Preventing Adverse Reactions to Dementia Care
Hours: 0.50
Dementia is an increasing problem globally and can affect adults of all ages. Dementia leads to severe changes within a person’s brain that result in the person having difficulty expressing themselves. If these individuals become frustrated, they may display sudden and unexpected personality changes or behaviors. These behaviors can sometimes be considered catastrophic reactions and are one of the most significant challenges for those who care for individuals with dementia. Caring for persons with dementia requires you to know and understand how to prevent and manage these reactions. This course discusses the strategies to help prevent and manage catastrophic reactions.
Dementia is an increasing problem globally and can affect adults of all ages. Dementia leads to severe changes within a person’s brain that result in the person having difficulty expressing themselves. If these individuals become frustrated, they may display sudden and unexpected personality changes or behaviors. These behaviors can sometimes be considered catastrophic reactions and are one of the most significant challenges for those who care for individuals with dementia. Caring for persons with dementia requires you to know and understand how to prevent and manage these reactions. This course discusses the strategies to help prevent and manage catastrophic reactions.
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 0.50 contact hours.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (ALL Direct Care Workers)
Relias Learning, LLC is approved as a Curriculum Developer by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours for all WA State Direct Care Workers. Training Provider Code: WA0624. CE Approval Code: CO2336817
Identify at least three ways to defuse a challenging situation related to behaviors.
Outline:
Section 2: Catastrophic Reactions
What are Catastrophic Reactions?
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Subject Matter Expert: Kathleen Koopmann, RN, BSN, PCCN
Kathleen Koopmann, RN, BSN, PCCN, is an SME Writer for the Post-Acute Care team at Relias, with a focus on long-term care. Kathleen earned her associate degree in nursing in 1987 at Mid-Michigan Community College and her Bachelor of Science in nursing in 2018 from Western Governor's University. She has training from the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology through NCDHHS and the University of North Carolina. Kathleen has worked in long-term care, outpatient care, acute care, and nursing education. She has hospital experience in Med-Surg, OR/PACU, Critical Care, and outpatient experience in Occupation Health. Kathleen has experience as a clinical instructor for the LPN program at Susquehanna County Career and Technical Center in Pennsylvania. Most recently, she recently worked in long-term care as a Staff Development Coordinator and Infection Control Practitioner.
Disclosure: Kathleen Koopmann, RN, BSN, PCCN 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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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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