CONTINUING EDUCATION

Supervising In Healthcare Facilities

3.6 CEU’s for Iowa Nurses and 36 Contact Hours for Nebraska Nurses for 100% attendance. (Participants must be present for 80% of the course and additional written assignments will be given for any time absent)

Iowa Administrative Code 655 6.5(1)b.(2) permits the licensed practical nurse working under the supervision of the registered nurse, to supervise in a nursing facility. The licensed practical nurse who is employed to supervise must complete a course specifically designed for the supervisory role of the LPN in long-term care within six months of employment. A licensed practical nurse is entitled to supervised without the educational requirement outlined above if the licensed practical nurse was performing in a supervisory role on or before October 6, 1982. Licensed practical nurses who are enrolled full-time in a registered nurse program are not exempt from the course. However, an LPN who is a full-time student in an RN program and/or who is scheduled to graduate within one year may request a waiver by writing to the board office. The request for a waiver must state the number of credit hours to be taken each semester and include the student’s expected date of graduation. Individuals who do not graduate from the RN program as scheduled or who are not successful on the RN-NCLEX must take the next available course. For more information call 712.325.3344.

Upon successful completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

• Identify some of the basic characteristics of all organizations and describe health care facilities in view of these characteristics
• Discuss the goals, tasks, roles and responsibilities of managers in a health care facility
• Describe leadership qualities that will assist the supervisor in the health care facility to achieve goals
• Recognize the special nursing needs of individual clients and use this knowledge to adapt—and assist others to adapt—the nursing care for clients in a health care facility

NOTE: Please Bring a 3-ring binder to class

Supervising in LTC Facilities

Supervisory role of LPN in Long-Term Care Facilities Fee $385

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Presented by Deb Blodgett, RN

Fee: $385 (includes tuition, materials and handouts)