Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course
What will I learn?
Improve your nursing skills with our Training Course for Preventing Infections in Elderly Care Homes. You will learn how to spot and handle chest infections (respiratory infections), become good at watching and reporting infections, and understand where infections come from in care homes. Learn how to put in place good ways to prevent infections, like using protective gear (PPE) and washing hands properly. You will also learn how to teach staff and people living in the home about infection prevention. Make sure you are following the rules and always trying to improve things with practical training that you can use in your job.
Apoia's Unique Features
Develop skills
Enhance the practical skills listed below
Become an expert at watching infections: Keep track of infections and report them well.
Use protective gear properly: Make sure everyone uses gloves, masks, and gowns the right way.
Improve hand washing: Encourage everyone to wash their hands very well.
Find dangers that cause infection: See risky things in shared areas and with equipment.
Create teaching plans: Teach staff and residents how to prevent infections.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before beginning, feel free to change the chapters and the workload.
- Choose which chapter to start with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can add
You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below
This is a free course focused on personal and professional development. It is not akin to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.