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• Airway Management

  Department of Veterans Affairs

  • COVID-19 Patient Airway Management Outside the Operating Room (PAMOOR) - Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Tutorial
  • COVID-19 Patient Airway Management Outside the Operating Room (PAMOOR) - SOP Personal Protective Equipment for Airway Management - Doffing
  • COVID-19 Patient Airway Management Outside the Operating Room (PAMOOR) - SOP Personal Protective Equipment for Airway Management - Donning
  • COVID-19 Patient Airway Management Outside the Operating Room (PAMOOR) - COVID-19 Airway Management
  • COVID-19 Patient Airway Management Outside the Operating Room (PAMOOR) -COVID-19 Code Management

  New England Journal of Medicine

  • Laryngeal Mask Airway in Medical Emergencies

  SCCM Training Modules

  • Airway Management
  • Airway Assessment and Management
• Cardiac

  Department of Veterans Affairs

  • 12 Lead EKG Interpretation
  • EKG Interpretation and Response (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • EKG Interpretation and Response: Anatomy of the Heart (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • EKG Interpretation and Response: Ventricular Dysrhythmias (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • EKG Interpretation and Response: Sinus Dysrhythmias (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Ventricular Dysrhythmia (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN):

  • Commonly Used IV Cardiac Medications for Adults Pocket Reference Card
  • Dysrhythmias Recognition Pocket Reference Card

  Practical Clinical Skills

  • Online ECG Training

  SkillStat

  • Interactive ECG Simulator

  YouTube

  • Cardiac Output
• COVID-specific Clinical

  American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN):

  • AANC Coronavirus Updates

  New England Journal of Medicine

  • The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
• General

  Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Communication with Older Adults
  • Medication and Treatment Considerations of Older Adults
  • Physical and Mental Assessment of the Older Adult
  • Plan of Care for the Older Adult
  • Safety of the Older Adult
  • Everyday Capacity Challenges in Community Living Centers and Home-Based Primary Care Educational Handout Series
  • Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation
    Part 1 - The Cultural Transformation of Healthcare
    Part 2 - How Did We Get Here
    Part 3 - What Does Our Cultural Transformation Look Like
    Part 4 - Patient Engagement
  • Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) for Direct Care Providers
  • Safe Patient Handling and Mobility for VA Employees
  • Too Tired to Reason
  • What is Culture Transformation?
  • Cultural and Age Specific Competence
  • VISN 16: Collaborative Safety Planning for Older Adults
  • Age Specific Competencies in Long Term Care (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Abuse, Neglect of Older Adults (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Assessing Elder Abuse (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Transport of the Infectious Patient within the Healthcare Facility Checklist
  • Transport of the Infectious Patient within the Healthcare Facility Cognitive Aid

  • IV Start and Antibotic Administration - Didactic
  • IV Start and Antibotic Administration - Scenario

  • IV Start and Blood Administration - Didactic
  • IV Start and Blood Administration - Scenario

  • GI Abdominal Assessment and Labs - Didactic
  • GI Abdominal Assessment and Labs - Scenario

  • Falls, Inpatient - Didactic
  • Falls, Inpatient - Scenario

  • Post Operative Anaphylaxis - Didactic
  • Post Operative Anaphylaxis - Scenario

  • Post Operative Transfusion Reaction - Didactic
  • Post Operative Transfusion Reaction - Scenario

  • Inpatient End of Life - Didactic
  • Inpatient End of Life - Scenario

  • Medication Interruptions - Didactic
  • Medication Interruptions - Scenario
  • Medication Administration: Metered-Dose Inhalers (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Handling and Moving Patients Safely (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  Age-Friendly Health Systems

  • What Does it Mean to Be Age-Friendly?

  American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN):

  • Commonly Used IV Cardiac Medications for Adults Pocket Guide
  • Additional resources: Top 5 AACN Clinical Education Resources

  Anatomy TV

  • Anatomy TV (Need Unity player installed)

  Bates

  • Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination (need Open Athens account)

  CDC

  • Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance in 2019

  The Center for Aging Research and Education

  • Geriatric Simulations Tookit

  Clinical Key

  • Implementation of a Nurse-Driving Cauti Prevention Algorithm
  • Caring for the Veteran, Military and Family Member Nursing Competencies

  Department of Health and Human Services

  • Transitioning From Primary Caregiving: How to Adapt Your Role in Long-Term Care

  Family & Nursing Care

  • Long-term Care and Patient Safety

  Health Affairs

  • The Never-Ending Misuse of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes

