Initial Competencies and Education for RNs
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Advanced Care Planning
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Age Specific
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Anti Xa Nursing Education
- Anti Xa Nursing Education
- Criteria: Required for all RNs | Known exclusions: Pediatrics
- Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
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Blood Administration
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Cardiopulmonary Monitoring
- Physiological Monitoring with Central Monitoring Unit (CMU)
- Criteria: RRUCLA: 3 Peds, 5E OB, 5W Peds, 6E, 6N, 6W, 7E, 7W, 7N, 8E, 8W, 8N, GOU Gonda Inpatient, Resource Team
- Estimated Completion Time: 45 minutes
- Pulmonary Hypertension in Non-ICU General Overview
- Criteria: RRUCLA: 5E, 7E, 6N, 7W, 7N, 8N, GOU
SMUCLA: 4MN,5MN
- Estimated Completion Time: 53 minutes
- Equipment: Doppler
- Known exclusions: RRUCLA 200 MP MPU; RNPH
- Equipment: 12 Lead EKG Recording
- Known exclusions: Intra-op; RNPH
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Care Coordination
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CAUTI (Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection) Prevention
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Chain of Command
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Changing Patient Condition
- Emergency Crowd Control Adult Non-ICU Areas
- Criteria: RRUCLA: 5E, 6E, 6N, 6W, 7E, 7W, 8E, 8N, 8W
- Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
- Changing Patient Condition: Rapid Response, Code Stroke, Code Blue Activation, and Emergency Resuscitation Device(s) (KSA)
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CLABSI (Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection)
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Communication: Handoff / Bedside Report
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COVID-19 Patient
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Crisis Intervention
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Delegation
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Documentation
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Emergency Evacuation
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End of Life Care (KSA)
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Evidence-Based Practice
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Fall Prevention
- Adult Fall Prevention and Post Fall Management (Nurse Sensitive Indicators) (KSA)
- Patient Safety: Reducing the Risk of Patient Falls DON Required Education
- Criteria: All Adult RNs
- Estimated Completion Time: 40 minutes
- Adult Fall Prevention Situational Awareness DON Required Education
- Criteria: ICU and other units
- Known exclusions: ED, OR, Perinatal, Procedural, PTU, PACU, MPU (SMUCLA), TRU, and RNPH
- Estimated Completion Time: 10 minutes
- Fall Risk Assessment and Prevention, Pediatric DON Required Education
- Criteria: Required for all pediatric RNs
- Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes + demo
- RN Purposeful Rounds with Timed Voiding: Adult Non-ICU Areas DON Required Education
- Criteria: RRUCLA: 5E, 6E, 6N, 6W, 7E, 7N, 7W, 8E, 8N, 8W, GOU/Discharge Lounge, and TRU
- Criteria: SMUCLA: 3NW, 4NW, 5NW, 4SWW, AMN, 4MN, and 5MN
- Estimated Completion Time: 20 minutes
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Glycemic Management
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Heparin Protocol
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Immunization
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Infection Prevention
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Infusion Therapy
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Initial / Admission Assessment
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Insulin Administration
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Laboratory Specimen Collection and Handling
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Medication Management
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Medsled
- Medsled Training
- Criteria: Required for all RNs | Excluded NICU
- Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
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Mobility and Safe Patient Handling
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Nasogastric Tube Care
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Nursing Process
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OR to ICU Handoff
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Oral Hazardous Drugs in the Non-Oncology Setting
- Oral Hazardous Drugs in the Non-Oncology Setting KSA
- Known exclusions: ED, Cath Lab, Intra-op, IR, MPU, PACU, PTU; RRUCLA ECU; RNPH: 4E, 4W, ECT
- Oral Hazardous Drugs in the Non-Oncology Setting
- Criteria: Unit discretion; known exclusions: ED, OR, IR, MPU, PACU, PTU, Pediatrics; RNPH: 4E, 4W, ECT
- Estimated Completion Time: 60 minutes
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Pain
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Palliative Care (KSA)
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Patient Admission
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Patient Discharge
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Patient Education
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Patient Experience
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Patient Safety
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Patient Transfer
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Peripheral IV Insertion and Venipuncture
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Procedural Sedation and End Tidal CO2
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Pyxis ES Training for Nursing
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Quality Improvement
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RESC-U Narrator DON Required Education
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Respiratory Management
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Restraints
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Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale
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Sepsis
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Skin Care: NDNQI Module I - IV
- Skin Care and Wound Care (Nurse Sensitive Indicators) (KSA)
- Known exclusions: Cath Lab; SMUCLA IR
- 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
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Suicide Assessment and Precautions
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Temperature Management
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Universal Protocol
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Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis
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Violent Risk Behavior
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Zoll Series
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