With reimbursement always on the line, high-acuity patient needs, and a continuing demand for onboarding new nurses and clinical staff, home health and hospice agencies need a trusted and reliable way to educate new staff quickly and efficiently on the most critical job-related skills.
At MedBridge, we strive to be a leader in education and training, and provide the highest quality content for our providers. That is why we have partnered with CHAP to ensure that our disease-specific courses in areas such as Heart Failure, Dementia, and Wound Care are CHAP-verified, and satisfy the CHAP Disease Program standards for education and training requirements.
The courses selected not only satisfy CHAP requirements, but reflect the highest quality and accuracy standards necessary for teaching critical skills in specialized patient care. Whether your organization is seeking CHAP Disease Program Certification, or just seeking to support clinical excellence by providing ongoing advanced training, you can be confident that our evidence-based courses support consistent, quality patient care.
The following courses are part of MedBridge’s complete solution for home health and hospice disease-specific training.
Scroll through or select from the list below to skip to training for a specific disease.
Continuing Education Courses
Heart Failure
- Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
- Heart Failure: Medication Management
- Heart Failure Assessment: Monitoring Signs and Symptoms
- Preventing and Managing Heart Failure Exacerbation
- Heart Failure: Partnering With Patients to Promote Independence
- Heart Failure: Addressing Barriers to Self-Management in Patients
- Heart Failure: Achieving Success Through Motivational Interviewing
- Preventing Readmission With Heart Failure
- Caring for a Patient With Heart Failure: Reducing Hospitalization Risk
- Comorbidities in Complex Patients: Cardiac and Vascular
Dementia
- Dementia Care: Using the GEMS States Model for Personal Care Tasks
- Overview of Dementia: Alzheimer’s, Vascular, Lewy Body, Frontotemporal
- Dementia Care: Communicating When Someone Has Dementia
- Dementia Care: Offering Engagement for People Living With Dementia
- Dementia Care: Helping as Abilities Are Failing and Life Is Ending
- Dementia Care: Understanding Common Symptoms for Better Care
- Dementia Care: Reducing the Risk of Challenging Situations
- Dementia Care: Coping with Challenging Situations in Support and Care
- Residential Care Training for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders for Residential Care Providers
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders for Home Health Providers
Diabetes
- Nutrition Management of Diabetes
- Diabetes Management Using Medications and Technology
- Nutrition and Weight Management
- Pathophysiology and Management of Type 1 Diabetes
- Pathophysiology and Management of Type 2 Diabetes
- The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus in Geriatric Practice: Part 1
- The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus in Geriatric Care: Part 2
COPD
- Preventing Readmission With COPD: Transition From Acute to Home Care
- Smoking Cessation for Home Care: Empowering Clinicians to Intervene for Patients and Their Caregivers
- Fundamentals of Oxygen Safety and Management in Home Care and Hospice
- Physical Therapist Exercise Treatment of Chronic Lung Disease
- Comorbidities in Complex Patients: Pulmonary
- Rehabilitation Nursing for Pulmonary Conditions
- The Pathophysiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Stroke
- Case Management: Special Considerations for SCI, Brain Injury & Stroke
- Maximize Functional Recovery Across the Continuum: Acute & Chronic Stroke (Recorded Webinar)
- Predicting Recovery and Setting Appropriate Upper Extremity Goals Post-Stroke
- Upper Extremity Strategies Along the Post-Stroke Recovery Continuum
- Using Neuroplasticity Principles to Guide Therapeutic Intervention Post-Stroke
- Stroke Rehabilitation Cases 1 & 2: Wheelchair & Household Ambulation
- Stroke Rehabilitation Cases 3 & 4: Community Ambulation & Ataxia
- Post-Stroke Resources and Community Reintegration
- Palliative Care and Advance Directives After Stroke
- Stroke Care From Onset Through Post-Acute Care
- The Role of the Nurse in Care of Persons With Mild Stroke
- Dual Task Training in Stroke Rehabilitation: Recovering Automaticity in Gait, ADL, Swallow, and Other Procedural Memories (Recorded Webinar)
- Stroke Rehabilitation: The Advanced Interventions Course (Recorded Webinar)
- Interdisciplinary Management: Right-Hemisphere Stroke (Part 1)
- Interdisciplinary Management: Right-Hemisphere Stroke (Part 2)
- Facilitate, Force, and Function: Stroke Recovery for UE and LE Applied (Recorded Webinar)
- Integrating ADL Tasks Into Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Post Stroke
- Strategies to Integrate Function Into Rehabilitation Post Stroke
- Identifying Priorities for Long-Term Rehabilitation Post Stroke
Wound Care
- Wound Management: Skin Assessment and Wound Identification
- Holistic Wound Healing Part 1: Understanding Causative Factors
- Care of Wound Complications in Home Care
- Ostomy Care: Management and Patient Education in Home Care
- Holistic Wound Healing Part 2: Treatment Techniques and Strategies
- Physiology of Wound Healing
- Wound Healing: Wound Assessment
- Wound Healing: Wound Management
- Wound Care: Dressing, Positioning, Pressure Relief, and Risk Reduction
Procedural Skills
Cardiac
- Cardiovascular Assessment
- Edema Assessment and Management
- Cardiac Pulses Assessment: Upper Body and Lower Extremity
- Application Of Ted Hose (Antiembolism Hose)
- Pneumatic Compression Device
- Management Of Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) and Monitoring Client With Pacemaker At Home
- Use of a Holter Monitor at Home
Dementia
Endocrine
- Diabetes Assessment and Management
- Diabetic Foot Screening and Diabetic Foot Care
- Blood Glucose Monitoring
- Management of a Patient Utilizing Peritoneal Dialysis
- Insulin Pen
- Insulin Syringe Preparation
- Insulin Types—Onset and Duration
Respiratory Care
- Respiratory Assessment
- Tracheostomy Care
- Peak Flow Meter Use and Assessment
- Spacer Use and Cleaning
- Administration of Oxygen in the Home
- Changing Oxygen Tank Regulators
- Liquid Oxygen System
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
- Tracheostomy—Humidity Administration, Speaking Valve Placement and Removal, and Unplanned Tube Decannulation
- Management of Home Ventilators—Humidity Administration and Manual Ventilation with a Handheld Resuscitator
- Mechanical Ventilation Management
- Mechanical Ventilation—Terminal Weaning
- Pleural Catheter Management
Wound Care
- Wound Care: Assessment and Measurement
- Wound Care: Cleansing and Packing a Wound
- Wound Care: Multilayer Compression Therapy
- Wound Care: Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy
- Wound Care: Staple and Suture Removal
- Wound Care: Jackson-Pratt Drain (JP Drain) Care and Removal
- Unna Boot
For more information, please contact MedBridge Support
Note: The courses provided here are only recommendations. Each organization is responsible for ensuring its own compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and accreditation standards, as well as alignment with the needs of its patient population and staff. Always consult your company’s legal or compliance personnel with any questions or concerns related to this subject matter. These recommendations are not a substitute for legal advice for any individual provider or organization.
Article Updated July 2024