Online Courses

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This course highlights the differences between a car and a 12- to 15-passenger van. The course discusses additional braking distance, maneuvering a van including back-ups as well as the use of mirrors and turn signals, preventing rollovers, and more. The presenter for this course is Cynthia Ostrowski, Certified Industrial Hygienist, CAO Consulting LLC.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet minimum standards related to medical training. The course provides an overview of licensing requirements related to medication administration as well as the proper handling of medications during medication administration. It incorporates the six rights of medication passing; proper hand washing; how to properly measure liquids; how to properly apply transdermal patches; and how to properly handle and administer insulin, nasal sprays, inhalers, and nebulizers.
This course is designed to help home for the aged employees meet minimum standards related to medical training. The course provides an overview of licensing requirements related to medication administration as well as the proper handling of medications during medication administration. It incorporates the six rights of medication passing; proper hand washing; how to properly measure liquids; how to properly apply transdermal patches; and how to properly handle and administer insulin, nasal sprays, inhalers, and nebulizers.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet minimum standards related to the prevention and containment of communicable diseases. The course includes the identification of situations where a risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens exists, methods of sanitization, universal precautions, correct hand-washing procedure, prevention of needle sticks, handling laundry, safe kitchen practices and more.
This course is designed to help home for the aged employees meet minimum standards related to the prevention and containment of communicable diseases. The course includes the identification of situations where a risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens exists, methods of sanitization, universal precautions, correct hand-washing procedure, prevention of needle sticks, handling laundry, safe kitchen practices and more.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet minimum standards related to reporting requirements. The course discusses reporting procedures regarding incidents, accidents, illnesses, absences, and death. In addition, this course provides the definition of abuse, neglect, exploitation and mandatory reporters. It also discusses the required elements of an incident report as well as best practices for completing incident reports.
This course is designed to help home for the aged employees meet minimum standards related to reporting requirements. The course discusses reporting procedures regarding incidents, accidents, illnesses, absences, and death. In addition, this course provides the definition of abuse, neglect, exploitation and mandatory reporters. It also discusses the reportable events as well as best practices for completing incident reports.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet training requirements related to resident rights. The course provides an introduction to resident rights found in the Michigan AFC Licensing Rules. Additional course content will reference the AFC licensing technical assistance manual. It is also important to note that this course will review the resident rights under the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act (Public Act 218). It does not include information about rights and protections under the Mental Health Code and Social Welfare Act.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet training requirements related to resident rights. The course provides an introduction to resident rights found in the Michigan AFC Licensing Rules. Additional course content will reference the AFC licensing technical assistance manual. It is also important to note that this course will review the resident rights under the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act (Public Act 218). It does not include information about rights and protections under the Mental Health Code and Social Welfare Act.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet training requirements related to personal care, protection, and supervision. The course provides an overview of important licensing rules related to personal care, protection and supervision for family homes as well as small and large group homes. Additional course content will reference licensing technical assistance manuals, emergency preparedness best practices as developed by the AFC Licensing Advisory Council, information on hyper and hypothermia as well as the AFC Facility Licensing Act, Public Act 218 of 1979.
This course is designed to help home for the aged employees meet training requirements related to personal care, protection, and supervision. The course provides an overview of important licensing rules related to personal care, protection, and supervision. Additional course content references licensing technical assistance manual, emergency preparedness best practices and information on hyper and hypothermia.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet training requirements related to safety and fire prevention. The course provides an overview of important licensing rules related to safety and fire prevention. It includes information about kitchen fire safety, grill use, microwaves, washers, and dryers. The course will also include information on how to meet the special needs of residents and how to prevent and respond to fires.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet training requirements related to safety and fire prevention. The course provides an overview of important licensing rules related to safety and fire prevention. It includes information about kitchen fire safety, grill use, microwaves, washers, and dryers. The course will also include information on how to meet the special needs of residents and how to prevent and respond to fires.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet training requirements related to safety and fire prevention. The course provides an overview of important licensing rules related to safety and fire prevention. It includes information about kitchen fire safety, grill use, microwaves, washers, and dryers. The course will also include information on how to meet the special needs of residents and how to prevent and respond to fires.
This course is designed to help adult foster care employees meet training requirements related to safety and fire prevention. The course provides an overview of important licensing rules related to safety and fire prevention. It includes information about kitchen fire safety, grill use, microwaves, washers, and dryers. The course will also include information on how to meet the special needs of residents and how to prevent and respond to fires.
This course is designed to help home for the aged employees meet training requirements related to safety and fire prevention. The course provides an overview of important licensing rules related to safety and fire prevention. It includes information about kitchen fire safety, grill use, microwaves, washers, and dryers. The course will also include information on how to meet the special needs of residents and how to prevent and respond to fires.