PROGRAM TOPICS
Abuse and Neglect
Age Specific
Ambulatory Care
Burn Care
Catheter Care
CE Accredited Programs
Central Service
Construction in Healthcare
Compliance
Critical Thinking Skills
Cultural Competency
Customer Service
Documentation
Emergency Department
End of Life Care
Age Specific
Ambulatory Care
Burn Care
Catheter Care
CE Accredited Programs
Central Service
Construction in Healthcare
Compliance
Critical Thinking Skills
Cultural Competency
Customer Service
Documentation
Emergency Department
End of Life Care
Environmental Services
Ethics
Fall Prevention
Fire Safety
General Orientation
Geriatrics
HAIs
Home Health
Infection Prevention
Influenza Vaccination
Long-Term Care
Mock Code
New Releases
Online Learning
Operating Room Education
Ethics
Fall Prevention
Fire Safety
General Orientation
Geriatrics
HAIs
Home Health
Infection Prevention
Influenza Vaccination
Long-Term Care
Mock Code
New Releases
Online Learning
Operating Room Education
Pain Management
Patient and Family Education
Pediatrics
Pressure Ulcers
Privacy and Confidentiality
Respiratory
Restraints
Safety (Patient)
Safety (Worker)
Sedation and Anesthesia Care
Sexual Harassment
Spiritual Care
Suicide Precautions
Support Services
Violence
Patient and Family Education
Pediatrics
Pressure Ulcers
Privacy and Confidentiality
Respiratory
Restraints
Safety (Patient)
Safety (Worker)
Sedation and Anesthesia Care
Sexual Harassment
Spiritual Care
Suicide Precautions
Support Services
Violence
Age Specific Care for the Population We Serve
18 minutes
“All hospital staff that interact with patients and their families must acquire the knowledge, skills, ability and behaviors essential to provide care to specific populations." -The Joint Commission
Aseptic Technique: An Essential Strategy
18 minutes
Aseptic Technique is an essential strategy, second only to proper hand hygiene, in preventing the transmission of infection.
Back to Basics Infection Prevention Series (4 parts)
Quick, effective infection prevention and control training that meets OSHA and CDC requirements! This 4-part series will teach employees the skills they need to break the chain of infection.
Back to Basics: Preventing Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens
15 minutes
The quickest way to train all your staff on the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard and NIOSH Recommendations!
Back to Basics: Applying Standard Precautions
10 minutes
The quickest way to train all your staff on how to apply Standard Precautions!
Back to Basics: OSHA Fit Testing for Particulate Respirators
10 minutes
The quickest way to train all your staff on the latest OSHA Requirements!
Back to Basics: Selecting and Using Personal Protective Equipment
10 minutes
The quickest way to train all your staff on the proper use of personal protection equipment!
Better Safe: Fire and Electrical Safety
12 minutes
A short, effective training program on the do’s and don’ts of fire and electrical safety in the healthcare environment.
Building on the Plan: Infection Prevention for Construction Personnel
8 minutes
“Ensuring a safe construction project in a healthcare environment requires detailed, proactive planning and diligent implementation of controls.” -- Judene M. Bartley, MS, MPH, CIC
Burn Care Series (Programs One and Two)
26 minutes
Burns affect over two and a half million Americans each year, often with tragic and life-altering results. Burns produce trauma, both physical and emotional, and it is that trauma which is the primary immediate focus of effective burn care.
Burn Care: Critical Care Emergencies
26 minutes
Burns affect over two and a half million Americans each year, often with tragic and life-altering results. Burns produce trauma, both emotional and physical, and it is that trauma which is the immediate focus of effective burn care.
Burn Care: From Victim to Survivor
28 minutes
Burns affect over two and a half million Americans each year, often with tragic and life-altering results. Burns produce trauma, both emotional and physical, and it is that trauma which is the immediate focus of effective burn care.
