New position and need some help

Specialties Geriatric

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Specializes in Psych, ER, Resp/Med, LTC, Education.

I am new to my position in a LTC facility as the Inservice Coordinator/Director of Education/Infection Control RN

and wondered if anyone here does this job in their facility and might be able to direct me to some resources online. I need to set up inservices for the staff--CNAs, LPNs and other staff possibly (Dietary, housekeeping, etc.)

They can be longer more formal inservices or just short 10-15 min quick inservices that I can just do in small groups on each floor.

I would like to do something to address the issue we seem to have with staff not complying with the policy about wearing their name badges at all times, the issue of being aware of resident privacy during toileting, bathing, etc.

Handwashing.....but I need more ideas and would love to find a website with some materials I could use. Does anyone know of anything or have any good ideas of things you have covered..............

I am new to this role so I could use the expertise of you experienced LTC nurses.

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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

I filled that job you're in, awhile back. One thing you absolutely need to know is that CNAs are required to have specific inservices every year. There's a list of 12 you choose from. They must have 8 hours in inservice within those 12 topics (plus 4 other hours of topics also related to work). Since I'm not in that job anymore, I don't have the list of topics, but the person who worked the job before you should have put it somewhere! It's not a requirement from where I worked but a national requirement for CNAs to maintain their certification.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

I work in acute care, but I can tell you that I use OSHA, Joint Commission, Health Dept and Corporate requirements to plan my education for the whole year. That way I can budget and can try different teaching modalities so people don't get tired of the same thing. I also want to point out that if people have been told to wear their badge and do not, it is a BEHAVIORAL issue, not an education one. If they are not being held accountable you can talk till you are blue in the face and get no results. Good luck in your new job.

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First of all you might want to consultant some references. The first one is your state regulations the second one your federal regulations (OBRA). In regard to what you must inservice staff on and when. Then you can make a calendar for the year with the inservices and they usually have to be offered to all 3 shifts.

After you give an inservice such as one in regard to wearing name badges and providing privacy there must be follow up. As in giving feed back or the inservice might be ineffective. So, after the inservice recognize those who have the name tag on and give a verbal warning to those that dont the same thing with the privacy issue, etc.

Of course you're role is to teach. You are working with an entire team around the clock that needs to be responsible for the staff that they are directly supervising. The nursing supervisors and charge nurses need to make sure that they do rounds and make sure their staff is complying with the regulations.

Dont get stressed remember your responsibility is to give the classes. It is up to the supervisors to enforce the regulations.

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