Preventing Avoidable Rehospitalizations In LTC

Course Code: REL-PAC-0-PARLTC

Hours: 1

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025

Learning Objectives:
Explain why hospital readmission is an issue within the healthcare industry.
Describe three factors that contribute to the rehospitalization problem.
Identify three strategies used to reduce rehospitalization.

Outline:
Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: The Rehospitalization Problem

The Background

What Is Readmission?

SNF Readmission Accountability

Who Is Being Admitted?

Transitions of Care

Communication Problems

Issues with the Provider

Weekend Admissions

Review

Summary

Section 3: Making It Work

Organizational Systems

Reacting to Change

Preventing System Decay

Support, Organize, and Plan

Manage with Data

Review

Summary

Section 4: Strategies to Prevent Rehospitalization

Putting the Puzzle Together

Identify High-Risk Individuals

Care Coordination

Transitional Care Model

Review

Re-Engineered Discharge or RED

Medication Reconciliation

Ongoing Management

Clinical Pathways

Advance Care Planning

Palliative and Hospice Care

Getting the Provider Involved

Improving Communication

Individual and Family Education

Documentation

Clinical Systems

Survey Issues Prevention

Review

Summary

Section 5: Conclusion

Course Summary

Course Contributor

Resources

References

Instructor: Bobbi Whittington, BSN, RN

Bobbi began her nursing career as a CNA in long-term care and found her passion for working with older adults in the post-acute setting. She received her LPN certificate in 1997 from South Central Area Vocational Technical School in Missouri. Continuing her education, she earned her Associate Degree in Nursing in 2007 from Texas County Technical Institute in Missouri and later obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Chamberlain College of Nursing in 2013. Bobbi has over 24 years of clinical and managerial experience in the skilled nursing industry

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.