Top Experts from Johns
Hopkins Health
System
and Inova Health System help
teach
a
DVD Based
Training Program
3 Hour, 2
DVD Program, 1 Resource CD & Downloadable Manual
or
Online Unlimited Staff Access
Training Program
3 CEU Training Hours
or
Individual Online Training Program
3 CEU Training Hours
Fall Prevention, Bed Safety &
Restraint Reduction Education Program
Expert
Speaker
# 1:
Maria Cvach
MS, BSN Assistant Director of Nursing for Regulatory
Affairs Johns Hopkins Health System
Maria is a legal nurse consultant and a nurse education
consultant.
She is co-author of the nationally recognized, Johns Hopkins Fall Risk
Assessment Tool, an evidence based approach to Fall Risk Assessment,
Prevention and Management.
Expert
Speaker
# 2:
Dr. Deirdre Carolan Doerflinger
Ph. D., CRNP Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Inova Health System
Deirdre is a certified Adult and Gerontologic Nurse Practitioner.
She is currently working as a Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist,
providing
leadership for an inpatient geriatrics multidisplinary consulting
service
serving as project manager for Niiche, working with staff to improve
care
of the elderly and is the clinical nurse specialist for the HELP
program
at Inova Health System. Deirdre is Adjunct Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School
of Medicine and Health Sciences. As a nurse practitioner, Deirdre
is an expert in the areas of fall prevention / protection and restraint
reduction.
Expert
Speaker
# 3:
Patrick Devaney BA
Psychology
Patrick has been a consultant / trainer to numerous Health Care
facilities,
Corporations and LTCDON Associations. Most recently as Executive
Director of a state DONILTC Association. Has trained thousands of
LTC and Critical Care facilities as a speaker on fall prevention, bed
safety
and restraint alternatives in one and three hour accredited speaking
engagements.
His programs have been nationally accredited by the ANA for over 12
years
with excellent results.
Topics Covered in the 3 Hour Online CEU
Training:
Reduce October 2008 Medicare - Preventable Falls Costs
Latest trends in Fall Prevention & Protection
CMS, FDA, Bed Safety, Joint Commission Regulations
Increase Patient Safety
Demographics Related to Falls in Older Adults
Impact of falls in Acute Care Setting
New Fall Patient Identifiers
Patient Family Education
Epidemiology of Falls
Evaluation and Treatment of Falls
Clinical Guidelines for Preventing Falls
New Alternatives to Restraint Products
Root Causes of Falls
Detailed Training Tool - Fall Prevention
Definitions of Restraint and Restraint Free
New Criteria for use of Bed Alarms
Evidence Based Fall Protocols
Cognitive Assessment Tools
Less Restrictive Alternatives
** Monthly Reports on Staff Certification
Recorded in live audience seminars to
health care professionals
by nationally recognized speakers.
New & innovative techniques
integrated into power
point slides to make learning easier.
Live Format and audience questions
enhance the learning
experience.
Advances your own In-Service Training
to the next level.
Learn at Your Own Pace:
Learning is as easy as watching a video
&
answering a few multiple choice questions
Take your time at home or work
Syllabus included for state certification
Share the power point slides with your staff
Innovative Learning - Independent Study
Live Classroom environment makes learning fun
Train the Trainer tools makes sharing easy
Program Benefits:
Reduce Costly Surveys
Reduce Medical Litigation
Make Your Patients Safer
Save Nursing Education Time
Make Your Facility State of the Art
Evidence Based Program
Develop Clinical Excellence
Increase Skills Training
Reduce Travel to Programs
Enhance Training Experience
Unlimited Staff Access
Monthly Reports on Staff Certification
