Management skills are useful to every nurse no matter what assignment the nurse accepts. Most nurses work within a health care organization that is managed by others who may be doing a skillful job of managing or may be inept. It is important for each nurse to be able to assess the management skills of those who are managing one’s work place environment. Increasingly, nurses, especially nurses with advanced training are in settings that require that they themselves have management skills. This course is a good introduction to the basic concepts and skills of managing in the health care setting.
What you will learn:
• How to identify the major causes of infection in the long term care facility including
• urinary tract infections,
• respiratory tract infections,
• skin and soft-tissue infections,
• infestations, and
• other infections such as gastroenteritis.
• All the essential elements for an infection control program are presented including
• outbreak control,
• isolation and
• precautions for the major infectious agents.
• Aspects of
• isolation and
• precautions for Bloodborne pathogens,
• hand hygiene,
• resident and employee health and antibiotic stewardship (avoiding overuse of antibiotics) are covered.