Course Code: REL-PAC-0-MRH
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Define medication reconciliation in the home healthcare environment.
Explain at least three regulatory requirements for medication reconciliation.
Describe at least three best practices for the medication reconciliation process in home healthcare
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: What Is Medication Reconciliation?
A Working Definition
3-Step Process
Why Is it Important?
Regulatory Requirements
Ethical Principles
Review
Summary
Section 3: Best Practices
Transitions of Care
During Care in the Home
OASIS
Start of Care
Recertifications (Follow-Ups)
Resumptions of Care
Discharges
Transfers
During an On-Site Visit
Across the Health Care Continuum
Review
Summary
Section 4: Best Practice Strategies to Manage Challenges
Challenges
Polypharmacy
Low Health Literacy
Cognitive Impairment
Medication Education
Managing Changes
External Transfer
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Subject Matter Expert: Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC
Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC, earned her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from Indiana University School of Nursing at IUPUI, and her Associate of Science in Nursing from Ivy Tech College. She has over 19 years of nursing experience in public health, regulation, home health, leadership, education, maternal child community health, and long-term care environments. Tameka has served as a leader in home healthcare practices, quality improvement, and education as a community health nurse and a Public Health Nurse Surveyor (Home Health & Hospice) certified by CMS for a State Agency. She has served as a maternal and infant mortality advocate in managing home visiting services, supporting legislation to improve maternal child care in diverse communities, and as an ALPP Certified Lactation Counselor. She has also served as an Adjunct Clinical Professor to further awareness about the importance of community health nursing. Tameka’s passion is to serve the most vulnerable populations affected by health disparities and to inspire a new generation of nurses to do the same successfully.
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.