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🎓 Elevate Your Nursing Leadership with the Director of Nursing Basics Certification Course! 🎓

Thanks to our Partnership with Pathway Health, we are able to bring the Director of Nursing Basics Certification Course to Wisconsin.  

This certification course is available to any nursing leader who feels they would benefit from this foundational training and credential. It is for Directors of Nursing, Assistant Directors of Nursing, Nurse Managers, Supervisors, etc. Train your team to meet the demands of leadership. 

Must complete in-person November 13-14 and December 11-12, 2024

Must complete 28-hours of education

REGISTER BY October 29th to RECEIVE YOUR PATHWAY HEALTH DON MANUAL DURING THE COURSE 

Are you ready to empower your nursing leadership team to thrive in today’s dynamic healthcare landscape? Look no further than our comprehensive DON Basics Certification Course provided in partnership with Pathway Health.

🔍 Dive into the Essentials: Gain a deep understanding of organizational planning tailored for a Director of Nursing (DON) role.

💼 Master Budget Management: Learn how to navigate budget management intricacies, aligning resident acuity with staff management for optimal outcomes.

🛡️ Ensure Safety First: Explore essential steps in safety management, ensuring top-tier care for residents while maintaining a secure environment.

📊 Implement Evidence-Based Systems: Harness key systems such as Falls, Wounds, Infection Control, and Pain Management, ensuring evidence-based policies and procedures are seamlessly integrated and consistently followed.

🤝 Foster Vital Relationships: Understand the pivotal role of relationships within the healthcare ecosystem, from residents and families to administrators and surveyors.

💊 Navigate Medication Management: Delve into the DON’s crucial role in medication management within the facility, ensuring safe and effective administration.

📚 Empower Through Education: Discover essential components of staff education, empowering your team for excellence in care delivery.

📝 Navigate Documentation and Compliance: Master oversight of MDS, Medicare management, reimbursement, and nursing documentation systems, ensuring compliance and accuracy.

🔍 Prepare for Success: Equip yourself with the knowledge and strategies to navigate surveys with confidence, ensuring seamless preparation and management.

🌟 Drive Quality Assurance: Understand the DON’s pivotal role in Quality Assurance and QAPI, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.

Don’t miss this unparalleled opportunity to elevate your nursing leadership to new heights. Enroll in the DON Basics Certification Course today and take the first step towards achieving excellence in healthcare leadership!

Lori Koeppel, BSN, RN, NHA, WCC, DNS-CT, Executive Director of WDONC, will instruct this course. 

In-person course will be held at Mount View Care Center, North Central Healthcare Campus. Room location will be available soon. 

Learner Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe the organizational planning necessary for a DON.
  2. Verbalize the DON Role in budget management in relation to resident acuity and staff management.
  3. Describe the essential steps in safety management of resident care.
  4. Identify key systems (Falls, Wounds, Infection Control, Pain, etc.) and how to ensure evidence based policies and procedures as well as consistent implementation are instituted.
  5. Verbalize the necessary key human resource “need to knows” for the DON.
  6. Describe the importance of relationships: Residents, Families, Administrator, IDT, Nursing Management Team, Staff, Medical Director, Pharmacy Consultant, Hospital Discharge Planners and Surveyors.
  7. Describe the DON’s role in medication management in the facility
  8. Verbalize the necessary staff education components
  9. Verbalize the DON’s role in oversight of MDS, Medicare management, reimbursement and related documentation systems.
  10. Verbalize the DON’s role in oversight of the facility nursing documentation system and follow through
  11. Describe the DON role in preparation and management of the survey process.
  12. Identify the DON’s role in Quality Assurance and QAPI in the facility.