CENTRAL SERVICE: Cleaning Protocols for Medical Instruments and Devices
15 minutes
As part of the Central Service Workflow, cleaning is the first and most critical step in breaking the chain of disease transmission; it can also be the most challenging. To ensure success, procedures, protocols and regulations must be strictly followed.
CENTRAL SERVICE: Protocols for High-Level Disinfection
10 minutes
High-Level Disinfection ensures that the many medical devices used every day are free of pathogens, and are safe for patient care. To guarantee successful disinfection, skills must be acquired and processes learned which demand focus, attention to detail and consistency.
CENTRAL SERVICE: Sterilization Protocols
12 minutes
Thousands of people every day undergo surgery and other medical procedures that require the highest levels of infection prevention. Proper sterilization of all critical equipment is vital in providing instruments and medical devices that are free from microorganisms.
CENTRAL SERVICE: The Role of Central Service in Infection Prevention
15 minutes
The primary goal of the Central Service department is to prevent the spread of microorganisms that can cause disease by ensuring all medical devices and instruments used in procedures are properly cleaned, disinfected or sterilized. To meet this goal, staff must be knowledgeable on essential safety practices and the fundamental principles involved in infection prevention.
CENTRAL SERVICES: Care & Handling of Powered Surgical Instruments
10 minutes
Instruments powered by electricity, compressed gas or battery are vital to surgery today. They have complex lumens, movable parts and intricate internal components that are expensive to replace and repair. Central Processing and OR technicians need to understand how these devices work; the common problems associated with processing these instruments; and how to clean, disinfect and sterilize them properly.
CENTRAL SERVICES: Inspection of Surgical Instruments and Devices
10 minutes
Surgical instruments and devices must be properly decontaminated and inspected to ensure their quality, and verify their integrity. Damaged instruments may fail during a procedure and injure the patient; and inadequately cleaned instruments cannot be properly sterilized, which increases the risk of infection. Central Processing technicians must learn how to properly identify, inspect and test surgical instruments for cleanliness and function.
CENTRAL SERVICES: Protocols for Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization
10 minutes
While many facilities perform Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization in order to turn instruments around quickly, its use has been implicated in increasing a patient’s risk of infection. To guarantee successful sterilization, professionals must become aware evidence-based practices and accreditation standards to improve patient care.
CENTRAL SERVICES: Reprocessing Flexible Endoscopes
13 minutes
Flexible endoscopes are associated with a high number of healthcare-associated infections. The slightest departure from recommended protocols can lead to the risk of infections. In addition, endoscopes are extremely complex and fragile. To prevent adverse patient outcomes and avoid damaging these instruments, professionals must become aware of, and comply with, federal laws, accreditation standards, professional guidelines and manufacturer recommendations every single time!
Clostridium difficile: A Growing Threat
20 minutes
C. difficile is among the fastest growing and threatening pathogens in the U.S. and abroad. It is imperative that healthcare professionals educate themselves about this organism, learn to quickly identify and appropriately care for patients infected with C. diff, and strictly follow infection prevention and control measures to fight this growing threat.
Compliance Issues in Healthcare: Doing the Right Thing
20 minutes
The perfect complement to your facility or health system's specific corporate compliance policies!
Critical Thinking Skills: Thinking Your Way to Better Patient Care
18 minutes
It is imperative that nurses develop and continue to enhance their critical thinking skills.
Customer for Life Series (Programs 1-6)
Dramatically improve the quality of service your organization provides and increase client retention! Testimonials from real health care customers with real experiences (good and bad!) are included throughout the series. Choose from 6 different programs depending on your organization’s greatest areas of need.
Customer for Life: Recovering from Customer Service Breakdowns (Program Two)
17 minutes
Dramatically improve the quality of service your organization provides and increase client retention!
Customer for Life: Building Customer Loyatly (Program One)
17 minutes
Dramatically improve the quality of service your organization provides and increase client retention!
