For those of us in the field of nursing, having an active, open mind and a true desire to learn are important attributes. Because things change rapidly in health care, nurses and CNAs can’t “rest on their laurels” and claim that they know all they...
Is part of your job as a nursing supervisor or nurse educator to develop monthly inservices for your nursing assistants? If so, you know how time consuming that process can be. Perhaps you’ve considered purchasing “ready-made” topics from a company (like In the Know)...
If you are looking for more ideas to spice up your 2010 inservice schedule, consider presenting the following topics: 1. Review the Normal Aging Process During their short initial training time, nursing assistants learn a few basics about the human body. However, in...
Chances are, you have presented inservices to your CNAs on the typical topics: standard precautions, confidentiality, nutrition, pain management and dementia. Without question, these are all necessary inservices for nursing assistants. However, to develop a team of...
It’s a new year…and time for a fresh look at how you present your CNA inservices. Are you making the most out of your inservice meetings? Do your nursing assistants come away from your inservices knowing more about their clients and excited to put that new knowledge...