Working in skilled nursing, assisted living and ID/DD settings is incredibly rewarding. It is also stressful due to the demands and pressures faced on a daily basis. The workforce crisis and COVID-19 have exacerbated this stress creating even more challenges for those who work in long-term care. To help staff members manage those challenges, ahcancalED has launched two new online courses ideal for all frontline staff and leadership in long-term care facilities struggling with daily work and life stresses.  These courses are intended to be one tool in the toolbox to help improve staff retention. 

Self-Care: The Secret to Surviving!

This is an abbreviated course that includes an interactive quiz to help individuals measure their stress levels followed by strategies that can be individualized to cope with that stress.  

Managers and supervisors are encouraged to make this course available to staff members experiencing stress and to use the course as a preventative educational tool to help employees cope with inevitable work stresses. 

Cost: $25 for AHCA/NCAL members | $65 for non-members

REGISTER HERE 

This 34-minute learning session does not come with CEs.

Facility Subscription 

$350 AHCA/NCAL Member Only: One- Year

Facilities will use one individual’s login to access the material throughout the year that may viewed individually or in small groups as part of staff in-service trainings.

Facility Registration Here

Improving Staff Resiliency and Retention: An Action Plan that Works

This course is aimed at reinvigorating individual passion for long-term care by providing the tools and resources needed to decrease perceived stress levels and help other team members do the same to aid with staff retention. After attending this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify stressful situations within their environment.
• Employ stress reduction techniques that work.
• Decrease their overall perceived stress levels.

Cost: $199 for AHCA/NCAL members | $249 for non-members

Additional discounts are available for groups 26+

REGISTER HERE 

3.50 NAB CEs and 3.0 CEs through the Iowa Board of Nursing are available upon completion.

Individuals will need to login to ahcancalED with their AHCA/NCAL usernames and passwords to register for either course. For assistance obtaining usernames and passwords, members should e-mail educate@ahca.org with their name and facility contact information. 

One individual can register more than one person during the checkout process. Instructions to do so are available here