Customer for Life: Confidentiality and Privacy (Program Six)
24 minutes
Dramatically improve the quality of service your organization provides and increase client retention!
Customer for Life: Dealing With Customers Who are Angry or Upset (Program Three)
17 minutes
Dramatically improve the quality of service your organization provides and increase client retention!
Customer for Life: Effective Telephone Skills (Program Four)
26 minutes
Dramatically improve the quality of service your organization provides and increase client retention!
Customer for Life: Roles of Support Services (Program Five)
20 minutes
Dramatically improve the quality of service your organization provides and increase client retention!
Dignity & Respect: Showing Our Patients Cultural Sensitivity
15 minutes
Joint Commission Standards require that ALL clinical staff members receive training to become sensitive to cultural diversity and its implications for the delivery of safe and quality healthcare to patients.
Dispelling the Myths: Influenza Education, Vaccination & Prevention
12 minutes
Despite recommendations by the CDC, APIC and SHEA, vaccination rates among healthcare workers are not at optimum levels. This program will address questions and concerns staff may have about vaccination in an effort to promote their participation in an influenza vaccination program.
Documentation: Sharpening Your Skills
15 minutes
Proper documentation is critical on many levels, yet can be challenging in today’s healthcare environment. This program will help clinical staff learn the proper documentation skills to provide quality patient care, and satisfy legal and regulatory requirements.
Ergonomics: Working Smarter Not Harder
19 minutes
“Workers must be involved in the ergonomic management process. It makes sense and OSHA requires it. Training workers how to identify high-risk activities and participate in developing solutions can have many value added benefits, in addition to reducing worker injuries.” --Guy Fragala, PhD, PE, CSP
Ethical Issues in Nursing Series (Modules 1-4)
Ethics are at the core of professional nursing practice. This series provides a solid introduction to the fundamental ethical terms and concepts that students and nurses need to know to provide quality patient care.
Ethical Issues In Nursing-Commitment: Patients, Professionalism and Boundaries (Module 3)
17 Minutes
Ethics are at the core of professional nursing practice. The Nurse is often placed in the role of advocating for the patient. This program focuses on the second provision in the nursing code of ethics pertaining to commitment to the patient.
Ethical Issues in Nursing-Introduction: Concepts, Values and Decision Making (Module One)
22 minutes
Ethics are at the core of professional nursing practice. This program provides a solid introduction to the fundamental ethical terms and concepts that students and nurses need to know to provide quality patient care.
Ethical Issues In Nursing-Protection: Privacy, Safety and Standards (Module 4)
21 Minutes
Ethics are at the core of professional nursing practice. This program focuses on the third provision in the nursing code of ethics pertaining to protection of patient privacy and confidentiality.
Ethical Issues In Nursing-Respect: Dignity, Autonomy, Relationships (Module Two)
18 minutes
Ethics are at the core of professional nursing practice. This program focuses on the first provision in the nursing code of ethics pertaining to the importance of respect for the patient, as well as emphasizing respect to one’s coworkers.
Fall Prevention Package
Two video training programs to educate both staff and patients on the importance of Fall prevention
Fighting Respiratory Diseases: Our Best Defense
16 minutes
Influenza...Avian Flu...HMPV...RSV...
How do we make certain that we are prepared for these and other potentially deadly, highly contagious respiratory diseases?
Fire Safety in the Operating Room: Strategies for Keeping It Safe
21 minutes
Approximately 100 fires occur in the operating room every year, many times with devastating effects. It is vital that staff who work in the surgical environment be familiar with fire prevention strategies and what to do if a fire does occur.
From Top to Bottom: Cleaning & Disinfecting Ambulatory Care Centers, Physician Offices & Clinics
18 minutes
Anyone employed to clean ambulatory care centers, physician offices and medical clinics, including commercial cleaners, will benefit from this important training!
From Top To Bottom: Cleaning Operating and Procedure Rooms
10 minutes
This program provides an in-depth demonstration and explanation of cleaning and disinfecting protocols for the operating room and other procedure areas.
