It’s a fact: adult learners enjoy lively continuing education sessions. But, coming up with ways to spice up your CNA inservice meetings can be challenging. Here are six tips that may help: 1. Every month, insert a crisp new $1.00 bill in a couple of the...
It’s CNA Week and that’s a great time to think about how you can help your nursing assistants continue to learn on the job. Here at In the Know, we’re all about lifelong learning. And we know that the best learning experiences are often a bit...
How do your nursing assistants handle workplace conflict? Do they ignore it and pretend it isn’t happening? Do they give in just to make it go away? Or, do they compromise respectfully with each other? At your next CNA inservice meeting, consider using this case study...
Here’s a true story that says a lot about the perception of quality in the United States: IBM decided to have some of their computer parts manufactured in Japan. In the contract, IBM stated that they would accept three defective parts out of ten thousand. When the...
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...