AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AMBULATORY CARE NURSING (AAACN)
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
Are you an Ambulatory Care Nurse that did not have time to attend the 43rd Annual Conference? Here is an opportunity to grow professional by completing online continuing education specific to the practice of Ambulatory Care Nursing. This selection of recorded concurrent sessions from the 2018 conference includes five popular topics that had both high attendance and received solid session evaluations from participants. They cover diverse topics including leadership and care coordination transition management (CCTM).
This package includes contact hours.
Sessions Included:
Guide to Ambulatory Care Platforms For Hospitals
This guide to ambulatory care platforms for hospitals shows how hospitals can take advantage of ambulatory platforms to expand value based care.
Bedpans to outcomes: Why can't we quantify nursing care?
Stop passively fielding these nursing jokes. Respond with a detailed description of just how important and elaborate your care actually is.
When It's Time for a Nursing Home, Caregiving Choices
Caregivers often feel an emotional mix of relief and guilt, reassurance and anxiety surrounding decisions over putting a parent in a nursing home.
10 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Nursing Home
The decision to put a loved one in a nursing home is never easy. But if you're armed with the right information, you'll be able to find a facility that will treat your family member respect and allows them to live a healthy, vibrant life.
What If Residents Decided How Their Nursing Home Would Run?
It seemed like a radical idea: Let each nursing home residents decide when to eat. But that and other person-centered care helps make them happier.
How one nursing home is helping its residents regain a sense of purpose.
What's the True Cost of Assisted Care?
If you weigh assisted living against all the potential costs of in-home care, in many cases you'll find that it is the most reasonable option.
5 Ways to Build a Culture of Caring
A culture of caring isn't just about caring for your employees and having them care for customers.
Caring for grandchildren linked with surprising health benefit
Older adults who look after their grandchildren might also be doing themselves a favor, new research suggests
25 Lessons Learned from Alzheimer’s Caregivers
Caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s leaves a lasting impression on our lives. Read the top 25 things learned from Alzheimer's caregivers.
6 Essential Alzheimer’s Care Tips
Caring for a senior w/ Alzheimer’s or dementia is tough. Find out how these 6 essential Alzheimer's care tips & resources make life easier & reduce stress.
Home Care or Nursing Home?
As people age, sooner or later, there comes a time when a new level of care is needed. Even individuals who have been very independent all their lives may require assistance after the onset of a disease like Alzheimer’s. When such a change in care becomes vital, a common decision to be taken is…
When In-Home Care is the Superior Option to Nursing Homes
Just a generation or two ago, a nursing home was a common destination for our senior loved ones when they needed greater support than what family can provide.
When is it Time for Nursing Home Care?
It’s among the most difficult decisions families must make: when is it time to transition a loved one to nursing home care? There are many reasons to consider nursing home care. When your loved one is no longer able to perform the basic activities of self-care – even with assistance – nursing home care may... Read More
Why the Arts Are Key to Dementia Care
The arts are a form of communication that can engage the intuition and imagination of someone with dementia.
How In-Home Care Providers Can Prevent Hypothermia in Seniors
Visiting Angels has put together a short guide that in-home care providers can use to spot signs of and prevent hypothermia in seniors.
What Aging Parents Want From Their Kids
There’s a fine line between caring and controlling—but older adults and their grown children often disagree on where it is.
Caring for Alzheimer’s: How Three Couples Cope
More than half of Alzheimer’s patients are cared for by a loved one. Three caregivers talk about the physical and emotional toll as the disease progresses.
Is It Necessary to Trade Your Home for Nursing Home Care?
Your home may not be the only answer to paying for nursing home care.
