Course Description: This course will highlight certain trends and clinical updates related to long term care. Topics include infection control, fall prevention, culture change, brain fitness, staff development and health care reform.

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Infection Control Updates
Course Objectives: At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

• Identify and discuss trends related to Tuberculosis.
• Describe the CDC recommendation for the 2010 Seasonal Flu vaccine.
• To get familiarized with the CDC website.

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Falls Update
Course Objectives: At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

• Describe interventions that work in preventing and reducing incidences of falls.
• Discuss conclusion of studies related to falls prevention.

10:30AM – 10:45AM Break

10:45 – 11:45 AM Effective In-Service Education program in LTC
Course Objectives: At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

• Identify positive outcomes on in-service education.
• Discuss learning needs of staff.
• Describe effective teaching strategies.

11:45AM – 12:30 Lunch

12:30PM – 1:30PM – Culture Change – A Trend in Long Term Care
Course Objectives: At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

• Define and describe culture change.
• Identify the barriers to culture change.
• Discuss strategies to promote culture change.

1:30PM – 2:30 PM Highlights of Health Care Reform
Course Objectives: At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

• Review the highlights of health care reform that affect long term care.
• Discuss ramifications if any to clinical practice.

2:30 – 2:45 PM Break

2:45PM – 3:45 PM – Brain Fitness – Use of technology
Course Objectives: At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

• Describe brain fitness.
• Identify a brain fitness program.

3:45PM – 4:15PM Evaluation

Lecturer : Araceli D. Antonio, MS, RN

Contact Hours: 6.5 Hours

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Nursing Care Providers, Inc reserves the right to substitute a topic or a speaker without notice. Nursing Care Providers, Inc. is an approved Continuing Education Provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP # 4668. PAC #V10673

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We recommend you to register on or before Friday, April 30, 2010

Space is limited.
We recommend you register as soon as possible.

Hayward Campus:
21615 Hesperian Blvd. Suite A Hayward, CA 94541
1.650.871.0701
1.800.339.5145