Learning Health Care History, Medicare, Medicaid, Work Place Safety, Fire Safety, the Labor Laws, Americans with Disabilities Act (4 Contact Hours; $14)
The health care industry is constantly evolving. In this course some origins of the health care industry are examined and a background in the laws that affect the daily life of health care facilities are explained. Knowledge of the evolution of health care and the current laws assists the nurse to better understand current trends and requirements that must be met by staff and management day to day in the process of care giving.
What You Will Learn
- 4.1 Origins Overview and Current Profile of the Nursing Home Industry
- 4.1.1 Origins: Long Term Care - A 400-Year Tradition
- 4.1.2 Overview / Context of the Nursing Home Industry
- 4.2 The Social Security Act: Medicare and Medicaid
- 4.2.1 The Social Security Act:
- 4.2.2 Title 19: Medicaid
- 4.3 Older Americans Act of 1965
- 4.4 Labor and Management: Laws and Regulations
- 4.5 Work-Place Safety: The Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
- 4.6 Fire Safety: The Life Safety Code
- 4.7 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Accessibility Guidelines for Facilities
In this course you will learn how the following shape the context in which the nursing facility functions.
- • Genesis of the current nursing home industry
- • The Social Security Act
- • Overview of the nursing home industry itself
- • Overview of the long term care continuum:
- • Home and community based options
- • The Older Americans Act
- • Home Health Agencies
- • Roles of Medicare and Medicaid
- • Hospice care
- • Adult day care
- • Adult foster care and respite care
- • Senior housing
- • Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- • Hospitals
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All states that require Nursing Continuing Education accept courses from this website (ANCCceus.com).
This continuing nursing education course is approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC) for nurses seeking continuing education contact hours in all states that require continuing education to maintain your nursing license. All states that require Nursing Continuing Education accept courses which have been approved by another state board of nursing. Our courses have been approved by the North Carolina State Board of Nursing (one of ANCC’s official approvers) so if your state requires continuing education contact hours (CEs) you can take your contact hours from this website ANCCceus.com.
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