This ten-part online seminar series will cover a majority of the CMS Hospital CoP manual – Appendix A. (Psychiatric and Swing Bed requirements are addressed in a separate program.) It is a fantastic way to educate everyone in your hospital on all the sections of the CMS hospital manual, especially ones that apply to their department.

Continuing Education
The Kentucky Hospital Research and Education Foundation is an approved Kentucky Board of Nursing continuing education provider. This offering number 5-0023-12-25-021 is approved for 1.2 contact hours. Participants must attend the entire session, complete the post-session evaluation, and provide nursing license number in order to receive contact hours and be awarded a certificate. No partial credit will be given. The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval does not constitute endorsement of program content.

Nursing Services 

• Organized and 24-hour services
• Director of nursing/CNO
• Nurse at bedside
• Director of nursing (CNO)
• Staffing and patient safety
• Nursing care plan
• Agency nurses
• Medication administration and safe opioid use
• Safe injection practices and compounding
• Policies and procedures for medication administration
• Timing of medication administration
• Assessment and monitoring of patients
• High-risk medications
• Compounding of medications
• Need for physician order
• Standing and preprinted order sets
• Verbal orders
• IV medications and blood administration
• Staff training and competency
• Reporting medication errors and ADEs
• Self-administration of medication

Appendix and Resources