Series date: 
01/01/2025 - 8:00am EST to 12/31/2025 - 9:00am EST
RSS Coordinator(s):
  • Kimberly Cushing- Kimberly.Cushing@baystatehealth.org

Series Overview

Monthly in-services for home care clinicians regarding hot topics for education. A topic will be selected each month based on agency-identified needs. We will be concentrating on OASIS trainings for the clinicians to review CMS guidance. We will also be concentrating on patient experience, along with topics to help keep our clinicians on top of their clinical skills, such as IV administration, Wound Vac therapy, Aspira drains, infection control, medication reconciliation, COPs, DPH prep, case management, documentation needs, etc.

Intended Audience

RN, LPN, PT, PTA, OT, SLP

Planning Committee

Kimberly Cushing RN, WCC, COQSTraci Hebert, B.S OT  

Accreditation

Accreditation Statement

imageIn support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 




Credit Designation Statements

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

POLICY ON FACULTY AND SPONSOR DISCLOSURE

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

                                                                          
Series location Varies: 

Baystate Health Education Center
361 Whitney Ave
Holyoke, MA 01040

Aruba Conference Room
30 Capital Drive
West Springfield, Ma

RSS Format:
Live (in-person)

Global Objectives: 

As a result of participation in this educational series, members of the healthcare team will be able to:

  1. Apply best practice in home care
  2. Relate practice standards to quality outcomes
  3. Improve patient satisfaction

Interprofessional RSS: 
No

Intended Audience: 
Nurses
Home Care Clinicians

Specialty: 
Nursing

Credits Available:
ANCC Contact Hours

Series location: 
Baystate Health Education Center
361 Whitney Ave
Holyoke, MA 01040
United States

Sessions

Session Date
Patient Experience 01/30/2025 - 8:15am to 9:15am EST
Living with COPD 02/17/2025 - 8:49am EST