. The new USP 800 Standard establishes processes intended to minimize healthcare worker exposure to hazardous drugs. During this program, we’ll explain why the USP Standards were established, what you need to know about the requirements and the actions needed to create a compliant program in your facility.
Prepare for Surveys & Responding to Adverse Surveys/Licensure Action:
Governmental oversight and scrutiny of nursing homes is at an all-time high. The provider community has seen a major overhaul of the federal requirements of participation for long-term care facilities and an increase in the imposition of civil money penalties by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Pennsylvania Auditor General has released a new audit of DOH and its oversight of nursing homes and DOH continues to move toward the development of updated state nursing facility licensure regulations. This session will address strategies and best practices for nursing facilities to consider in preparing for a survey and pitfalls to avoid during a survey. The session will also explore the appeal options and strategies available to nursing facility providers with respect to challenging deficiencies and/or the imposition of sanctions/remedies in response to an adverse survey, including a focus on the criteria needed to evidence past noncompliance. This webinar titled “Prepare for Surveys & Responding to Adverse Surveys/Licensure Action” was provided by Tanya Daniels Harris, Esquire of Latsha, Davis & Marshall Attorneys at Law on October 11, 2019 and can be used for education and training.
Tackling Discharge Medication Decisions:
This webinar titles “Tackling Discharge Medications” was provided by Dr. Jennifer Devinney (RPh, PharmD) Chief Clinical Officer for Grane RX on August 15, 2019 and provides valuable information for protocol development and education related to medications at the time of discharge.
Implementing the EPAs Final Rule Regarding Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals:
This webinar titled “Implementing the EPAs Final Rule Regarding Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals” was provided by Dr. Forrest Moore Chief Clinical Officer for Garda RX on September 12, 2019 and provides detailed information related to the EPA rule for HWPs that can be used for education and the development of protocols to ensure compliance with the rule that was effective August 21, 2019.
Have a Question?
President/Board Chair
Candace McMullen
(814) 617-1435
cmcmullen@padona.com
Directed in Service & Continuing Education
Sophie Campbell
(724) 601-7873
scampbell@padona.com
Membership
LuAnn White
(814) 599-3717
luann@padona.com
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*During our programs, speakers declare any conflicts of interest and do not promote off label use or promote specific products during the webinar.
PADONA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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