Maintaining a Safe Home Environment

Course Code: REL-PAC-0-MSHE

Hours: 0.5

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028

Learning Objectives:
Identify factors that increase a client’s risk for injury.
Recognize common hazards in the home environment.
Describe steps to maintain a safe home environment for your clients.

Outline:
Section 1: Introduction

A. About This Course

B. Learning Objectives

Section 2: Hazards in the Home

A. A Visit with Joe

B. Risk Factors for Clients

C. Hazards in the Home

D. Conditions in the Home

E. Visitors and Family

F. Weapons and Violence

G. Hazardous Materials and Medical Waste

H. Electrical Safety

I. Fire Emergencies

J. Responding to Fires

K. Fire Education

L. Carbon Monoxide

M. Natural Disasters 

N. Review

Section 3: Conclusion

A. Summary

B. Course Contributor

C. Resource

D. References

E. Congratulations!

Instructor: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N.

Jennifer has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C) and is a Curriculum Designer in post-acute care for Relias. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.”

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Direct Care Workers; General Staff; in the following settings: Home Health.

Relias Learning will be transparent in disclosing if any commercial support, sponsorship or co-providership is present prior to the learner completing the course.

Relias Learning has a grievance policy in place to facilitate reports of dissatisfaction. Relias Learning will make every effort to resolve each grievance in a mutually satisfactory manner. In order to report a complaint or grievance please contact Relias Learning at support@reliaslearning.com.

Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.