Trauma-Informed Care Skilled Nursing

This is a preview of the CareerSmart Learning online continuing education course Trauma-Informed Care Skilled Nursing. Go to https://careersmart.com/ to purchase this course.

Course objectives include: Name 5 different components of F-TAG 699; define trauma; recognize a trauma survivor using behavioral indicators; examine different trauma assessment tools; describe 3 aspects of cultural competence in trauma-informed care; understand the difference between PTSD and trauma-informed care.

Starting November 28, 2019, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services​ expects skilled nursing facility staff to provide culturally competent trauma-informed care. What that means is largely up to the facility itself. This course provides an introduction to trauma-informed care that both complies with F-Tag 699 and prepares staff for the behavioral health interventions needed to provide a trauma-informed approach to create an environment where residents feel safe and supported. The identification of trauma survivors is predicated on the universal approach that all residents have the potential to experience trauma simply by being admitted to a nursing home and that all trauma survivors deserve privacy and confidentiality with their sensitive personal histories.

Course is approved for 1.5 continuing education units-CEUs-contact hours for the following professionals:
Skilled Nursing Facility Staff
California Nurses (RN, LVN, LPN) – CA BRN

We provide online continuing education to nurses, case managers, rehab counselors, OSHA, workers' comp, & RCFE admins.