  HealthinAging

  • The 5Ms of Geriatrics

  Institute for Safe Medication Practice

  • Medical Abbreviations That Have Contradictory or Ambiguous Meanings
  • Start the New Year Off Right by Preventing These Top 10 Medication Errors and Hazards

  The Joint Commission

  • 2020 Nursing Care Center National Patient Safety Goals

  Lippenscott

  • Interdisciplinary Care Plans: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

  NCBI

  • Holistic Approach to Transformational Change (HATCh) Model for Nursing Home Transformation
    HATCH CLC Overview Fact Sheet
    HATCH Change Idea Sheets Booklet
    HATCH Model Brochure for Staff
    HATCH Model Fact Sheet
    HATCH Orientation Booklet
    HATCH Resident CLC Brochure
    HATCH Artifacts of Culture Change Factsheet
    
  • Team Based Models fo rEnd of Life Care: An Evidenced-Based Analysis
  • Ten Principles of Good Interdisciplinary Team Work

  Ovid

  • Pathophysiology (requires Open Athens logon)

  Point of Care Elsevier

  • Nasogastric Tube: Insertion, Irrigation and Removal INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Feeding Tube: Small bore Insertion, Care and Removal INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Urinary Catheter: Condom INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Urinary Catheter: Suprapubic Catheter Care INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Urinary Catheter: Indwelling (Foley) Catheter Care INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Urinary Catheter: Straight and Indwelling (Foley) Catheter Insertion anf specimen collection (Male) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Urinary Catheter: Straight and Indwelling (Foley) Catheter Insertion anf specimen collection (Female) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Wound Exudate Management: Pouches INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  Portal of Geriatrics Online Education

  • The Geriatric Patient with Dementia in Long Term Care: Assessing and Managing Behavioral Disturbances
  • Cognative and Behavioral Disorders (CBD) Assessment Tool Kit
  • Assessing and Managing Swallowing Issues: An Interprofessional Approach
  • GeriPod: Management of Behavior Problems Associated with Progressive Dementia
  • The Skin Show: Aging Dermatology and Disease
  • Geriatric Functional Assessment - Balance Tests
  • Geriatric Functional Assessment - Gait (1)
  • Geriatric Functional Assessment - Gait (2)
  • Your Role in Delirium Detection and Treatment: An Interdisciplinary Approach
  • End of Life Care 1: End of Life Overview
  • End of Life Care 2: Effective Communication in End of Life Care: General Principles
  • Elder Care a Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Ethnic, Racial, and Cultural Perceptions in End of Life Issues
  • Elder Care A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Differentiating Palliative Care and Hospice Care
  • Hospice and Pain Management

  Psychology Today

  • Guilt and Grief: Placing a Loved One in a Nursing Facility

  SCCM Training Modules

  • Critical Care of the Older Adult

  Science Direct

  • Doc, Can You Stop the Haldol? We Don't Use It in Our Skilled Nursing Facility! Navigating Regulatory Pressures in Nursing Homes When Treating Agitated Hospice Patients

  Vanderbilt University

  • Hospice and Pain Management

  Wiley Online Library

  • Medication administration in nursing homes: A qualitative study of the nurse role

  YouTube

  • Teamwork in interdisciplinary Teams
  • Geriatric Comprehensive Assessment: John Morley
  • The Mr. McNally Story, Part One
  • The Power of Huddles
  • The Victory Lane Story (Huddles)
  • Data Report Huddles
  • Bright Spots - The Victory Lane Story (Huddles Focusing on the Positive
• Mechanical Ventilation

  Department of Veterans Affairs - SimLEARN

  University of Leicester

  • The Virtual Autopsy

  American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN):

  • COVID-19 Pulmonary
  • ARDS and Ventilator Resources
• Mental Health
  • Disruptive Behavior: Withdrawal - Didactic
  • Disruptive Behavior: Withdrawal - Scenario
  • Geriatric Late Life Depression (Must use Chrome(

  Point of Contact Elsevier

  • Suicide Assessment and Precautions INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
• Neurologic

