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Cathy Wollman

DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

Dr. Wollman has been an educator and clinician for more than 35 years. She has worked as a gerontologic nurse practitioner at multiple sites of care across the health care system. She also served as director of senior health for a large health system and the coordinator of the nurse practitioner program for more than ten years at Neumann University in Aston, PA. She worked as one of the first advanced practice nurses in transitional care research at the University of Pennsylvania twenty years ago. Dr. Wollman has more recently taught nurse practitioner courses in an online college of nursing. She has presented at multiple national conferences on aging topics, including transitional care, dementia, falls, and health literacy.

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Transitions of Care: Pulmonary Disease Part 1

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

Transitions of Care: Pulmonary Disease Part 1

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Video Runtime: 73 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 24 Minutes

This course will focus on nursing and interdisciplinary team (IDT) interventions required to improve outcomes for skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or pneumonia. COPD and pneumonia are identified among the five conditions responsible for potentially avoidable hospitalizations in nursing home residents. This course will review the definitions, pathophysiology, and evidence-based care for residents with COPD or pneumonia. Nursing staff will learn the essentials of comprehensive assessment and management of residents, identify risk factors for readmission, and manage clinical data during transitions of care. Individual roles of the interdisciplinary team will be examined. This course will assist the SNF to advance its reputation in the community by providing quality care to residents with COPD or pneumonia.

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Transitions of Care: Pulmonary Disease Part 2

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

Transitions of Care: Pulmonary Disease Part 2

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Video Runtime: 63 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 24 Minutes

This course will continue to highlight interventions to improve outcomes for skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or pneumonia. The focus of Part 2 will be on self-care education, discharge planning, and quality transitions of care. Emphasis will be on educational interventions for the resident and caregiver to enhance their ability to manage self-care. The course's overall goal is to prevent unnecessary hospitalization following discharge. The course will also focus on unique resident goals for COPD management, including preferences for palliative and end-of-life care. The course will conclude with a case study of a complex resident with pulmonary disease.

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Transitions of Care: Dementia Part 1

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

Transitions of Care: Dementia Part 1

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Video Runtime: 61 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 24 Minutes

This course will focus on specific interventions required to improve outcomes for skilled nursing facility (SNF) or nursing facility (NF) residents with cognitive impairment or dementia. Nearly half of nursing home residents have Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRDs). Those residents are hospitalized two to three more times as often as residents without dementia This course will review the unique needs of residents with dementia during transitions, with a focus on prevention of unnecessary hospitalizations. Nursing staff will learn the essentials of comprehensive assessment of residents with dementia, identifying risk factors for hospital admission, and managing clinical data during transitions of care. This course will help the SNF and/or NF to advance their reputation in the community by providing quality, cost-effective care to residents with cognitive impairment or dementia.

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Transitions of Care: Dementia Part 2

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

Transitions of Care: Dementia Part 2

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Video Runtime: 56 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 24 Minutes

This course will continue to highlight nursing interventions to improve outcomes for skilled nursing facility (SNF) or nursing facility (NF) residents with cognitive impairment or dementia. The focus will be on education and discharge planning for those returning home following their SNF or NF stay. The course will also focus on the importance of advance care planning, as most dementias or neurocognitive disorders are progressive terminal diseases. Individual roles of the interdisciplinary team will be examined to improve transitions and prevent unnecessary hospitalizations. Unique resident and family goals, including options for palliative or hospice care, will be discussed. The course will conclude with a case study of a complex resident with dementia.

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The Nurse's Role With Frail Older Adults Part 1

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

The Nurse's Role With Frail Older Adults Part 1

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Video Runtime: 41 Minutes; Learning Assessment Runtime: 13 Minutes

This course will provide an overview of long-term care and discuss the unique needs of older adults who reside in long-term care settings. The course will also focus on the nurse's role within those challenging settings. Demands on long-term care are growing as the needs of residents become increasingly complex and require a high level of professional care and support. The role of the nurse in long-term care is critical to ensure safe, competent, compassionate, and ethical care. This course summarizes the role of the nurse in long-term care, including coordination of care, provision of direct care, and quality care related to acute and chronic illness and disability in all stages of life.

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The Nurse’s Role: Communication and Teaching Skills in Long-Term Care Part 1

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

The Nurse’s Role: Communication and Teaching Skills in Long-Term Care Part 1

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Video Runtime: 40 Minutes; Learning Assessment Runtime: 13 Minutes

This course will provide an evidence-based review of communication and teaching skills for use with older adults, with a focus on complex older adults who reside in long-term care settings. Clear communication is essential to support effective and caring relationships. Communication and teaching skills are also critical to patient or resident self-care management of complex chronic diseases. Communication is affected by normal aging changes, including sensory loss, slower processing of information, and functional problems, such as pain, fatigue, or cognitive loss. Communication that supports the ability of the older adult to understand and use health information is a professional, legal, and ethical responsibility for nurses in long-term care.

