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This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and key clinical considerations for administering the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS). It covers the purpose, rationale, detailed steps for conducting the BIMS, and coding instructions and guidelines. The course also includes a review of the Staff Assessment for Mental Status (SAMS).
This course is essential for healthcare professionals assessing cognitive function in patients, particularly in long-term care settings. Understanding and accurately coding the BIMS is critical for ensuring proper care planning and meeting regulatory requirements for Medicare providers.
This course is designed to enhance participants’ understanding and application of the BIMS and SAMS assessment tools, enabling them to perform accurate cognitive assessments and ensure regulatory compliance.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a web-based training course that provides an overview of the assessment and coding of pressure ulcers/injuries. This course is intended for providers in Home Health Agencies (HHAs), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs), Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs), and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs).
This course provides an overview of the patient/resident assessment instrument guidance across post-acute care (PAC) settings for the coding of pressure ulcers/injuries. It will begin with a description of the intent and rationale for pressure ulcer/injury (PU/I) items, coding principles, and staging of pressure ulcers/injuries. An explanation of the cross-setting pressure ulcer/injury quality measure (QM) will be provided. In addition, resources that are available to assist PAC providers in pressure ulcer/injury assessment will be reviewed. Participants will engage in interactive exercises to test their knowledge and application of coding principles throughout the course.

This course will discuss fluid balance and explain fluid intake and output (IandO), why monitoring is essential, and methods for measuring IandO.

Restorative Nursing Programs are nursing interventions that promote a residents independent living and prevent decline. Such programs offer a range of benefits to both the resident and the facility. While restorative nursing programs are not the same as rehabilitation programs, they are more intense than routine nursing care. To be recognized as a restorative nursing program, specific criteria must be met and relevant documentation must be maintained. This course provides an overview of restorative nursing programs, discusses how these may be developed, what documentation is required for the programs, and reimbursement.

This course discusses diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and their significance as a health problem for individuals with diabetes. Participants will learn about the barriers to healing in diabetic patients as well as the risk factors associated with the development of DFUs. The course will also cover best practices for assessing individuals with DFUs and reducing pressure to promote healing.

Enterocutaneous fistulas can be a frustrating and disheartening experience for the patient and family members. Often, it represents a new or additional complication or unexpected development of an ongoing disease process. It can also be a challenge for the clinician, as well. This course will help with understanding the development, treatment, and nursing considerations for effective fistula management so, as clinicians, we can better treat and manage this patient population.

In this presentation, we will focus on the benefits of wound photographs as adjunct documentation in the medical record. When taken with care, wound photos can serve as a communication tool, a clinical tool, an educational tool as well as a risk management tool. We will also discuss how, when, and why to use wound photography. Additionally, we will present some guidelines for Best Practices.

Wound bed preparation includes the treatment of the whole patient before the hole in the patient by treating the cause and patient-centered concerns. Local wound bed preparation includes DIM—which is debridement, infection/inflammation, and moisture balance—before DIMES, which is DIM plus advanced edge effect therapies for wounds with the ability to heal.

Wound cleansing is one of the most important components of an effective wound management protocol. Optimal wound healing cannot occur until all proinflammatory material and foreign bodies have been removed from the wound. This course provides an overview of the essentials of wound cleansing, which include understanding the principles, identifying the tools available, and acknowledging common solutions for effective wound cleansing, which is essential for effective wound healing. As clinicians, it is imperative that the benefits of wound cleansing are balanced against the harm inflicted upon the wound bed.