Revision 16-1; Effective February 3, 2016

 

Quality monitors (QMs) can provide facility staff with a variety of in-service education presentations. Each in-service presentation provides information that is evidence-based and that will provide greater understanding of how implementing evidence-based care can improve resident outcomes. The in-service visits are interactive and can be used to stimulate ideas for quality improvement.

The Quality Monitoring Program (QMP) cannot provide in-services as part of a facility's plan of correction nor are in-services intended to satisfy continuing education requirements. In-service education sessions can be provided during a QM visit or can be scheduled separately. To request an in-service for facility staff, providers may contact the QMs assigned to their facility. 

The following in-service education modules are available:

Nurses

• QMP Overview  
• Continence Promotion
• Influenza Vaccinations
• Nursing Fall Risk Management
• Nursing Pain Management
• Pneumococcal Disease and Vaccination
• Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
• Quality Assurance Process – Basics of the Quality Assurance Process
• Art of Avoiding Restraint Use
• Documentation by the Nurse

Dietitians

• Nutrition Care: Preventing Unintended Weight Loss – Designed for direct care staff and all non-licensed staff.
• Healthy Weight Management: Preventing Unintended Weight Loss, Managing Weight Gain and End of Life Care – Designed for direct care staff and all non-licensed staff.
• Hydration Care: Preventing Dehydration – Designed for direct care staff and all non-licensed staff.
• Enteral Nutrition/Tube Feeding Assessment and Administration Guidelines: Assessment, Identification and Prevention of Complications – Designed licensed staff.
• Dining Service Infection Control: Prevention of Food-borne Illnesses in a Health Care Facility – Designed for all staff.
• Advance Care Planning: Identification of Types of Advance Directives Recognized in Texas – Designed for direct care staff and all non-licensed staff.
• Dining Experience and Culture Change: Considerations for Implementing Culture Change in Food Service – Designed for all staff.

Pharmacists

• Improving Quality of Life and Dementia Care
• Unnecessary Psychotropic Medications

Multi-Disciplinary

• Infection Control
• Care Planning
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Documentation
• Staff Retention

Additional Training Opportunities

• Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care Training
• Virtual Dementia Tour®