Long Term Care Culture Change

Course Code: REL-PAC-0-LTCCC

Hours: 1.25

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024

Learning Objectives:
Identify steps to implement culture change within a nursing facility.
Identify two leadership competencies demonstrated in a successful culture change.
Discuss three models that can be deployed to guide organizational culture change.
Describe practical environmental procedural enhancements used to improve the resident experience.
Describe the culture change movement and its benefits.

Outline:
Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: The Rise of Culture Change

Understanding the Need for Change

The Resident’s Perspective

The Culture Change Movement

Evolving Principles

Person-Centered Care

Institutional-Based Care: The Waning Standard

Person-Centered or Institutional-Directed?

Review

Summary

Section 3: Applying the Concepts

Journey to Culture Change

Reaching the Goal

Review

Summary

Section 4: Adjuncts for Implementation

Predominant Models

CMS Nursing Home Action Plan

CMS Artifacts of Culture Change

Core Implementation Tools

Review

Summary

Section 5: Practical Examples of Culture Change

Enhanced Bathing Experience

Renovations and Updates

Improved Dining

Individualized Sleep and Wake Patterns

Children

Plants and Animals

Review

Summary

Section 6: Performance and Leadership

Measuring Quality of Care

CMS Care Compare

Importance of Leadership

Leadership Effectiveness Principles

Communication

Review

Summary

Section 7: Conclusion

Summary

Course Contributor

References

 

Instructor: Edward Bartels, RN, BSN, MICN

Ed has 30 plus years of nursing experience with clinical roles in trauma, emergency, critical care, skilled nursing, behavioral health, occupational health, home care, and is a certified clinical nursing instructor in North Carolina. Ed served as Director of Nursing for rural emergency services and physician practices. Ed earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Ed retired from the U.S. Coast Guard with 34 years served.

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Administrators; Nurses; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.