Long-Term Care Articles by Topic: CNA Training
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
CNA Training Advisor provides newsletter-style inservices containing valuable information and a...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
CNA Training Advisor provides newsletter-style inservices containing valuable information and a...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 24, November 19, 2009
You are responsible for helping the people you take care of be as active, independent, and healthy...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 24, November 19, 2009
Activities and exercise are critical to the well-being of your residents. People who regularly...
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Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, Issue 44, November 12, 2009
Empathy allows us to understand people suffering from dementia. Sometimes their way of expressing...
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Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, Issue 43, November 5, 2009
Illnesses are common in healthcare settings. Long-term care facilities are no different.
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 23, November 5, 2009
Many different things can cause mental health problems. Sometimes mental disorders are genetic...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 23, November 5, 2009
Mental health problems are common among the elderly, the chronically ill, and the disabled. Since...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
CNA Training Advisor provides newsletter-style inservices containing valuable information and a...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 22, October 22, 2009
When dealing with an elopement, it is critical that staff stay calm so as not to alarm the other...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 22, October 22, 2009
It is absolutely critical that your facility has a plan in place for responding to an elopement. If...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 21, October 8, 2009
The body will begin to break down if it does not get the type and amount of fuel it needs...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 21, October 8, 2009
People who are sick or elderly have different food requirements than young, healthy people. They...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 20, September 24, 2009
When offering behavioral treatment, it is important to remember that a resident with UI is not...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 20, September 24, 2009
Residents who cannot control when or where they urinate suffer from urinary incontinence, or UI...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
CNA Training Advisor provides newsletter-style inservices containing valuable information and a...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 18, August 27, 2009
The best way to promote healing when someone is grieving is to listen. We express feelings through...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 18, August 27, 2009
When a resident passes away, all of a professional caregiver’s energies go into helping the...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 17, August 13, 2009
If a resident becomes angry, there are multiple steps that CNAs are encouraged to take in order to...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 17, August 13, 2009
Communication between staff and residents occurs in a variety of ways. Beyond speech and verbal...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
CNA Training Advisor provides newsletter-style inservices containing valuable information and a...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 15, July 16, 2009
Be open, friendly, and gentle at all times.
Always address the resident by name to get...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 15, July 16, 2009
Dementia is a mental disorder involving general loss of intellectual abilities and changes in...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 13, July 2, 2009
Learn how you and your staff can create a safe environment for wandering at your facility.
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 13, July 2, 2009
Wandering usually has a purpose. It may be a form of communication when language skills are lost.
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Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, Issue 23, June 18, 2009
Hypoglycemia means that the level of sugar in the blood is too low (less than 70). Too much insulin...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 11, June 4, 2009
Being a CNA is a stressful job and it's important to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress.
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Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, Issue 21, June 4, 2009
One of the major advances of the MDS 3.0 is the use of direct interview items to capture the...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 11, June 4, 2009
It's important for a CNA to know when he or she is stressed and know how to deal with the physical...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
CNA Training Advisor provides newsletter-style inservices containing valuable information and a...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 10, May 21, 2009
Keeping track of the number of hours each CNA has completed is important because the state...
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Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, Issue 18, May 14, 2009
Use these tips to minimize stress for new graduate nurses and improve their ability to think...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 9, May 7, 2009
Dehydration is a serious, sometimes fatal condition. It means there are not enough body fluids and...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 9, May 7, 2009
One of your most important objectives in training is to ensure that your learners retain what they...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 8, April 23, 2009
You know the person in the classroom who always, somehow, disrupts the learning flow? Is there one...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 8, April 23, 2009
Diabetes is a disease that changes the way our bodies use food. It causes the level of sugar in the...
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PPS Alert for Long-Term Care, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Identifying activities of daily living (ADL) decline early is the key to helping residents maintain...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 6, March 26, 2009
CNAs can encourage residents to participate in activities and exercise in the following ways.
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 6, March 26, 2009
Activities and exercise are critical to the well-being of your residents.
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 5, March 12, 2009
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Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, Issue 9, March 5, 2009
Being aware of the resident’s risk factors, prevention of dehydration, and close monitoring...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 3, February 12, 2009
Residents are at high risk of falls and other injuries during the first week of admission, when the...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 1, January 15, 2009
Physical assessment of elderly individuals can present many challenges. Over time, you will become...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
This issue of the CNA Training Advisor covers fire safety.
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
This issue of the CNA Training Advisor covers hearing impairment, the different types of hearing...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 20, November 6, 2008
Residents who wander can cause chaos in a long-term care facility. Other residents become angry and...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
This issue of the CNA Training Advisor covers how to manage elopement and wandering behaviors in...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 19, October 23, 2008
The resident’s level of consciousness and mental orientation are important indicators of...
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Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, Issue 44, October 23, 2008
Nursing home resident depression can lead to thoughts of dying, attempts at self harm, and, in some...
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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, Issue 18, October 9, 2008
The goal of pain management is to eliminate the cause of pain, provide analgesia, or both. Avoid...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
This issue of the CNA Training Advisor covers how to handle resistant residents who do not want to...
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CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
This issue of the CNA Training Advisor covers how to stay safe when assisting residents, as well as...