  Department of Veterans Affairs - SimLEARN

  • Stroke: Hemorrhagic - Didactic
  • Stroke: Hemorrhagic - Scenario

  • Stroke: Ischemic - Didactic
  • Stroke: Ischemic - Scenario

  • Chest Pain - Scenario
  • Chest Pain - Didactic

  • Telehealth Cleaning Materials & Factsheet
    Be Fast 911 (mp4)
    Cleaning of Telestroke Equipment - COVID19 Considerations
    Protected Stroke Code Special Report
    Stroke and COVID19 Fact Sheet
  • Sexuality and Intimacy After Disability
  • Interdisciplinary Approach to Optimize Resources in Assistive Technology
  • VA / DoD CPG for Management of Concussion / Mild TBI Summary Guide
  • Managing the Agitated Brain Injury Patient's Behavior in a Rehab Setting
  • Oxygenation in Rehab
  • CSP Caregiving During COVID-19 Tips

  • Delirium
    Acute and Post Acute Care for COIVD Related Delirium
    Altered Mental Status (Delirium) in COVID-19 Cognitive Aid
    Understanding Delirium
    Osmosis (YouTube) Delirium-causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, & pathology
    

  • Airway Care: Tracheostomy Care, Tube Change, and Artificial Airway Cuff Management (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Meeting Oxygenation, Fluid and Electrolyte Needs (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Pain Management: Physical and Cognitive Treatment, and Treatment for Special Populations (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Pain Management: The Pain Process, Patient Assessment, Pharmacological Treatment, & Classification of Pain (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Infection Control in Healthcare: Precautions (w/Video) (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • The Control of Infectious Diseases (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • The Human Immune System: Overview of Anatomy and Function (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • The Human Immune System: The Immune Response (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • The Human Immune System: When It Turns Against the Body (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers Part 1: History and Virology of Pandemic Influenza (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers Part 2: Recognizing Influenza, Treatments, and Patient Education (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers Part 3: Infection Control and Public Health Measures (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Psychotropic Medications: Antianxiety Agents (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Psychotropic Medications: Antidepressant Agents (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Psychotropic Medications: Antipsychotic Agents (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Psychotropic Medications: Mood Stabilizing Agents (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • The Confused Resident: Strategies for Quality Care (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Communications: Nurse-Patient Relationship (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Communications: Peer Relationships (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • SARS and Other Emerging Diseases (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • Anti-Infective Medication Therapy: Antifungal and Antiviral Agents (w/Video) (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Anti-Infective Medication Therapy: Assessment of an Infection (w/Video) (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Anti-Infective Medication Therapy: Assessment of an Infection and Nursing Implications (w/Video) (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  • GRECC Delirium Toolkit INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • The Respiratory System - Overview
  • The heart: All you need to know

  Veterans Affairs (VA) Intranet Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) (internal to VA use only)

  • General overview of delirium risk factors, signs and symptoms, screening tools and mitigation strategies

  VA SharePoint(internal to VA use only)

  • VA COVID-19 Employee Support Toolkit

  Washington VAMC

  • Home Rehabilitation Program for COVID-19 Patients

  Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy

  • Leveraging New Models in Addressing Hospital Deconditioning and Physical Impairment to Establish a COVID-19 Hospital Throughput Framework

  American Delirium Society

  • List of validated delirium screening instruments

  American Heart Association

  • Spot a Stroke Poster
  • What is Cardiac Rehabilitation?

  Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information & Exchange

  • The Rehabilitation Provider's Guide to Cultures of the Foreign-born

  Chinese Medical Journal

  • Recommendations for Respiratory Rehab in Adults with COVID-19

  Clinical Key

  • Disability - Level of Consciousness
  • Caring for the Veteran, military and family member nursing competencies: Strategies for integrating content into nursing school curricula
  • Depression in adults with a chronic physical health problem: recognition and management (CG91)

  Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center

  • Delirium Prevention and Safety: starting with the ABCDEFs

  The Gerontological Society of America

  • Perspectives on the Delirium Experience and Its Burden: Common Themes Among Older Patients, Their Family Caregivers and Nurses

  The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing

  • Delirium: The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)

  The John A. Hartford Foundation

  • Dissemination Center - Dedicated to Improving the Care of Older Adults

  John Hopkins Medicine

  • Family in the Rehab Process

  The Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

  • Lab Test Changes in the Elderly

  Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting

  • Geriatric Syndromes and their Implications for Nursing

  Medline Plus

  • Cardiac Rehabilitation

  National Institutes of Health

  • Stroke Scale
  • Delirium Screening and Management in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
  • The Neuropathic Pain: An Overview of the Current Treatment and Future Therapeutic Approaches
  • Geriatric Syndromes: Clinical Research and Policy Implications of a Core Geriatric Concept

  Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE)

