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Restraint-Free
Care in Nursing Homes
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T I P S Online is
pleased to host our Hartford
Center's newest
educational resource, an online
training module, Restraint-Free
Care in Nursing Homes.
This module builds on the award-winning
research on the elimination of restraints by
Penn-Nursing faculty Drs. Neville Strumpf
and Lois Evans and translates findings
from two decades of research into practice.
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L. Evans and N. Strumpf |
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In
this module we provide the basic information necessary
to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate non-restraint
interventions. The use of the Minimum Data Set (MDS)
and other clinical assessment tools are also discussed.
The
Restraint-Free
Care in Nursing Homes module is self-paced;
we invite you to peruse it at your convenience. To
read through the
GERO
T I P S Online
module in
its entirety, it is recommended to follow the  signs
on the bottom of each page. However, if you want to get
to specific pages directly, you can also use the drop-down
menu on the top of each page.
The
GERO T I P S Online
Restraint-Free Care in Nursing
Homes module is available to you at no
charge.
After
you have explored our RFC module,
please fill out a short
Your
feedback will enhance our ability to provide
more
web-based educational offerings.
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Please contact Monda
Spool, the administrator of the Hartford Center of Geriatric
Nursing Excellence, with any questions or comments about
the Restraint Free Care in
Nursing Homes training module and/or the
new GERO T I P S
Online
program.
For
technical questions, please send an email to the
webmaster.
Your
inquiries regarding the clinical content
are best directed to Valerie
Cotter, the editor of the Restraint
Free Care in Nursing Homes training module.
Monda
M. Spool, MBA, MA
Administrator, Hartford
Center
of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing
365 Nursing Education Building
420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217
Tel:
(215) 573-3296
email: mspool@nursing.upenn.edu
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Valerie
T. Cotter, MSN, CRNP
Associate Director, Adult Health and
GNP Programs, School of Nursing,
Education
Director, Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of
PA
142 Nursing Education Building
420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217
Tel:
(215) 898-1795
email: cottervt@nursing.upenn.edu |
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