Creating a Culture of Safety

Professional Development Educator Topic - Creating a Culture of Safety

 This module should enable you to:
1. Describe the impact of work-related injuries on nursing homes and their employees
2. Describe the components of a culture of safety
3. List five ergonomic stressors
4. Describe basic principles for repositioning, lifting, and lateral transfers of residents

In order to fulfill requirements to obtain the contact hour the learner must read the entire module, take and pass the test with a score of at least 70%, and submit the Continuing Education Registration and Evaluation Form on the last page of this module. Contact hours for this program will be offered through 2013.
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