Healthcare eLearning Courses

Jacob's The eLearning Centre proudly offers the most comprehensive collection of online continuing education courses from the world's best eLearning companies and authors. Through partnerships with respected online training corporations and institutions across the globe we provide self-study courses with open enrollment in nearly every subject imaginable. The courses here are JCAHO healthcare courses.

JCAHO

(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)

Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation

This lesson covers the definitions, signs, and symptoms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation, the behaviors and characteristics of the abused and of an abuser, and ways to protect patients and understand the obligation to report suspected abuse.

Age Specific Competency - Adult Years

Varying age groups within the adult population will have different physical needs, priorities, life goals, and approaches to life and the future. These differences can have an impact on their needs and desires when it comes to healthcare. In this lesson you will learn key physical changes, psychosocial development, safety/wellness issues, and potential interventions related to early adulthood, middle adulthood, and older adulthood.

Age Specific Competency - Infant-Toddler Years

A sick infant or toddler can create high levels of stress for parents and caregivers. Understanding the unique physical characteristics, psychosocial needs, and safety and wellness issues of infants and toddlers will help you to provide appropriate care for your young patients and their families. In this lesson you will learn the key physical changes, psychosocial development, safety/wellness issues, and possible interventions related to infants and toddlers.

Age Specific Competency - School Age Years

While children's abilities, cognitive, and emotional skills at various ages differ, all children go through similar stages and patterns of growth and development. By understanding these patterns of growth and development, healthcare workers can better provide appropriate and quality care to children and adolescents. In this lesson you will learn key physical changes, psychosocial development, safety/wellness issues, and potential interventions related to preschoolers, school age children, and adolescents.

AIDS in the Workplace

HIV and AIDS present serious risks for medical personnel. In this lesson you will learn the facts and myths about HIV, ways to manage the risk of infection, fair employment practices related to HIV-infected employees, and how to appropriately interact with patients and coworkers with HIV and AIDS.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Disability covers a wide range of physical and mental conditions. Some disabilities are visible, while others are entirely invisible. This lesson explains how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects individuals with disabilities. You will learn how the ADA affects employment practices and public accommodation, and how to recognize situations that meet or violate the ADA.

Back Care/Ergonomics

Back injuries, often from poor lifting techniques, are the most common type of occupational injury. In this lesson you will learn about muscle injury caused by repetitive stress, some ways to avoid accidents, and tips on arranging your work area to avoid ergonomic injuries.

Bloodborne Pathogens for Healthcare Supervisors

Due to the nature of the work, healthcare industry workplaces have a high percentage of personnel who are considered at risk for exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Injuries with needles or other sharp devices are the most frequent cause of bloodborne infections in healthcare settings. . In this lesson, you will learn how to prevent and manage bloodborne pathogen exposure risks for healthcare personnel in your facility.

Bloodborne Pathogens for Healthcare Workers

Healthcare workers are at high risk for exposure to bloodborne pathogens. This lesson covers the OSHA requirements for minimizing your exposure to bloodborne pathogens through the use of Standard Precautions such as protective clothing and equipment, the appropriate handling of sharps, and the disposal of potentially infectious waste.

Electrical Safety

Electrical accidents can involve enough current to shock or even kill you. This lesson provides a basic understanding of electricity, how to identify electrical hazards in the workplace, safe work practices, safety tips to reduce your potential for electric shock, and how to respond to an emergency situation involving electricity.

Fire Safety/Patient Evacuation

Fire in a healthcare facility places the lives of staff and patients in great danger. This lesson covers the precautions to take to prevent fires, how to protect yourself, other staff, and patients from fire and smoke, how to respond in a fire emergency, and how to use a portable fire extinguisher.

Food Safety for Food Handlers

This course covers how to use thermometers to ensure foods are properly cooked and safe to eat, how to clean and sanitize them, and the required cooking times and temperatures for specific foods. It also defines contamination and its sources, and how to prevent it during receiving, storage, preparation, and service. In addition, it describes how to prevent contamination from other food, equipment, utensils, and the environment. The food temperature "danger zone" that allows harmful bacteria to multiply rapidly is also addressed, as well as which foods support the rapid growth of harmful bacteria and are considered "potentially hazardous" and which foods are not. Instruction for keeping cold foods cold and hot foods hot is also included. Finally, this lesson covers the methods for properly cooling hot foods for later service to prevent bacteria from multiplying. (3 Courses Combined into 1 Course)

Hazard Communication

Most chemicals used in healthcare facilities have some hazard potential. In this lesson you will learn the procedures for using chemicals safely, where to get the information you need, how to recognize and prevent exposure, and how to respond to a chemical accident.

Latex Allergy

Many healthcare workers are at high risk for developing latex allergies because of their frequent use of latex gloves. This lesson explains the dangers posed by latex, the signs and symptoms of possible latex allergy, ways to manage the risk of exposure, and how to respond to a severe reaction to latex.

Lifting and Transferring Patients

Healthcare workers face a high risk of occupational injuries due to frequent lifting and transferring of patients. By using correct methods for lifting and transferring patients, healthcare workers can ensure safety for themselves and for their patients. In this lesson you will learn about the risks involved in lifting and transferring patients, how to plan the movement of patients, and proper techniques for executing common lifts and transfers.

Patient Access: Legislation and Regulations Impacting Patient Access

Patient Access: Legislation and Regulations Impacting Patient Access are presented in this course. Patient treatment regulations, compliance, fraud and abuse regulations; and other regulations are identified and described. Regulatory agencies overseeing healthcare are then identified, with emphasis on JCAHO.

1 Educational Contact Hour

Approved by the AAPC, NAHAM, AAHAM and HCCA for CEUs.

Patient Rights

Patients in medical facilities have rights that are protected by state and federal laws. This lesson explains key elements of patient rights and prepares healthcare workers to meet accreditation standards set forth by the Joint Commission.

Personal Protective Equipment

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is not a luxury, nor an optional convenience. PPE provides a barrier against physical, chemical, radiological, and biological hazards for healthcare staff. This lesson covers the types of PPE used in the healthcare industry, its requirements and limitations, and how to properly maintain and dispose of contaminated PPE.

Restraint and Seclusion

This lesson describes the legal requirements for the use of restraints and seclusion and defines these terms. It covers the different types of restraints and standards for their use, including patients' rights, orders, application of restraints, monitoring, and documentation. The lesson also covers the safe use of restraints as well as alternatives to using restraints and seclusion.

Security and Workplace Violence

More assaults occur in the healthcare and social service industries than in any other! In this lesson, you will learn why the healthcare environment is prone to workplace violence, how to recognize violent behavior, and the steps you can take to prevent it. You will also learn how to appropriately handle a violent event, and what to do after an incident takes place.

Sentinel Events as determined by JCAHO

Audience Legal Nurse Consultant:
Risk Management Principles
After completion of this course the participant should be able to:

Verbalize increased knowledge regarding sentinel events.
Describe what takes place in the root cause analysis of a sentinel event
Discuss the process by which a sentinel event is handled by the nurse's institution and JCAHO.

Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment can result in loss of productivity, disruptive work environments, and loss of good employees and managers. In this lesson you will learn the behaviors that might be considered sexual harassment, the proper actions to take if an employee experiences or witnesses sexual harassment, actions an employer can take to prevent sexual harassment, and the actions an employer should take if sexual harassment is reported.

Other Categories of Health Care Courses

EMS & Firefighters Alternative Medicine HIPAA JCAHO

Legal Nurse Consultant Nursing Nutrition

Operational Pain Management

Psychology Social Work Specialty Sports Health

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