From Top To Bottom: Cleaning the Occupied and Discharged Patient Room
12 minutes
This program provides in-depth demonstrations and explanations of procedures for cleaning and disinfecting an occupied and unoccupied patient room, as well as an isolation room.
From Top To Bottom: The Environmental Services Series (4 Parts)
This is an Excellent training solution for Environmental Services Managers and Infection Prevention & Control Managers who may be challenged with high employee turnover, no time to train workers, language barriers and controlling infection rates.
From Top To Bottom: The Front Line of Infection Control
12 minutes
This program offers an introduction to the Environmental Services role as the front line against the spread of infectious diseases, and provides an overview of the equipment, cleaning and disinfecting solutions, as well as procedures for housekeeping staff.
General Orientation Package: Infection Control and Safety
Two 15 minute programs
The 15 minute solution to your mandatory infection prevention and safety training needs!
Hand Hygiene: Cleaning Up Our Act
18 minutes
Proper hand hygiene is the most important and effective practice healthcare professionals can do to prevent the transmission of healthcare-associated infections.
Implementing EMTALA: Strategies for Compliance
18 minutes
All Medicare-participating hospitals that operate emergency departments are required to comply with EMTALA.
Infection Control 8-Minute Solution Series (8 Parts)
8 minute indiviual presentations
Use your time wisely! Each program provides solutions for today’s most critical infection prevention and control problems in only 8 minutes! Choose any four programs in the series for a special discounted price.
Infection Control 8-Minute Solution: Clostridium difficile
8 minutes
Once C. difficile is introduced into a facility, it is very difficult to eradicate, and can cause grave sickness and even death. All healthcare staff must learn how to prevent the transmission of this dangerous pathogen.
Infection Control 8-Minute Solution: Hand Hygiene
8 minutes
Hand hygiene is the simplest, most effective way to prevent the spread of healthcare-associated infections. All staff must become aware of the most effective methods for hand antisepsis.
Infection Control 8-Minute Solution: MRSA
8 minutes
In a healthcare facility, controlling transmission of MRSA is everyone’s concern!
Infection Control 8-Minute Solution: Oral Hygiene
8 minutes
If oral hygiene is not properly attended, patients can suffer serious illness and painful complications.
Infection Control 8-Minute Solution: Respiratory Etiquette
8 minutes
Influenza, SARS and other emerging respiratory diseases are most likely transmitted by close person-to-person interaction with an infected individual - primarily through exposure to infectious respiratory secretions. This is why all staff must become aware of proper respiratory etiquette to prevent the spread of disease.
Infection Control 8-Minute Solution: Skin Care
8 minutes
Broken down skin caused by everyday chemicals and glove wear can create health problems for both the healthcare provider and the patient. This is why it is important for staff to learn the essentials behind proper skin care.
Infection Control 8-Minute Solution: Smallpox Vaccine
8 minutes
Healthcare staff are encouraged to take part in the nationwide Smallpox response plan. This program gives workers the information they need to make an informed decision regarding participation.
Infection Control 8-Minute Solution: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
8 minutes
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) is a dangerous, drug-resistant organism that can spread through a facility quickly. Educating staff is the key to preventing transmission.
Infection Prevention During Construction Package
"Ensuring a safe construction project in a healthcare environment requires detailed, proactive planning and diligent implementation of controls." - -Judene M. Bartley, MS, MPH, CIC
Infection Prevention for Ambulatory Care: What You Need to Know
17 minutes
The ultimate training tool for general orientation, this concise program highlights all the infection prevention mandatories in just 17 minutes!!
Infection Prevention for General Orientation: The Ongoing Challenge
17 minutes
The ultimate training tool for general orientation, this concise program highlights all the infection prevention mandatories in just 17 minutes!!
