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The American Health Care Association
(www.ahca.org) and Silverchair Learning
Systems (www.silverchairlearning.com)
are pleased to offer you and your employees an online education course for preventing
the spread of influenza in your senior care facilities and/or communities.
This course has been developed for all employees
(front-line employees, management and administrative staff) working in your
senior care organizations. It is available in English and Spanish.
This course has been developed by Nancy Wicklin, RN MS and
is based on the CDC guidelines. It has been reviewed by senior care and healthcare
professionals.
HOW TO TAKE THIS COURSE:
1.) Make sure you have the right tools
This course is best viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you do not have Internet Explorer, you can download it by clicking on this link: Get Internet Explorer
This course also has audio. In order to hear the narration, you need Flash Player 6. If you do not have the Flash player, you can download it by clicking on this link: Get Flash Player
2.) Make sure you are registered
Make sure your administrator has registered your institution so you can take the course for free. You should obtain your password from your administrator.
3.) Log in
Enter your name, institution and password (that you got from your administrator) in the fields on this page and click on the LOG IN button.
4.) Take the course
Once you have logged in, you will be asked to click on a link to launch the course.
Once the course is launched, Click the link that says NEXT> to go from page to page.
5.) Print your course certificate
At the end of the course, you will be given the option to view your course completion certificate. Follow the directions for printing your certificate.
Authors
Nancy N. Wicklin, RN, MS
Editorial Director, Silverchair Learning Systems
Ms. Wicklin has a BS in Nursing and MS in Education. She also has a MS in Health Informatics. She has held positions as an Assistant Nurse Manager, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Informatics Consultant and Webmaster. She has been creating web-based courseware for healthcare workers for the past 7 years.
Debi Damas, RN
Director of Regulatory Compliance, Silverchair Learning Systems
Ms. Damas has been in long-term care for over 17 years and has held positions as charge nurse, MDS nurse, Restorative Nurse, DON, Regional and Corporate Nurse and is also a legal consultant. She has assisted in creating a clinical software module for a large company and has implemented e-based learning systems in facilities.
Reviewers
Donna J. Duss, RN, MSN
President, Duss Healthcare Consulting, LLC
Ms. Duss has an MS in Nursing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gerontology. She
has held positions as a Staff Educator and Director of Nursing in for-profit and
not-for-profit long-term care organizations. She currently a professional coach
and consultant to a variety of long-term care organizations and serves on the
boards of two continuing care retirement communities. She is the Project Coordinator
for the Virginia Health Care Association's Quality First Project.
Daniel J. Moles, RN, LNHA
Director of Quality Improvement & Clinical Services, Health Care Association of New Jersey
Dan Moles is an RN and LNHA with over 30 years experience in long-term care,
including nursing and administrative management positions. He received his RN
diploma from the Bellevue and Mills Schools of Nursing, and earned a Business
Administration Degree in Management and a Master's Degree in Health Care
Administration. Dan has published articles in Provider and other national
trade journals and often lectures on best practices in long-term care. In
addition, he offers expert opinion services to attorneys involved in long-term
care related litigation.
Bibliography
- Cover Your Cough. Stop the Spread of Germs that Make You and Others Sick! http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/covercough.htm Updated October 18, 2004 [accessed 10/20/2004]
- Stopping the Spread of Germs at Home, Work & School http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/stopgerms.htm Updated October 15, 2004. [accessed 10/20/2004]
- Questions & Answers: 2004-05 Flu Season. Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/0405season.htm Updated Oct 7, 2004 [accessed 10/20/2004]
- Vaccination is Not the Only Way to Help Prevent the Flu, http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/flugallery/images04_05/notonlyway2.pdf [accessed 10/20/2004]
- APIC position paper: Improving health care worker influenza immunization rates. 2004. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Immunizations Practice Group http://66.11.193.197/materials/APICPositionStatement.pdf [accessed 10/20/2204]
- Kingston BJ, WRIGHT CV. Influenza in the nursing home, American Family Physician, 65(1):75-78.
- Federal Regulation 483.25 (n) Rev. 19, Issued 6-01-06; Effective/Implementation: 6/1/06
- Avian Influenza: Current Situation http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/current.html Updated August 9, 2006 [accessed 8/23/2006]
- This course was reviewed by several staff members at The American Health Care Association (AHCA). The author appreciates their willingness to lend their expertise to this project.
Special Thanks
Silverchair Learning Systems is grateful to Steve Morrisette of the Virginia Health Care Association, who provided support and guidance in the development of this public service program.
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