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General Education  Point of Care Tests Stroke New Hire Homepage
        • General Education 

        • A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T  U   V   W   X   Y   Z

        • Advanced Care Planning

          • Advance Healthcare Planning: Advance Healthcare Directives and Physician’s Order for Life Sustaining Treatment - POLST 
            • Criteria:  Required for all RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
        • Age Specific

          • Age Specific Training for Licensed Staff  
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: 50 minutes
            • Special Instructions: Complete in the first 30 days
        • Blood Administration

          • Blood Administration DON Required Education  
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: 20 minutes
        • CAUTI

          • Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Prevention DON Required Education 
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes
        • CLABSI

          • Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs) Prevention DON Required Education
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
        • End-Tidal ETCO2 

          • ETCO2 Monitoring for Registered Nurses: Implication for Care During Sedation Procedures and Monitoring High Risk Patient Receiving Opioid Analgesics
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes
        • Handoff Initiatives 

          • OR to ICU Handoff Initiative Education: ICU Nurses
            • Criteria: Required for ICU RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: xx minutes
          • OR to ICU Handoff Initiative Education: OR Nurses
            • Criteria: Required for OR RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: xx minutes
        • Laboratory Specimen Collection and Handling

          • Proper Laboratory Specimen Collection and Handling
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs
            • Estimated: Completion Time: 40 minutes 
        • Medication Management

          • Improving the Patient Experience through Communication about Medication
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs
            • Estimated: Completion Time: 20 minutes 
          • Pyxis ES Training for Nursing
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour and 28 minutes
        • Medsled Training

          • Medsled Training
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs | Excluded NICU
            • Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
        • Mobilization

          • Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs
            • Estimated Completion Time: 50 minutes
        • Pain 

          • UCLA Pain Management Guideline Updates for Adult Populations
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs caring for adult patients
            • Estimated Completion Time: 25 minutes
          • UCLA Pain Management Guideline Updates for Pediatrics
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs caring for pediatric patients 
            • Estimated Completion Time: 25 minutes
          • UCLA Pain Management Guideline Updates for (NPH)
            • Criteria: Required for all NPH RNs 
            • Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
        • Patient Education

          • Patient Education Bundle for In-Patient Nursing DON Required Education 
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs | Excluded ED, Perioperative, Procedure Areas
            • Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
        • Patient Safety

          • Essential Elements Patient Safety 
            • Criteria: Required for all RNs 
            • Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
          • Procedural Sedation

            • Sedation DON Required Education
              • Criteria: Required for all RNs | OR Excluded
              • Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes
          • RESC-U Narrator

            • RESC-U Narrator DON Required Education
              • Criteria: Required for all RNs
              • Estimated Completion Time: 13 minutes
          • Restraints

            • Restraints DON Required Education
              • Criteria: Required for all RNs
              • Estimated Completion Time: 20 minutes
          • Sepsis

            • Surviving Sepsis/Septic Shock Initiative DON Required Education
              • Criteria: Required for all RNs
              • Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
          • Skin Care: NDNQI Module I - IV

            • Skin-NDNQI Pressure Ulcer Training
              • Criteria:  Required for all RNs | Exclude: Perioperative and Operative Areas
              • Estimated Completion Time: 90 minutes 
              • Special Instructions: All four modules are required to pass
                • Print certificate of completion for proof of completion with two Contact Hours.
                • Must complete all modules in one attempt.
                  • Module One Pressure Ulcers and Staging
                  • Module Two Other Wound Types and Skin Injuries
                  • Module Three Pressure Injury Survey Guide
                  • Module Four Community vs. Hospital/Unit Acquired Pressure Injuries
            • Suicide Assessment and Precautions

              • Inpatient Columbia Suicide Screening 
                • Criteria: Required for all inpatient RNs 
                • Estimated Completion Time: 9 minutes 
              • Patient Safety: Identifying Patients at Risk for Suicide
                • Criteria: Required for all inpatient RNs 
                • Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes 
            • Violent Risk Behavior

              • Crisis Intervention
                • Criteria: Required for all RNs
                • Estimated Completion Time: 60 minutes
            • Zoll R Series 