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The Nurse's Role With Frail Older Adults Part 2

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

The Nurse's Role With Frail Older Adults Part 2

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Video Runtime: 26 Minutes; Learning Assessment Runtime: 13 Minutes

This course will continue the discussion of the nurse's role in long-term care and the unique needs of older adults who reside in long-term care settings. The role of the nurse in long-term care is critical to ensure safe, competent, compassionate, and ethical care. This course summarizes the role of the nurse in person-centered care as part of the interdisciplinary team. An additional focus will be on ethical issues encountered in long-term care including decision making capacity, support of residents in their self-care decisions, surrogate decision making, and advance care planning.

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The Nurse’s Role: Communication and Teaching Skills in Long-Term Care Part 2

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

The Nurse’s Role: Communication and Teaching Skills in Long-Term Care Part 2

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Video Runtime: 40 Minutes; Learning Assessment Runtime: 18 Minutes

This course will continue the evidence-based review of communication and teaching skills with older adults who reside in long-term care settings. The course will focus on the challenges of teaching frail older adults and will include key principles of learning for the development of individualized plans of care. Effective teaching tools, presentation skills, and assessment of the learning environment will be included in this course. Health literacy will be defined and its effect on teaching and learning will be reviewed. Communication that supports the ability of the older adult to understand and use health information is a professional, legal, and ethical responsibility for nurses in long-term care.

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Transitions of Care: Reduce Hospitalizations in SNFs Part 1

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

Transitions of Care: Reduce Hospitalizations in SNFs Part 1

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This course features an interactive case study. For the best experience, please watch this course on a desktop or laptop computer.

This course will introduce skilled nursing facility (SNF) administrators and staff to quality transitions of care for SNF residents. Emergency room (ER) visits and readmissions for SNF residents are common, expensive, and result in complications for frail residents. SNFs are accountable for avoidable, preventable, or unnecessary hospital re-admissions. Each member of the interprofessional team plays a role in prevention of poor outcomes for residents. This course will provide an overview of transitions of care and the critical need to improve transitions within SNFs. A discussion of person- centered care and comprehensive resident information required to provide quality care is included. Best practice models are discussed with the focus on communication and safety, including medication reconciliation. The course will conclude with a brief case study of a typical high-risk resident transferred from acute care to the SNF.

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Transitions of Care: Reduce Hospitalizations in SNFs Part 2

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

Transitions of Care: Reduce Hospitalizations in SNFs Part 2

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This course will continue to explore quality transitions of care in the skilled nursing facility (SNF). Medicare financial changes that necessitate improved transitions of residents in SNFs will be discussed. Quality Improvement (QI) tools available for assessment, documentation, and communication between staff, providers, and families will be analyzed. Recommendations to improve the facility's transitions of care program will include interventions for safe transfer of residents from acute care, management of residents within the SNF, and discharge planning for transfers back to the resident's home. The course will conclude with a Q&A session with an expert in the field, to evaluate unique concerns about transitions of care in the SNF.

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Transitions of Care: Heart Failure Part 1

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

Transitions of Care: Heart Failure Part 1

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This course features an interactive case study. For the best experience, please watch this course on a desktop or laptop computer.

This course will focus on specific interventions required to improve outcomes for skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents with heart failure (HF). HF is the chronic condition that has the highest incidence of readmission to acute care. Residents admitted with HF will have multiple high risk criteria and require staff with advanced knowledge of HF to provide quality care. This course will focus on the definition, pathophysiology, and evidence-based care of residents with HF. Nursing staff will learn the essentials of comprehensive assessment of residents with HF, interpret clinical data transferred from the hospital setting, and use critical thinking to safely manage these residents. Individual roles of the interprofessional team will be examined, as each discipline is necessary to support a quality plan of care. The course will conclude with a case study of a complex resident with heart failure.

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Transitions of Care: Heart Failure Part 2

Presented by Cathy Wollman, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, CRNP

Transitions of Care: Heart Failure Part 2

Subscribe now, and access clinical education and patient education—anytime, anywhere—with video instruction from recognized industry experts.
This course features an interactive case study. For the best experience, please watch this course on a desktop or laptop computer.

This course will continue to highlight nursing interventions to improve outcomes for SNF residents with heart failure (HF) with a focus on self-care education, discharge planning, and quality transitions of care. Educational interventions will focus on individual resident and caregiver ability to provide self-care and prevent unnecessary hospitalization following discharge. The course will also focus on unique resident goals for HF management, including preferences for end-of-life care. The quality discharge plan will include sharing of clinical data at the time of transition from the SNF. The course will conclude with Part II of the case study of a complex resident with heart failure. This course will assist the SNF to advance their reputation in the community and overall performance scores by providing quality care to residents with HF.

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