LTCE 201: Certificate in Nursing Home Administration I
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Approved for nursing home administrator licensure in the following states:
DELAWARE,
HAWAII
IDAHO,
MARYLAND,
NEW JERSEY
NORTH CAROLINA
NEW YORK (with individual permission from licensing board)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (with individual permission from licensing board)
WISCONSIN (with individual permission from licensing board)
IMPORTANT NOTE
FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE STATES LTCE 201 PLUS LTCE 202 FULLY MEET EACH STATE'S LONG TERM CARE SPECIFIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT AND SATISFY THESE STATES' EDUCATION REQUIREMENT, E. G. ARE EQUAL TO THE "100 HOUR" COURSE REQUIREMENT, ETC.
IN MOST OF THESE STATES YOU MUST ALSO COMPLETE AN ADMINISTRATOR IN TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH IS THE PRACTICE PORTION OF YOUR LICENSURE PREPARATION. LTCE 201 AND LTCE 202 TOGETHER MEET THESE STATES' REQUIREMENT THAT A PERSON STUDY THE FIVE NAB DOMAINS OF PRACTICE WHICH ARE
LTCE 201 MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT (NAB REQUIRED DOMAINS)
LTCE 202 FINANCE AND RESIDENT CARE (NAB REQUIRED DOMAINS)
MEETING THESE STATES' ADMINISTRATOR IN TRAINING REQUIREMENT IS DONE THROUGH ARRANGEMENTS WITH EACH STATE'S LICENSING BOARD
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LTCE-201-NHA-CERT Nursing Home Administration, Part One: Domains of Practice: Organizational Management, Human Resources Management and Physical Environment Management
Tuition: $294. Includes all required documentation (except student's state reglations) in downloadable format.
Students must obtain their own copy of their state's current regulations for nursing homes.
Management functions:
- forecasting,
- planning,
- budgeting,
- organizing,
- staffing,
- directing,
- evaluating,
- controlling quality,
- innovating,
- marketing;
- levels of management;
- line-staff relationships;
- trend analysis,
- systems,
- steps in planning;
- quality control;
- organizational growth;
- policies and procedures;
- decision-making,
- leading,
- leadership styles;
- power and authority;
- communication skills,
- roles,
- norms,
- goals,
- vision;
- history of management;
- diagnosing organizations;
- total quality management;
- marketing concepts and applications to long term care.
Human Resources domain:
- Organizational patterns;
- departmental profiles;
- personnel functions;
- forecasting staff needs;
- recruitment;
- hiring legislation:
- permitted/not permitted practices;
- training; personnel handbooks;
- retaining employees,
- identifying employee needs;
- evaluating employees:
- performance evaluations,
- rating employees;
- paying employees:
- wage policies, mix, labor market;
- disciplining employees:
- progressive discipline,
- discharging employees.
Physical Environment Management Domain of Practice
- Origins of long term care;
- industry overview,
- profile of nursing home industry;
- long term care continuum overview;
- Older Americans Act,
- Medicare,
- Medicaid,
- hospice care,
- life care communities,
- labor laws and regulations,
- unions, the bargaining unit,
- Civil Rights Legislation,
- EEOC,
- PSDA,
- CLIA,
- Family Medical Leave Act,
- FLSA (regulation of compensation, workers' comp, unemployment compensation;
- OSHA,
- Life Safety Code,
- ADA guidelines,
- health planning regulations,
- certificates of need;
- JCAHO.