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Hartford Practice Initiatives
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Practice initiatives will increase access to and dissemination
of gerontological nursing best practices education to nurses
and leaders of staff who care for older persons, expand degree
options for upgrading the skill and preparation of nurse leaders
in community-based and long term care settings, and build
cooperative relationships with care agencies to enhance education,
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Outreach Project
The quality of care for older Iowans in
long-term care facilities is optimized when care is evidence based.
The workshops focus on different care problems: urinary incontinence,
skin care, and pain management. The workshops are designed for
staff members form long-term care facilities, including RN’s,
LPN’s and CNA’s. At the end of each session, participants
will be able to:
- discuss the problem of UI in LTC
- describe the consequences of UI on
the person and the employees and facility
- identify treatable causes of UI
- complete an incontinence diary
- describe prevention strategies for
UI
- describe 2 interventions for UI that
are successful in LTC
- describe successful continence programs
- describe strategies for implementation
of a continence program in home facility
- discuss the scope of the problem of
pain management in LTC
- identify ways to assess pain
- complete accurately 2 pain assessment
instruments
- list ways to monitor response to pain
measures
- identify the role of each nursing team
member in pain management
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- describe non-pharmacological comfort
measures to assist in management of pain.
- identify system barriers to pain management
- apply the principles of pain management
in home facilities
- assess risk for development of pressure
ulcers
- complete accurately the Braden Scale
- identify the difference between pressure
and stasis ulcers and stage pressure ulcers.
- understand how essential the team approach
is in pressure-ulcer assessment and prevention, and the
importance of each team member
- apply the principles of assessment
and prevention in home facilities
- describe the preventative interventions
and match them to risk factors
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Each team will bring their facility’s
policy on the topic and a case study of a person with the problem.
An expert in the field will make a formal presentation, followed
by a roundtable discussion where teams will present their cases
and have opportunity for questions and information sharing. Teams
will develop a plan of action to take back to their facilities.
Each facility will receive a site visit by Project Coordinator
between sessions to provide assistance and consultation as requested.
The cost for each facility which includes up
to 5 participants, plus the Director of Nursing if she/ he wishes
to participate is $250.Cost includes one copy per facility of
the Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center protocols
for each topic covered, speaker handouts and light refreshments.
CEUs will be offered for licensed staff ($6 processing fee per
individual per session). A full refund will be given if registration
is canceled more then 7 days prior to the first seminar. There
will be no refunds for cancellations fewer then 7days prior to
first seminar.
Please contact linda hartzler at 319-335-7083
or e-mail for questions.
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