Project Firstline Resources
Curriculum Topics:
āOral Care and Feeding
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āFeb 2022
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āChanging Linens and Bed Making
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āMarch 2022
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āProper Positioning and Transferring
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āApril 2022
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āEncore Sessions: Standard Precautions, Bathing & Dressing, and Skin, Perineal, & Urinary Catheter Care
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āMay 2022
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āāEnvironmental Cleaning and Disinfection
Nail Care and Shaving
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āJune 2022
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āāNail Care and Shaving
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Trainings focus on infection prevention and control practices while performing common CNA tasks.
2022 Course Materials
June 2022
The Role of CNA in Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
This oneā hour course on proper positioning and transfer is an interactive training for skilled nursing facility Certified Nursing Assistants. The course will review key infection prevention and control practices during positioning and transfer of residents to help prevent the spread of infections.
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April 2022
Turning Point: Infection Prevention Practices while Positioning and Transferring Residents
This oneā hour course on proper positioning and transfer is an interactive training for skilled nursing facility Certified Nursing Assistants. The course will review key infection prevention and control practices during positioning and transfer of residents to help prevent the spread of infections.
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March 2022
Good Night! Sleep Clean and Tight: Infection Prevention while Bed-Makings
This one-hour course on bed-making is an interactive training for skilled nursing facility Certified Nursing Assistants. Review the role of Standard precautions when changing residentsā bed linen. Additionally, the course will cover ways to disinfect the bedside area and handle soiled linen to prevent the spread of infections.
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February 2022
Letās Chew on This: Infection Prevention Practices while Providing Oral Care and Feeding Residents
Infection prevention principles/recommendations for oral care/feeding in SNFs, importance of oral care/proper feeding techniques, and learn to identify infection prevention practices during oral care and feeding.
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2021 Course Materials
July Content
Back to Basics: Standard Precautions
Review the six elements of Standard precautions and why these practices are needed to maintain a safe environment of care.
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August Content
Who? What? Wear? Personal Protective Equipment in SNFs
This course will discuss the importance of correct PPE use. Additionally, the session will review the step-by-step methods to don and doff PPE to prevent infection transmission among residents.
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September Content
Making a Splash! Bathing and Dressing Residents
This course describes three ways to avoid spreading germs while providing resident care, while also reviewing measures to minimize the risk of spreading germs during bathing and dressing residents. This course will also provide the tools for CNAs to identify appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to use while bathing and dressing residents.
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October Content
Skin, Perineal, and Urinary Catheter Care: Maintaining the Bodyās First Lines of Defense Against Infections
This course will provide material on ways to prevent infection during skin, perineal, and urinary catheter care. In addition, this course material explains how healthy skin can prevent infection, and describes correct procedures used for urinary catheter, perineal, and skin care.