Class Schedule

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CVAD Course (PRIME EMPLOYEES ONLY)

CVAD

 

The CVAD course is intended to prepare registered nurses to safely care for patients with central lines. The course includes an online self-study learning module followed by a 3-hour live class.  Participants must complete the self-study modules and come prepared with the knowledge to understand the content presented in the live portion of the course. Once you are signed up through Enrollware, the self-study modules will be assigned to your Healthstream account.

Successful completion of the course requires:

  • Completion of the on-line modules.
  • Attendance at the entire live portion of the course
DCI De-Escalation Crisis Intervention (PRIME EMPLOYEES ONLY)

The DCI De-escalation Crisis Intervention course is designed to give healthcare workers the tools to defuse and de-escalate tense encounters to maximize their own safety and the safety of those around them.

  • Plan the safety of staff and patients when dealing with patients who may become aggressive or violent.
  • Identify behavioral signs & symptoms of escalation.
  • Define conditions conducive to development of a therapeutic relationship.
  • Discuss safety issues involved in providing a therapeutic environment.
  • Explain PA Mental Health Law as it relates to mental health admission & commitment process.
  • Explain the process of restraint/seclusion according to hospital policy, regulatory and accreditation standards.
  • Utilize critical thinking in planning, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based interventions.
  • Apply physical de-escalation techniques to optimize safety for all.
  • Explain the process of restraint/seclusion use.
  • Discuss how to respond to an active shooter event.

 

Successful completion of the course requires:

O Attendance at the entire class.

O Successful participation in group activities.

O Comfortable clothes, sneakers and promptness are REQUIRED.

DCI Renewal (PRIME EMPLOYEES ONLY)

DCI Renewal

The DCI Renwal course is designed to give healthcare workers the tools to defuse and de-escalate tense encounters to maximize their own safety and the safety of those around them.

 

  • Plan the safety of staff and patients when dealing with patients who may become aggressive or violent.
  • Identify behavioral signs & symptoms of escalation.
  • Define conditions conducive to development of a therapeutic relationship.
  • Discuss safety issues involved in providing a therapeutic environment.
  • Explain PA Mental Health Law as it relates to mental health admission & commitment process.
  • Explain the process of restraint/seclusion according to hospital policy, regulatory and accreditation standards.
  • Utilize critical thinking in planning, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based interventions.
  • Apply physical de-escalation techniques to optimize safety for all.
  • Explain the process of restraint/seclusion use.
  • Discuss how to respond to an active shooter event.

Successful completion of the course requires:

O Attendance at the entire class.

O Successful participation in group activities.

O Comfortable clothes, sneakers and promptness are REQUIRED.

EKG and Phlebotomy

Phlebotomy

The Phlebotomy Course is a 2-hour course consisting of lecture and hands on demonstration of Phlebotomy. This is not a certification course and is for present staff who are required to perform Phlebotomy as part of their job description.

Successful completion of the course requires:

O Attendance at the entire course.

O Successful completion of a return demonstration of phlebotomy in the class.

O Successful completion of a post-test with an 80%.

 

PA Description- EKG & Phlebotomy

The EKG and Phlebotomy Course is a 3-hour course consisting of lecture and hands on demonstration of EKG and Phlebotomy. This is not a certification course and is for present staff who are required to perform 12 -lead EKGs and Phlebotomy as part of their job description.

 

Successful completion of the course requires:

O Attendance at the entire class.

O Successful completion of a return demonstration of phlebotomy and a 12-lead EKG in the class.

O Successful completion of a post-test with an 80%.

 

Mock Code (PRIME EMPLOYEES)

Mock Code: Interactive scenarios to help practice, prepare, and perfect response to heightened situations within the acute care setting Cardiac arrest, stroke, and etc.

  • Purpose:
    • Mock codes will help Healthcare staff to practice their skills, improve teamwork, and enhance their ability to respond quickly and effectively during real-life emergencies. 
  • Benefits:
    • Improved response times during real emergencies. 
    • Enhanced teamwork and communication skills. 
    • Increased staff confidence and competence. 
    • Reduced anxiety among staff when faced with real-life emergencies. 
  • To get the most out of this session: 
    • Review AHA BLS and ALS algorithms
    • Review Code documentation sheet and/or code narrator
    • Review Code Roles and Responsibilities
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) (PRIME EMPLOYEES ONLY)

Purpose: The Neonatal Resuscitation Program has been designed by the American Academy of Pediatrics to teach an evidence-based approach to resuscitation of the newborn. The causes, prevention, and management of mild to severe neonatal asphyxia are carefully explained so that health professionals may develop optimal knowledge and skill in resuscitation. The Neonatal Resuscitation Program is an educational program that introduces the concepts and basic skills of neonatal resuscitation.

 Please note: There is a HealthStream course that must be completed prior to attending the in-person class. Please inform the local Clinical Educator when you sign up for this class, so that the course can be assigned to you in HealthStream. 

