Observation and Reporting for the Home Caregiver

Course Code: REL-PAC-0-ORHOMEC

Hours: 0.5

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2027

Learning Objectives:
Recall the observation skills used to recognize changes in a person's status.
Recognize changes that need to be reported and the process for reporting those concerns.

Outline:
Section 1: Observation

All About Observation

Quick Check

Key Takeaways

Section 2: Reporting

All About Reporting 

Making A Report

Quick Check

Key Takeaways

Section 3: Conclusion

Course Summary

Course Contributor

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: Direct Care Workers; General Staff; 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.