Session Title:  Survey Success! Avoiding Top Citations. #10 Top Citation: F758 Free from Unnecessary Psychotropic Meds/PRN Use

Target Audience: Administrators, Nursing Leadership

Presented By:

• Shelly Maffia, MSN, MBA, RN, LNHA, QCP, CHC, CLNC, CPC

Course Description:

This session will review the #10 top citation nationally, F758 Free from Unnecessary Psychotropic Meds/PRN Use, with an emphasis on strategies to avoid this top citation through discussion on: Actual citation examples and reviews of immediate jeopardy citations, Strategies for successfully managing the survey process & understanding the critical element pathways used to guide surveyor investigations, & Implementing survey preparedness activities to prevent this top cited deficiency.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify the regulatory requirements related to F758
2. Identify survey procedures that describe how F758 requirements are reviewed for compliance during the annual survey process
3. Identify examples of how F758 is commonly cited in the long-term care survey process
4. Identify tools for the leadership team to use for monitoring compliance with F758 requirements
5. Explain strategies for incorporating survey preparedness related to F758 into facility QAPI processes

Nurses:  The Kansas Healthcare Association is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing.  This offering is approved for 1.0 contact hour applicable for RN and LPN relicensure (KSBN LT0030-0338)

Administrators: This course is approved for 1.0 continuing education credit hours for Kansas licensed adult care home administrators by the Kansas Department Aging and Disability Services.  KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing sponsorship number LTS-A0001.

Operators:  This course offering is approved for 1.0 continuing education clock hour for the Kansas registered operators in the core area of Resident Care by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship number: LTS-A0001.

Social Workers: This course is approved for 1.0 hour of continuing education hours for Kansas licensed Social Workers by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board.  Approval number: 17-006.

Dietitians: This course is approved for up to 1.5 continuing education clock hours for Kansas Licensed Dietitians by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADs Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship Number: LTS-A0002.

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