Nurse Residency Program Session Five

Topic: 

Quality and Risk Management/Regulatory Bodies 

Interactive learning:

Quality and Risk managment /Regulatory bodies 

  • Who are our regulatroy bodies and why are they important?
  • Why is a quality and risk management department important?
  • Why do metrics mater?
  • Who is responsible for risk management? 

Cost of care:

  • Triple/Quadruple aim
  • value based care 
  • What does it mean to you?
  • How does it make a difference? 

Difference between 

  • Evidence Based Practice 
  • Quality Improvement 
  • Research 

Spirit of inquiry

  • How does it impact my practice? 
  • Audits 
Nurse Residency Program Session Four

Topics:

Common Litigations and Missed Diagnosis 

Interactive learning 

Commonlitigations and miss diagnosis

  • AHRQ study on missed diagnoses 
  • wound policy 
  • Sepsis policy 
  • Falls policy 
  • Role play simulaitons 
  • falls 
  • ED sepsis assessment /interventions 
  • video sepsis with reflection 
  • Wound assessment Braden and admission interventions 
  • Rounding on the units 

Patient satisfaction and Patient Centered care 

  • Who is responsible? 
  • Taking the HEAT
  • What is on the survey? 
  • How does rounding help? 
Nurse Residency Program Session One

Topics:

Role Trasition, Communication  and Self Care 

Session One will provide:

An overview of the residency program 

Interactive learning will center around:

Role trasition 

  • Jouraling 
  • Reflection in professional nursing 
  • Role play

Communication 

  • Chain of command, conflict resolution 
  • Focused feedback
  • Documentation EPIC
  • Delegation 

Self-Care

  • Knowing yourself
  • Mindfulness
  • Journaling 

 

Nurse Residency Program Session Six

Topics: 

End of life care, Ethical Decisions & Professional Develoopment 

Interactive learning: 

  • Difference between hospice and palliative care 
  • How to prepare a body after dealth simulation 
  • Organ donation 

Professional Development 

  • Clinical ladder
  • Stress mangment 
  • collaboration/Teamwork
  • Future you
  • Role play OARS & DARN

 

Nurse Residency Program Session Three

Topics:

Codes & Respiratory 

Codes

  • Review policies
  • Documenation in EPIC
  • Delegation 
  • Cdde Gray simulation 
  • Dr. Pacemaker simulaiton 
  • Rapid Response simulation
  • Fall simulation 

Respiratory 

  • Common respiratory treatments 
  • Duraing a code 
  • ED when no respiatory therapist
  • Documentation EPIC 
Nurse Residency Program Session Two

Topics:

Time management, Fluid administration and Phlebotomy 

Interactive learning will involve:

Time managment 

  • Time management tools 
  • report and handoff templates with role play 
  • How to handle being pulled to another unit
  • 15 habits of effective people 
  • coaching questions 
  • self-talk
  • Patient rounding 
  • shift report 
  • Documentation in EPIC 
  • Delegation 

Fluid administration & Plebotomy

  • IV's 
  • Blood draws
  • IV pumps
  • Standard IV medication and titration policy 
  • labeling tubing and IV fluids 
  • I & O 
  • Role play patient case studies 
Preceptor Corner

Preceptors play a vital role in organizations and new staff sucess 

The purpose of providing a time for preceptors to meet each month is to:

  • Discuss and provide peer support and share ideas around precepting new staff.  Ensuring preceptors' have all the knowledge and skills they need to act as a preceptor. 
  • Learn and apply the One-minute preceptor tool when precepting new staff.   

 

Prime IV Therapy Hybrid Course (PRIME EMPLOYEES ONLY)

Prime IV Therapy Hybrid Course

 

The Prime IV therapy course is a Hybrid course which includes a combination of online modules, in class modules and hands on return demonstration.  It is expected that the learner will complete the self-study modules in HealthStream and come prepared to class. The Education Department will assign the self-study modules in HealthStream once enrollment is confirmed.

 

This course is designed to provide designated healthcare providers (per job description) the knowledge and skill needed to safely initiate, maintain, monitor and discontinue peripheral intravenous (IV) therapy.  

  • Successful completion of the course requires:
  • Completion of online modules prior to class attendance.
  • Attendance at the entire class.
  • Completion of a pre-test.
  • Successful completion of a post-test with an 80%.
  • Completion of an evaluation.

6.7 contact hours will be awarded to participants who successfully complete the course.

 

Participants who do not successfully pass the post-test will be remediated and required to take another version of the exam.me IV therapy Hybrid Course

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American Heart Association Training Center

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  1. Onsite classes - We come to you!
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Replacement Cards 

Please call our office at 973-989-3213.  We will verify your information; and with payment, print and mail a duplicate card.  For BLS Healthcare Provider and Heartsaver CPR/AED and/or HeartSaver First Aid, replacement card cost is $10.00.  For ACLS and PALS replacement card cost is $15.00.  


Disclaimer: The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the Association.