IV Catheter-Related Infections: CDC Guidelines for Prevention
16 minutes
“Intravascular catheters have become indispensable in the delivery of today’s healthcare. Unfortunately, their use puts thousands of patients a year at risk for infections…many of which are preventable.” - -Rita D. McCormick, RN, CIC, Member, HICPAC IV Guideline Working Group
Latex Allergy Dilemma
21 minutes
Latex can be found everywhere in the healthcare environment, and the problems arising from its use have been called a new epidemic.
Moderate Sedation: Complying with Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements
15 minutes
A patient’s response to sedation is not always predictable; therefore, it is imperative that healthcare providers who administer moderate sedation study the evidence-based practices and required standards and regulations essential in providing safe, effective patient care.
MRSA: Time for Action
20 minutes
“MRSA is one of the major-hospital-acquired infections. If you look at the morbidity and the cost of these infections it is very, very serious; not just in the United States but all throughout the world, and it’s really time for us to act.”- -William R. Jarvis, MD
Of Critical Importance! Central Service Series (8 parts)
Packed with hands on tips, practical examples and helpful insights, each program provides visual demonstrations by real Central Service Professionals as they reveal proper protocols for cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing medical instruments.
Of Critical Importance: The CDC Isolation Guideline Explained!
15 minutes
One of our best sellers! This short, concise program will help all staff understand and apply the CDC Isolation Guideline.
On High Alert: Infection Prevention Practices for the Operating Room
15 minutes
A short, effective infection prevention training program for all healthcare professionals who provide pre-, intra-, or post-operative care to surgical patients.
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ONLINE LEARNING
Starting in early 2010, we will launch Envision Online Learning! This will be offered to both our facility clients and to individuals wishing to purchase affordable video courses, as they need them, that they can access online!
Overcoming the Obstacles: Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance
12 miniutes
Hand hygiene is the single most important and effective practice healthcare professionals can do to prevent the spread of microorganisms that cause HAIs!
Pain Management: The Fifth Vital Sign
16 minutes
Pain and its effects are so important to the health care process that recognizing pain and its causes, learning how to effectively treat pain, and understanding the effects of pain in the healing process are crucial for providing the best possible care for our patients. The key is to consider pain as “The Fifth Vital Sign”.
Part of the Plan: Infection Prevention for Healthcare Professionals During Construction & Renovation
20 minutes
“Ensuring a safe construction project in a healthcare environment requires detailed, proactive planning and diligent implementation of controls.”
-- Judene M. Bartley, MS, MPH, CIC
Partners in Care Patient Education Series
Patients who take an active role in their treatment plan become part of the team helping not only to speed recovery but also to reduce medical errors. Presented in easy-to-understand language, this award winning series also helps meet the Joint Commission’s Patient Safety Standards!
Partners in Care: Patient Education for Preventing Surgical Site Infections (Program Nine)
7 minutes
The patient plays a vital role in preventing surgical site infections! Help your facility reduce SSIs by educating the patient on infection prevention strategies that they can practice both before and after surgery.
Partners in Care… Infection Control for Patient Education (Program Four)
11 minutes
This program educates patients on the actions they can take in the hospital and at home to help control and even eliminate germs from becoming a threat to their health
Partners in Care…Advance Directives for Patient Education (Program One)
11 minutes
This program alerts patients of the need to address personal choices regarding death or dying and communcating those choices to family and healthcare providers.
Partners in Care…Fall Prevention for Patient Education (Program Three)
11 minutes
This program educates patients on the risk factors for suffering a fall, and actions they and their caregivers can take to help prevent falls in the hospital and at home.
Partners in Care…Medication Use for Patient Education (Program Five)
11 minutes
This program educates patients on the importance of being involved in their treatment, especially when taking medicaitons, in order to prevent medical errors and enhance healing.
Partners in Care…Pain Management for Patient Education (Program Six)
12 minutes
This program discusses the patient's rights and responsibilities in providing effective pain management, and the benefits of preventing and relieving pain.