              • Zoll R Series Defibrillation [AED] DON Required Education
                • Criteria:  Required for Nurse Residents |  Experienced RNs (unit discretion)
                • Estimated Completion Time: 4 minutes
              • Zoll R Series Pacing DON Required Education
                • Criteria:  Required for Nurse Residents |  Experienced RNs (unit discretion)
                • Estimated Completion Time: 4 minutes
              • Zoll R Series Synchronized Cardioversion DON Required Education
                • Criteria:  Required for Nurse Residents |  Experienced RNs (unit discretion)
                • Estimated Completion Time: 3 minutes
            • Zoll X Series 

              • Zoll X Series Defibrillation [AED] DON Required Education
                • Criteria:  Required for all RNs | Exclude: Perioperative and Operative Areas
                • Estimated Completion Time: 14 minutes
              • Zoll X Series Pacing DON Required Education
                • Criteria:  Required for all RNs | Exclude: Perioperative and Operative Areas
                • Estimated Completion Time: 3 minutes
              • Zoll X Series Synchronized DON Required Education
                • Criteria:  Required for all RNs | Exclude: Perioperative and Operative Areas
                • Estimated Completion Time: 5 minutes

 

              • Point of Care Tests 

              • A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T  U   V   W   X   Y   Z

              • POCT Accu-Chek Inform II - Waived Test

                • POCT Accu-Chek Inform II DON Required Education  (e-Learning)
                  • Criteria:  All RNs | Exclude: RRUCLA OR and SMUCLA Surgery Center Intraop RNs
                  • Forms: POCT Accu-Chek Inform II New Hire Training Checklist 
              • POCT AVOXimeter 1000E: Non-waived

                • POCT AVOXimeter 1000E (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  RRUCLA & SMUCLA: CRNAs and Cath Lab RNs
                  • Forms: AVOXimeter 1000E New Hire Training Checklist 
                  • Forms: AVOXimeter 1000E Competency Assessment Form
              • POCT Clinitek - Waived Test 

                • POCT Clinitek  (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  All RNs | Unit Specific Needs
                  • Forms: POCT Clinitek Status + Dipstick New Hire Training Checklist
              • POCT Clinitek Pregnancy - Waived Test 

                • POCT Clinitek Pregnancy (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  All RNs | Exclude: RRUCLA OR and SMUCLA Surgery Center Intraop RNs 
                  • Forms: POCT Clinitek Status + Pregnancy New Hire Training Checklist
              • POCT CoaguChek XS Plus - Waived Test 

                • POCT CoaguChek XS Plus (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Unit specific needs
                  • Forms: POCT CoaguChek New Hire Training Checklist
              • POCT Gastroccult - Waived Test 

                • POCT Gastroccult (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Unit specific needs
                  • Forms: POCT Gastroccult New Hire Training Checklist  
              • POCT Hemoccult - Waived Test 

                • POCT Hemoccult (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Unit specific needs
                  • Forms: POCT Hemoccult New Hire Training Checklist 
              • POCT Hemochron Response® ACT: Non-waived

                • POCT ACT Hemochron® Response (e-learning)
                  • Criteria:   Required for RRUCLA: Cath Lab, IR, OR, 7N, CCU,  7ICU, NICU & 5ICU and SMUCLA: 4CW ICU, Cath Lab, & IR
                  • Forms: POCT Hemochron Response ACT New Hire Training Checklist 
                  • Forms: POCT Hemochron Response ACT Competency Assessment Form  
              • POCT Hemochron Signature ACT: Non-waived

                • POCT Hemochron Signature ACT (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:   Required for RRUCLA: Cath Lab
                  • Forms: POCT Hemochron Signature ACT New Hire Training Checklist
                  • Forms: POCT Hemochron Signature ACT Competency Assessment Form
              • POCT Hemocue - Waived Test 

                • POCT Hemocue (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Unit specific needs
                  • Forms: POCT Hemocue New Hire Training Checklist 
              • POCT Hydrion pH Dipstick - Waived Test 

                • POCT Hydrion pH Dipstick (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Unit specific needs
                  • Forms: POCT Hydrion pH New Hire Training Checklist 
              • POCT DCA Systems Hemoglobin A1C - Waived Test 

                • POCT DCA™ Systems A1C (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Unit specific needs
                  • Forms: POCT Vantage Hemoglobin A1C New Hire Training Checklist
              • POCT ISCUS Flex: Microdialysis Analyzer - Non-waived 

