Sue Ann Guildermann

National mobility and alarms expert Sue Ann Guildermann is the speaker for this presentation on reducing falls in nursing homes.

Speaker

Sue Ann Guildermann, RN, BA, MA, has over forty years experience providing education, leadership, and consultation to non-profit and for-profit long term care organizations. Sue Ann is a registered nurse with a BA and MA in communication and adult education.  She currently designs and produces educational seminars and conferences for Empira, a consortium of 24 skilled nursing facilities and 14 assisted living facilities in Minnesota. For the last eight years, she has created educational programs for both management and direct line staff to assist in the implementation of two consecutive, three-year, national and state quality improvement grants. The purpose of these grants is to reduce residents’ falls and to improve the residents’ quality of sleep in skilled nursing homes. In January 2012, Empira’s Fall Prevention program was awarded the Minnesota Commissioner of Human Services Circle of Excellence Award for “contributions to the wellbeing of human services clients.” Sue Ann has edited, designed, and written educational manuals, printed materials, and videotapes. She has taught at the University of Minnesota in the School of Public Health. Sue Ann received the Chairperson’s Award from the Care Providers Association of Minnesota “in recognition of her outstanding leadership in educational programming.”

Target Audience

The webinar is designed for nurses, and other nursing home staff.

Learning Outcome

Participants will be able to discuss strategies and interventions to prevent falls among nursing home residents. This outcome will be assessed by self-report of knowledge gained from the activity.

Objectives

Following this webinar, participants will be better able to:­

• Utilize root cause analysis in the investigation and prevention of resident falls.
• Analyze the internal, external and systemic conditions and operations that may contribute to the causes of resident falls.
• Identify the appropriate interventions to the causes of the falls.

Content Learning Needs

To indicate your learning needs or specific questions for the speaker to address please e-mail continuing-ed@metastar.com.

Special Needs

If you have needs under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please email continuing-ed@metastar.com.

Recording

Visit YouTube channel for recording of this webinar New Look At Managing Falls.

Handouts

Download New Look At Managing Falls slide handouts PDF.

Contact

If you have questions or concerns, contact Jenna Kornberg, 952-853-8583, jkornberg@stratishealth.org.

A Great 8+ presentation brought to you by Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network, the Medicare QIO-QIN serving Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, in partnership with the QIN-QIOs serving Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

Continuing Education Credits

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Registered Nurses –

MetaStar, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The participant is responsible for determining if the educational activity is acceptable to meet CE requirements to renew licensure in their state

MetaStar is the approved provider of nursing contact hours in a joint planning agreement with the Lake Superior Quality Network (LSQIN).

Continuing Education Disclosures

Notice of requirements for successful completion – Participants must complete an on-line evaluation with attendance attestation to obtain educational credit or a certificate of attendance. Full session attendance is required for educational credit.

Disclosure of relevant financial relationships / conflicts of interest – No speaker or planner has known financial relationships or other potential conflicts of interest to disclose. Participants will be informed prior to the beginning of the educational event.

Commercial support – There is no commercial support for this activity.

Off-label use – If reference is made during this educational activity to use of a product (medication or device) other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the speaker will announce this at the time of the presentation.

Registration Fees and Refund Policy: There is no cost for this webinar.