Our caregivers receive additional training every month on subjects ranging from safe transfers to nutrition and Alzheimer's care.
Assessment and Skills Training
Assessment and Skills Training
We have a state of the art training room providing hands on experience and instruction for our caregivers to maintain their skills. Our nurse educator is constantly assessing and guiding our home health aides in an effort to provide the optimum care of our clients. Our nurses also sit for a written examination to maintain updated knowledge of current nursing care. This additional testing adheres to the highest of industry and accreditation standards.
At Nightingale, we are proud of our ongoing commitment of in-services and training we require for our caregivers. In order to maintain our accreditation, it is required to have each of our caregivers participate in six mandatory trainings a year. Trainings are offered once a month.
"Specialized care
with specialized training."
In-Services
Nutrition - This class helps the caregiver to focus on nutritional needs to improve the health of the client.
Care of the Alzheimer’s Client - Helps caregivers with understanding the disease process and how to redirect the client.
Safe Transfers - Discusses proper techniques for bed, chair, wheelchair and car transfers.
Pain and Symptom Management - Teaches caregivers how to help their client manage pain due to disease process or injury.
Death, Dying and Grief - Enables caregiver to better understand the dying process which, in turn, provides added support for the client and family.
Safe Transfers and Hoyer Lift – Teaches proper techniques with special equipment to keep client safe.
Cultural Differences - Discusses importance of empathy, understanding and respect for all cultures.
Documenting, Reporting and Skin Care - Reviews importance of proper documentation, reporting, and prevention of skin breakdown.
HIPPA Notice of Privacy Practice – Emphasizes importance of client confidentiality.
Emergency Management - Reviews company policy for emergency management services.
Oxygen Therapy - Instructs caregivers in management of home oxygen as well as mobile devices.
Range of Motion and Positioning - Educates caregivers regarding importance of maintaining activates of daily living, safe positioning, and range of motion exercises.
