In these unprecedented and challenging times, home care and hospice providers must engage critical thinking, problem solving and leadership skills to serve their clients. Join us for a virtual conference with Barbara Citarella, a national expert on infection control, leadership and disaster preparedness. We will discuss Emergency Preparedness; Safety and Violence in the Workplace and Situational Awareness; Incident Command System; Leadership in a Crisis Situation; and Caring for Patients in the Long Term that Have Health Issues as a Result of COVID. 

Presenter: Barbara Citarella, RN, BSN, MS, CHCE, NHDP-BC from RBC Limited
Panelist: Christie Hinrichs, CEO of Tabitha

Click HERE to register online.

If you are unable to join us live, you can purchase a recording of the webinar, listen to the recording and earn nurse contact hours (CEUs).

An application has been submitted to Iowa Western Community College Board of Nursing Provider #6 for contact hours and is pending approval.

Objectives:

1. Identify components of a disaster program.
2. Discuss relationships between compliance and after action reports after an event.
3. Identify gaps in agency disaster planning process.
4. Identify the current and potential vaccines for COVID.
5. Discuss employee/patient vaccinations.
6. Define crisis leadership and isomorphic learning.
7. Discuss relationship between critical thinking and crisis leadership.
8. Identify cognitive biases that interfere with critical leadership.
9. Define COVID long haulers.
10. Discuss employee protection.
11. Discuss potential legal and regulatory issues.