DATE: June 12, 2024
TIME: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Webinar
With summer approaching, now is the time for facilities to
focus on key elements of their emergency preparedness plans that often come
into play during events like heat waves, power failures, severe storms and even
hurricanes. The NJ Department of Health
will review the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services emergency
preparedness rules, discuss situations that require reporting to the Department
and describe the education, drills and other actions facilities must take.
FACULTY:
Carol Hamill, RN
LTC Program Manager for Health Facilities Survey & Field Operations Division
New Jersey Department of Health
David
Tredy
Supervising
Surveyor Physical Plant/Life Safety Code
New Jersey Department of Health
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the CMS and DOH emergency preparedness regulations
- Identify situations that require reporting to the NJ DOH
- Explain the facility’s obligations concerning education, drills and exercises.
NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS LICENSING BOARD STATEMENT:
This continuing education program is sponsored/conducted by the Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey (HRETNJ) and is in compliance with N.J.A.C. 8:34-7.3 to provide licensed nursing home administrator (LNHA) and certified assisted living administrator (CALA) education credits accepted by the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board.
This education activity may only be used for continuing education credit and not to meet academic college credits.
This education activity has been approved for a total of 1.5 LNHA/CALA continuing education credits.
NEW JERSEY STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
HRET is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Provider Number P-131-3/2024.
This activity awards 1.5 nursing contact hours.
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES NEW JERSEY STATEMENT
As an independent chartered chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the ACHE NJ, is authorized to award a total of 1.5 hours of ACHE Qualified Education credits toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program who wish to have it considered for ACHE Qualified Education credit should list their attendance when they apply to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification.
The planning committee, presenters, facility, authors, and content reviewers have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Disclosure forms are required and reviewed for any issues. Speakers are required to present balanced and unbiased presentations. The presentation’s content has been reviewed and any bias has been eliminated.
Accreditation status does not imply endorsement by HRET, NJSNA, ANCC Commission on Accreditation of any commercial products displayed with this program.