Partners in Care…Patient Education on Drug-Resistant Organisms
9 minutes
This program educates patients and their family members on what it means to be colonized or infected with a drug resistant organism (DRO), and what to do to prevent transmission both in the hospital and once the patient is discharged home.
Partners in Care…Patient Rights and Responsibilities for Patient Education (Program Seven)
11 minutes
This program educates pateitns on their rights and responsibilities while in the hospital; not only to help speed recovery but also to reduce medical errors.
Partners in Care…Pressure Ulcers for Patient Education (Program 8)
11 minutes
This program gives patients and their caregivers need-to-know information on how to prevent pressure ulcers and understand best care practices for their specific type of chronic wound.
Patient Safety: A Critical Issue
21 minutes
All healthcare facilities are at risk for medical errors, but with great attention to the causative factors and proven, evidence-based strategies, they can be prevented. Patient safety is everyone’s concern.
Preparing for a Pandemic: Preventing Transmission of Novel H1N1 Influenza
10 minutes
NOTE: This program is currently being updated to include the latest recommendations put forth by the CDC on October 14, 2009. Please call toll-free 1-866-321-5066 or email Sophia Paule at Sophia@EnvisionInc.net for more details.
Pressure Ulcers Package
Two programs to educate both patients and staff on prevention, care, and management of pressure ulcers.
Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Care and Management
18 minutes
This award winning program helps ensure compliance with CMS and The Joint Commission, and addresses the strategies for assessing, preventing and treating pressure ulcers involving the interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.
Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
18 minutes
UTIs are the #1 cause of hospital-acquired infections, and CMS will no longer reimburse for the treatment of preventable UTIs. This program provides practical tips for preventing catheter-associated UTIs.
Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLA-BSI)
15 minutes
There is increasing pressure from CMS, The Joint Commission, IHI and DHHS to decrease the number of central line associated bloodstream infections. This program discusses prevention strategies based on the latest evidence-based practices. This program also includes a Bonus Track featuring additional valuable education from Dennis G. Maki, MD
"Dr. Maki gives a tremendous amount of information about the complexity of some patients and why judgments must be made based on patient need. His interview gives a lot of strength to the DVD." - Rita McCormick, RN, CIC
Preventing Patient Falls: A Team Approach
18 minutes
"Patient falls are among the most common occurrences reported in hospitals and are a leading cause of death in people ages 65 or older." --Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Privacy & Security: The New HIPAA Rule
15 minutes
HIPAA is everyone's responsibility! A short, effective training program to help all healthcare staff become aware of, and comply with, the HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations.
Providing Evidence-Based Care: Avoiding the Use of Restraints
20 minutes
This program is an essential training tool for all employees who are faced with making difficult decisions regarding the use of restraints.
Recognizing Child Abuse (Three Part Series)
Three 13 minute visual presentations
Healthcare professionals are required by state and local laws to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect. This series helps clinicians identify the potential signs of abuse and know how to respond appropriately.
Recognizing Child Abuse: Neglect and Emotional Abuse (Program 2)
13 minutes
Healthcare professionals are required by state and local laws to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect.
Recognizing Child Abuse: Physical Abuse (Program 1)
13 minutes
Healthcare professionals are required by state and local laws to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect.
Recognizing Child Abuse: Sexual Abuse (Program 3)
13 minutes
Healthcare professionals are required by state and local laws to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect.
Restraints Package
Both programs include a PowerPoint Presentation detailing CMS Regulations and The Joint Commission Requirements.
Restraints, Seclusion, and the 1 Hour Face-To-Face Evaluation
18 minutes
The only program that will take you step-by-step through the 1 Hour Face-to-Face Evaluation as required by CMS.
Right at Home: Infection Control for Home Health
15 minutes
This program addresses the critical infection control issues facing home care providers everyday.
Safe Injection Practices
10 mins
All healthcare providers are urged to carefully review their infection control practices and the practices of all staff under their supervision.- CDC's Injection Safety Information for Providers