Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1 - Our Internal Professional Development Series

    • A Special Introduction...

    • Chapter 1 - Lesson A: Basic Colostomy Care; Why Some Residents Have Them

    • Chapter 1 - Lesson B: Key Principles of Colostomy Care

    • Chapter 1 - Lesson C: Practices to Avoid in Colostomy Care

    • Chapter 1 - Lesson D: Chapter Review

  • 2

    Chapter 2: Wounds - Best Practices

    • Chapter 2 - Lesson A: Why Some AFC Residents Develop and/or Are Admitted with Pressure Wounds

    • Chapter 2 - Lesson B: Stages of Pressure Wounds

    • Chapter 2 - Lesson C: Preventing Wounds and Managing Existing Ones....

    • Chapter 2 - Lesson D: Wound Care Strategies for Infection Control

    • Chapter 2 - Lesson E: Chapter Review

  • 3

    Chapter 3: Diabetes Management Principles within Care First

    • Chapter 3 - Lesson A: Blood Glucose and Diabetes in General

    • Chapter 3 - Lesson B: Maximizing Your Assistance to Residents with Type 1 Diabetes

    • Chapter 3 - Lesson C: Maximizing Your Assistance to Residents with Type 2 Diabetes

    • Chapter 3 - Lesson D: Insulin Management with Sliding Scales

    • Chapter 3 - Lesson E: The Prevalence of New Diabetes Drugs and Why Physicians Prescribe Them

    • Chapter 3 - Lesson F: Chapter Review

  • 4

    Chapter 4 - Seizure Management

    • Chapter 4 - Lesson A: Why Seizures Occur and Frequent Ones

    • Chapter 4 - Lesson B: Defining and Understanding a Grand Mal Seizure

    • Chapter 4 - Lesson C: What is Meant by "Baseline" in Seizure Awareness and Treatment

    • Chapter 4 - Lesson D: Chapter Review

  • 5

    Chapter 5 - Working with Catheters

    • Chapter 5 - Lesson A: Why Some Residents May Have Catheters

    • Chapter 5 - Lesson B: Key Principles of the Foley Catheter: Maintenance and Recognizing Possible Infection

    • Chapter 5 - Lesson C: Kep Principles of the Suprapubic, Maintenance and Infection Recognition

    • Chapter 5 - Lesson D: Key Elements of the Condom Catheter

    • Chapter 5 - Lesson E: Chapter Review

  • 6

    Chapter 6 - Managing Tracheostomies

    • Chapter 6 - Lesson A: What a Tracheostomy is and Why Some AFC Residents May Have One...

    • Chapter 6 - Lesson B: Trach Sanitation

    • Chapter 6 - Lesson C: Knowing When a Trach Likely Needs Replacement

    • Chapter 6 - Lesson D: Chapter Review

  • 7

    Chapter 7 - Spinal Cord Injury - Facts and Assistance Strategies

    • Chapter 7 - Lesson A: What is a Spinal Cord Injury?

    • Chapter 7 - Lesson B: The Diagnosis Part...A Neurologist's Perspective:

    • Chapter 7 - Lesson C: How Residential Caregivers Can Be of Greatest Assistance...

    • Chapter 7 - Lesson D: Understanding Autonomic Dysreflexia

    • Chapter 7 - Lesson E: Chapter Review