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CMS requires that each resident have an individualized, person-centered comprehensive care plan. This lesson covers the care planning process from assessment to evaluation, incorporating resident preferences and goals, interdisciplinary team roles and responsibilities, family involvement in care planning, addressing psychosocial and spiritual needs, discharge planning, care plan documentation requirements, and the transition from institutional to person-centered care models.

Pressure injuries are a key quality measure monitored by CMS. This lesson covers the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) staging system, risk assessment using Braden Scale, evidence-based prevention interventions including repositioning schedules, support surfaces, nutrition optimization, and moisture management; wound assessment and documentation, treatment approaches by stage, and CMS F-tag requirements related to pressure injury prevention and treatment.

CMS updated the Requirements of Participation for long-term care facilities with major revisions focusing on quality and safety. This lesson covers the key changes including infection control program requirements, compliance and ethics programs, QAPI requirements, behavioral health services, pharmacy services, food and nutrition services, and the transition from traditional compliance to person-centered, outcome-based requirements. Includes Phase 2 and Phase 3 implementation details.

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are a CMS quality measure and a preventable healthcare-associated infection. This lesson covers indications for urinary catheter use, proper insertion and maintenance techniques, daily catheter necessity assessment, catheter removal protocols, alternatives to indwelling catheters, CAUTI prevention bundles, recognizing signs and symptoms of UTI, and documentation requirements. Includes the CMS catheter reduction initiative guidelines.

Nursing education on cn i: olfactory, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Nursing education on cn ii: optic, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Nursing education on cn iii, iv, vi: oculomotor, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Nursing education on cn ix, x: glossopharyngeal & vagus, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Nursing education on cn v: trigeminal, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Nursing education on cn vii: facial, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Nursing education on cn viii: vestibulocochlear, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Nursing education on cn xi: accessory, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.