Safeguarding Resident Rights in Nursing Facilities
Hours: 1.00
The government has created policies ensuring that all people have certain rights, protections, and freedoms. These rights, protections, and freedoms support people to live their life based on their own values, priorities, needs, and goals. Every person, regardless of their age, health, gender, race, or ability, has the same rights. You have the ethical and legal responsibility to protect the rights of the people your organization takes care of. This course discusses residents’ rights as well as how you can support and protect these rights for all of the individuals in your organization.
The government has created policies ensuring that all people have certain rights, protections, and freedoms. These rights, protections, and freedoms support people to live their life based on their own values, priorities, needs, and goals. Every person, regardless of their age, health, gender, race, or ability, has the same rights. You have the ethical and legal responsibility to protect the rights of the people your organization takes care of. This course discusses residents’ rights as well as how you can support and protect these rights for all of the individuals in your organization.
Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Georgia Nursing Home Administrators Board
Georgia Nursing Home Administrators Board (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards
This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 1.0000 clock hours. If you have any feedback regarding the NAB approved continuing education programs, send your email to the following address: [email protected]
Michigan Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Tennessee Department of Health
Learning activity approved by the Tennessee Department of Health, Bureau of Health Licensure and Regulation as continuing education for Residential Homes for the Aged and Assisted Care Living Facility administrators. This activity is approved for 1.0000 contact hours.
California Nursing Home Administrator Program - P type
This educational offering is approved by the California Nursing Home Administrator Program (NHAP) as a Patient Care/Aging ("P" credit) course. Provider # CEP 1701; Course Approval # 1701001-8903. This activity is approved for 1.0000 contact hours.
Oregon Department of Human Services
This course is approved as continuing education by the Oregon Department of Human Services in accordance with state regulation 411-057-0140 for Assisted Living Administrators, Residential Care facility Administrators and Memory Care Communities within the State of Oregon. This activity is approved by Oregon Department of Human Services for 1.00 contact hours.
Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
This is not an accredited course for professional license renewal. Florida CNAs may use this inservice toward meeting their annual inservice requirement.
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Identify the rights of individuals cared for by your healthcare organization.
Describe the steps you can take to protect the rights of those cared for by your healthcare organization.
Outline:
Section 2: General Rights in all Healthcare Organizations
Informing People of Their Rights
Section 3: Resident Rights in Nursing Facilities
The Right to be Notified of Changes
The Right to Examine Survey Results
The Right to Have Personal Possessions and Visitors
The Right to Share a Room with a Spouse
The Right to Self-Administer Medication
The Right to Refuse Transfer in the Organization
Subject Matter Expert: Annette Brownlee BSN, RN
Annette Brownlee, BSN, RN is an SME Writer for the Post-Acute Care team. She has a Bachelor of Arts in advertising from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Northern Colorado. Annette has worked in skilled nursing and home health. Her most recent experience includes being a Staff Development Coordinator and Infection Preventionist.
Disclosure: Annette Brownlee BSN, RN has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
The target audience for this course is: Direct Care Workers; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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All characteristics and organizations referenced in the following training are fictional. Any resemblance to any actual organizations or persons living or dead, is purely coincidental.
To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
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