Membership Benefits
AANAC: importance of becoming a member
Becoming a member of AANAC is more than a discount on certification. Although
certification is critical, it occurs at a point in time and provides only the
foundation for you to build on your professional skills. In order to stay current
on an ongoing basis, you must visit the AANAC website routinely to obtain the most
accurate and timely information. Only routine visits to the website will ensure
confidence in your knowledge as a professional and enable you to excel in the
long-term care environment. You can rely on us to keep you up to the minute!
AANAC membership benefits:
- Weekly online newsletter, "LTC Leader," featuring timely articles and questions and answers from our national discussion group
- The premiere "Online Discussion Group" for professionals in long-term care with more than 800 participants
- "Need to Know" featuring information that should be immediately downloaded and incorporated into day-to-day practice
- "What's New" featuring postings of regulatory and management information, inservice aids, forms, policies and procedures, and clinical protocols
- Fully searchable "Documents Library"
- Fully searchable "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) related to care for residents in facilities
- "Experts' Corner" featuring regulations essential to day-to-day practice
- "National conferences" featuring recognized experts in the field speaking on the most current information related to long-term care professional practice
- "Quarterly Newsletter" featuring timely organizational information
- Weekly "Email Blasts" that provide members with vital information about changes in policy, regulation, and LTC news
"I am really excited about AANAC! The organization encompasses the excitement of
the practice (in long-term care). It is truly the only place that has provided me
the validation and support necessary for me to excel at my job."
Sophie Campbell, MSN, RN, CRRN, RAC-CT
Freedom, PA
Another Member Benefit: Education
As an AANAC member, you also receive access to the most current and up-to-date long-term care educational materials. AANAC members receive a 50% discount on all courses offered through AANAC- online, hardbound manual and live workshops. Yet another reason to join AANAC today!
AANAC Education Programs
AANAC welcomes all individuals seeking the latest and most up-to-date information in long-term care. Whether you would like to take one course or complete a certification program, regardless of format, the options are available to you. AANAC has the subject matter you are looking for and in the format of your choice. Let AANAC meet all of your long-term care educational needs!
The MDS Certification Program sets the national standard for SNF MDS/PPS education. AANAC offers the Resident Assessment Coordinator - Certified (RAC-CT�). Our courses are written by the foremost leaders in the RAI/MDS process and are reviewed by a national advisory group with expertise in: clinical assessment and care planning, completion of the MDS, and the regulatory process surrounding the RAI/MDS process. This core curriculum includes:
- MDS Coding for OBRA and PPS
- OBRA Timing and Scheduling for the MDS
- PPS Timing and Scheduling for the MDS
- Resident Assessment Protocols and the MDS
- Care Planning and the MDS
- Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) and the MDS
- Billing the MDS for Clinicians
The Certified Nurse Executive (C-NE) Program has been developed to meet the needs of DONs and nurse leaders. These educational materials have been written, reviewed and edited by national experts in this field. This core curriculum includes:
- Leadership and Management
- Human Resources Management
- Risk Management
- Survey Readiness 24/7/365
- Survey Management and Enforcement
- Quality Improvement
- Understanding Quality Indicators and Quality Measures
Elective courses for these two certification program are as follows:
- Quality Measures and the MDS
- The Expanded Quality Indicators
- Accurately Assessing Activities of Daily Living and the MDS
- Accurately Assessing Skin Condition and the MDS
- Accurately Assessing Nutrition/Hydration and the MDS
- Accurately Assessing Incontinence and the MDS
- Accurately Assessing Pain and the MDS
- Medications and the MDS
- Accurately Assessing for Physical Restraints and the MDS
- Accurately Assessing for Restorative Nursing and the MDS
- Accurately Assessing for Rehabilitation Services and the MDS
- The Administrative Team and the MDS (Administrative Oversight for the RAI/MDS Process)
- Updates and Common Coding Errors: A Recertification Course
- MDS 101: A Course for Beginners
Educational Credit:
AANAC is approved as a provider of Continuing Education in nursing by the Colorado Nurses Association which is accredited as an approved Association of Continuing Education in Nursing by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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