Long-Term Care Educational Opportunities Now Available

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are pleased to announce a collaborative effort to improve long-term care in Texas. This partnership makes available eight web-based modules delivering best practices education to providers of long-term care in Texas nursing homes.

The modules are:

• Infection Prevention and Control.
• Reducing Antipsychotic Use in Long-Term Care Facilities.
• Culture Change for Person-Centered Care.
• Quality Improvement.
• Advanced Geriatric Practice.
• Transition to Practice.
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
• Mental Health with Aging and Severe Mental Illness.

Each module provides education and resources for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, direct care staff, residents and their family members.

Continuing education credit is available for registered nurses, certified nurse aides and licensed nursing facility administrators. The information provided will help guide the decision-making process and improve care using evidence-based best practices. This educational opportunity is provided free of charge.

To register and to find out more, visit Johnson-Turpin Center: Continuing Nursing Education | School of Nursing.