  • "Need to Knows" for Delirium

  Nursing 2020

  • Caring for Patients with Delirium

  Professional Care Management

  • Supporting the Support System

  SAGE Journals

  • Nurses, Patients, and Family Caregivers Perceptions of Compassionate Nursing Care

  Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

  • Role of Family in the Process of Rehabilitation of Older Adults Hospitalized in a Nursing Home

  UpToDate

  • Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
  • Geriatric Assessment (IPT)
  • Normal Aging

  Wiley Online Library

  • Acute Care transfers and Functional Outcomes

  YouTube

  • Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
  • Mobility Assessment
  • John Morley: Physical Assessment
• Nutrition/Diabetes

  Department of Veterans Affairs - SimLEARN

  • Diabetes - Didactic
  • Diabetes - Scenario
  • Nutrition and Hydration (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  Clinical Key

  • Hyperglycemia Management
  • Hypoglycemia

  Hormone Health Network

  • Hypoglycemia

  Point of Care Elsevier

  • Blood Glucose Monitoring INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Ostomy Pouching: Colostomy or Ileostomy INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
• PPE

  Department of Veterans Affairs

  • PPE and Respiratory Protection While Caring for COVID-19 Patients:
    CSP Masks in Health Care Setting PDF
    Sequence for Putting on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE PDF)
    Competency Checklist for COVID19 PPE (N95 FACEMASK) DOCX
    Competency Checklist for COVID19 PPE (PAPR) DOCX
    VHA COVID19 PPE Guidance (V19 05272020) PDF

  • Donning & Doffing Interactive Avatar Training (must use Google Chrome browser)
  • Donning & Doffing Powered Air Purifying Respirator - PAPR (must use Google Chrome browser)
• Procedures

  Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Nasogastric Tubes (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  New England Journal of Medicine

  • Chest-Tube Insertion
  • Thoracentesis
  • Placement of an Arterial Line
  • How to Obtain a Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimen
• Respiratory

  Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Basic Oxygen Administration (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Nasal Cannula or Oxygen Mask Application (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Oxygen Therapy and Oxygen Delivery (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Pulse Oximetry (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)

  • Evidence-Based Early Recognition and Management of ARDS Drives Outcomes: The Why and How
  • Pulmonary Management Pocket Card

  NPJournal

  • Pulse Oximetry: Uses and Limitations Article

  Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation

  • Pulse Oximeters and Oxygen Saturation
• Resuscitation

  Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) - Overview
  • Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) - Semiautomatic Mode
  • Atrial and Junctional Dysrhythmias and Heart Block (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Atrial Dysrhythmias (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
  • Chest Tube Insertion (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  Garden City Hospital

  • ABCDs During a Code Blue Response in an Adult Patient

  LUCAS

  • AutoPulse Competency Checklist (Individual)
  • AutoPulse Script for New Deployment Training
  • LUCAS 2 Chest Compression Instructor Guidebook
  • LUCAS 2 Chest Compression System Cognitive Aid
  • LUCAS 2 Chest Compression System Performance Evaluation
  • LUCAS 3 Chest Compression System Instructor Guidebook
  • LUCAS 3 Chest Compression System Cognitive Aid
  • LUCAS 3 Chest Compression System Performance Evaluation

  NCBI Cureus

  • Mock Code: A Code Blue Scenario Requested by and Developed for Registered Nurses

  Zoll AutoPulse

  • Zoll AutoPulse Resuscitation System Model 100 CPR 100 User Guide
  • Zoll AutoPulse Resuscitation System Model 100 CPR 100 Quick Reference Guide
  • Zoll AutoPulse Resuscitation System Model 100 CPR 100 Prep for Use
• Self Care

  Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Whole Health Self Care Resources

  Department of Veterans Affairs - Health Prevention

  • VHA Health Promotion Disease Prevention Programs

  Department of Veterans Affairs - PTSD

  • Resources for Managing Stress

  Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans Health Library

  • Keys to Managing Stress
  • Stress Management
• Shock

  American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)

  • Hemodynamic Management Pocket Card
• Wound Care

  Department of Veterans Affairs - SimLEARN

  • Wound Care - Didactic
  • Wound Care - Scenario
  • Pressure Ulcer prevention (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  Point of Care Elsevier

  • Pressure Injury: Risk Assessment and Prevention INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY

  Wiley Online University

  • Patient Participation in Pressure Injury Prevention: Giving Patients a Voice

  YouTube

  • Pressure Wound Video Series Pt.1 : The Braden scale