SUMMARY Changing from negative to positive thinking isn’t always easy, especially if you have a difficult time with change. Do you know what most people’s number one challenge is when it comes to making positive personal changes? It’s their feelings! They want to change, but they don’t know how to get past their emotions. But …
The death toll from healthcare screw ups add up to at least 500,000 Americans annually. That is the equivalent of more than 3 jumbo jets crashing every day of the year. Because these individuals are dying at home, in hospitals, or in nursing homes, no one is counting the bodies. There is no outrage; no …
Precepting is an organized, evidence-based, outcome-driven approach to assuring competent practice. Precepting is used for students who are rotating into clinical areas, for a new graduate administrator or nurse or when experienced staff members learn a new specialty or new skills, and when individuals move into new roles (i.e., educator, manager, or Preceptor). A Preceptor …
There are many challenges facing the food industry. The list of disease-causing agents continues to grow, along with the number of foods linked to foodborne illness. As a successful food manager or supervisor, you are expected to do more than make a profit or meet your budget. You must anticipate the situations that might threaten …
This course provides insight into the many issues surrounding caring for and meeting the needs of the terminally ill patient and their family.Topics include: telling a patient s/he is terminally ill, helping the dying patient in accepting the end of life, communicating with those who can’t verbalize their needs, and addressing the ethical concerns regarding …
This course will teach you how to manage your time by learning how to balance your life. It goes beyond the traditional “how-to-be-more-efficient” time management by emphasizing effectiveness instead of efficiency. This new approach will empower you to define what is truly important; to accomplish worthwhile goals; and to lead a rich, rewarding and balanced …
This course acts as a guide to understanding the special needs of the dying and those who care for them. From diagnosis through the final hours, it will help you keep the lines of communication open, get the help you need, and create the peaceful end we all hope for.
This course provides insight into the many issues surrounding caring for and meeting the needs of the terminally ill patient and their family. Topics include: telling a patient s/he is terminally ill, helping the dying patient in accepting the end of life, communicating with those who can’t verbalize their needs, and addressing the ethical concerns …
In this course your thinking will be transformed about the way society views Alzheimer’s Disease. Conventional wisdom about memory loss and cognitive impairment will be challenged, current treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease questioned, and you will be given a new approach to understanding and rethinking brain aging.
What to do When the People You Work With Drive You Crazy In this course you will learn to understand how to evaluate people you work with. Accept that difficult people work everywhere. Understanding each other, one person at a time, finding common ground in everyday interactions, and negotiating differences is essential at every …
