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Diane Vaughn
RN, C-DONA/LTC, LNHA
Diane C. Vaughn, RN, C-DONA/LTC, LNHA has been a nurse for over 40 years. She has worked in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, ICF-MR, and in national consulting companies. She is also an endorsed parish nurse. She served in the roles of staff nurse, nurse manager, staff development, director of nursing, quality manager, director of quality, assistant administrator, consultant, and currently is VP of clinical services for a multistate company, responsible for the quality of care and clinical services and regulatory compliance.
Since 2004, Diane has taught components of the administrator preparatory class at the University of Minnesota. She was the Clinical Practice Chair for two years with the American Health Care Association. Diane has participated as a member of a Technical Panel Expert at CMS. She has presented on multiple topics regarding quality such as adverse events, quality improvement, reducing rehospitalizations, and multiple clinical areas.
Courses with Diane Vaughn
Browse Course CatalogQAPI Simplified and Effective for Skilled Nursing Facilities
Presented by Diane Vaughn, RN, C-DONA/LTC, LNHA
QAPI Simplified and Effective for Skilled Nursing Facilities
Health care is changing and expectations are higher than ever before. Adverse events are transitioning to "never events" and to "no harm" events in terms of the public and governmental expectations of health care service providers. The development of a team's competency regarding the understanding and delivery of the CMS Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Requirements of Participation Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) will help your organization excel and succeed. This program is designed to provide an overview of the CMS SNF QAPI program, but the methods are universal at any level of care. Additional modules are available to go deeper into QAPI tasks, intended to build subject matter experts within your team. This course will be helpful for board of directors, SNF leadership team, the interdisciplinary team, frontline managers, and other stakeholders.
QAPI: Meeting All of the SNF Nursing Requirements
Presented by Diane Vaughn, RN, C-DONA/LTC, LNHA
QAPI: Meeting All of the SNF Nursing Requirements
This course will guide leaders, managers, supervisors, and the QAPI committee through the CMS QAPI regulatory requirements. There are four F tags for QAPI: F865, F866, F867, F868. QAPI is also listed as a deficiency to be considered by surveyors when other care and service areas breakdown. This course will assist you in building a strong QAPI program and preparing for successful regulatory surveys.
Evaluating the "Connection" Between the QAPI Plan and Facility Assessment
Presented by Diane Vaughn, RN, C-DONA/LTC, LNHA
Evaluating the "Connection" Between the QAPI Plan and Facility Assessment
This course explains how to build and manage the connection between the QAPI plan and the facility assessment. It provides strategies to capture negative changes early, proactively avoid negative changes, and also identify opportunities for innovation. This course is designed for QAPI leadership and PIP leaders.
QAPI: Running an Effective QAPI Committee and Engaging All Stakeholders
Presented by Diane Vaughn, RN, C-DONA/LTC, LNHA
QAPI: Running an Effective QAPI Committee and Engaging All Stakeholders
This course will provide a recommended template to guide the QAPI committee in making the QAPI meeting more than a reporting meeting. It will become a fluid, dynamic, interactive process of continuous improvement on the journey towards excellence.
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