                • POCT ISCUS Flex (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Required for RRUCLA 6ICU
                  • Forms: POCT ISCUS Flex Microdialysis New Hire Training Checklist 
                  • Forms: POCT ISCUS Flex Microdialysis Competency Assessment Form
              • POCT QuickVue Dipstick Strep A - Waived Test 

                • POCT QuickVue Dipstick Strep A (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Unit specific needs
                  • Forms: POCT QuickVue Strep A New Hire Training Checklist 
              • POCT Radiometer ABL90 Blood Gas - Non-waived

                • POCT Radiometer ABL90 Blood Gas (Curriculum) 
                  • Criteria:  Required for RRUCLA: RCPs, CRNAs, Cath Lab RNs and SMUCLA: RCPs and CRNAs 
                  • Forms: POCT ABL90 MD-CRNA-RN New Hire Training Checklist 
                  • Forms: POCT Radiometer ABL90 Competency Assessment Form  
              • POCT StatSensor Creatinine - Non-waived

                • POCT Nova® StatSensor Creatinine (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Unit specific needs
                  • Forms: POCT Nova® StatSensor New Hire Training Checklist 
                  • Forms: POCT Nova® StatSensor Creatinine Competency Form 
              • POCT Urine Specific Gravity Analysis - Non-waived Test

                • POCT Urine Specific Gravity Analysis (Curriculum)
                  • Criteria:  Unit specific needs 
                  • Forms: POCT Urine Specific Gravity New Hire Training Checklist 
                  • Forms: POCT Urine Specific Gravity Competency Assessment Form  
              •  Stroke Education 

              • Option 1: Assignment in Cornerstone: Request or assign Lippincott Professional e-Learnings on acute stroke care and/or:
                Option 2: Attend an education offering and provide proof of attendance / CE hours. Education offerings include UCLA events, a national conferences, and education offered by American Heart Association (AHA) and/or American Stroke Association (ASA).
              • RRUCLA Stroke Units

                • Nurses providing comprehensive stroke care are required to attend a minimum of eight hours of education on neurovascular disease and stroke.
                  • Criteria
                    • 6 North, 6 ICU, Neuro Interventional Cath Lab, Critical Care Transport team (CCT), and Clinical Surveillance Team (CST) nurses
                    • Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Nurse Educators, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Charge Nurses (Administrative Nurse AN I and other clinical positions)
                    • Stroke Center Nurse Administrative Director
                    • Gonda Observation Unit (GOU) Nurses, Nurse Educators, and Charge Nurses (Administrative Nurse AN I and other clinical positions)
                    • 6N and 6ICU Nurses, Nurse Educators, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Charge Nurses are required to complete NIHSS Training every 1-2 years (dependent on expiration of training received)
              • RRUCLA Emergency Department and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit

                • ED and PACU Nurses are required to complete two or more hours of education per year on stroke care and cerebrovascular disease.
              • SMUCLA Stroke Units

                • Nurses providing comprehensive stroke care are required to attend a minimum of eight hours of education on neurovascular disease and stroke.
                  • Criteria
                    • Stroke Unit Nurses (5MN, 4CW-ICU, and STAT RNs), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Unit Directors, and Assistant Directors
                    • Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Nurse Educators, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Charge Nurses (Administrative Nurse AN I and other clinical positions)
                    • Interventional Radiology Nurses and Interventional Suite Manager(s) and Director(s)
                    • 5MN, 4CW-ICU Nurses, Nurse Educators, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Charge Nurses are required to complete NIHSS Training every 1 year
              • SMUCLA Emergency Department 

                • ED Nurses are required to complete a minimum of 2 hours of continuing education on acute stroke care twice a year. A total of 4 hours or more for the year.
                  • ED Nurses, Nurse Educators, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Charge Nurses are required to complete NIHSS Training every 1 year
              • SMUCLA Post-Anesthesia Care Unit

                • PACU Nurses are required to complete continuing education on neurovascular disease and stroke two or more hours of education per year.

 

For questions, contact:
Kristine Traxler, MSN-Ed., RN
Nursing Professional Development Specialist
Clinical Educator | Nursing Orientation
424-259-9272

For technical support, contact: 
Kelli Obazee
Administrative Analyst | Web Development 
Center for Nursing Excellence

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