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Navigating ethical dilemmas in healthcare.

Healthcare workers regularly face ethical dilemmas that require thoughtful consideration. This lesson covers foundational ethical principles (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice), the ethical decision-making framework, common ethical dilemmas in long-term care, resident autonomy and informed consent, ethical considerations in end-of-life care, ethics committee consultation, whistleblower protections, and professional codes of ethics for nurses and CNAs.

Healthcare professional training on ethics consultation, covering current standards, evidence-based practices, regulatory requirements, and practical application in clinical settings.

Nursing education on evaluating ebp outcomes, including pathophysiology, assessment, nursing interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses.

Nursing education on exercise & alzheimer's, including pathophysiology, assessment, nursing interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines.

Healthcare professional training on extension cord safety, covering current standards, evidence-based practices, regulatory requirements, and practical application in clinical settings for all healthcare team members.

Healthcare professional training on eye safety in healthcare, covering current standards, evidence-based practices, regulatory requirements, and practical application in clinical settings for all healthcare team members.

Healthcare professional training on failure mode analysis, covering current standards, evidence-based practices, regulatory requirements, and practical application in clinical settings for all healthcare team members.

Healthcare professional training on fall hazard assessment, covering current standards, evidence-based practices, regulatory requirements, and practical application in clinical settings.

Evidence-based approaches to preventing patient falls.

Falls can occur anywhere in a healthcare facility and all staff play a role in prevention. This lesson covers identifying fall hazards in the environment, resident fall risk factors, universal fall precautions, proper use of call lights and bed alarms, safe walking surfaces and footwear, environmental rounds and safety checks, post-fall response procedures for non-nursing staff, and reporting falls and near-misses. Emphasizes that fall prevention is everyone's responsibility.

Healthcare professional training on fall prevention systems, covering current standards, evidence-based practices, regulatory requirements, and practical application in clinical settings for all healthcare team members.