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Amistaff’s Clinical Team has come through right on schedule!  You now have access to the 2010 Core Mandatories from your "Send Exams" screen.

So, here is a synopsis of the 2010 Core releases:

•   2010 Core Mandatory Part I: exams that are aligned to meet all Federal Regulatory Agency Requirements such as OSHA and CDC.
•   2010 Core Mandatory Part II: correlates with each discipline to meet all Joint Commission requirements.
•   2010 Core Part III : for your convenience to meet any possible contractual or facility specific requirements.

Exams now available on the Mandatory section of the exam list:
 

2010 Core Mandatory Part I (for all disciplines) includes:

•     Body Mechanics/Ergonomics
•     Disaster Preparedness
•     Environmental Safety
•     Fire Safety
•     Hazardous Chemicals
•     HIPAA
•     Infection Control/Blood Borne Pathogens

2010 Core Mandatory Part II (Nursing) includes:

•     Age Specific
•     Cultural Diversity
•     Ethics for Healthcare
•     2010 National Patient Safety Goals (Nursing)
•     Patient Rights

2010 Core Mandatory Part II (Allied) includes:

•     Age Specific
•     Cultural Diversity
•     Ethics for Healthcare
•     2010 National Patient Safety Goals (Allied)
•     Patient Rights

2010 Core Mandatory Part II (Non-Licensed Personnel) includes:

•     Age Specific
•     Cultural Diversity
•     Ethics for Healthcare
•     20010 National Patient Safety Goals (Non-Licensed)
•     Patient Rights

2010 Core Part III includes:

•     Abuse
•     Advanced Care Planning
•     Domestic Violence
•     Pain Management
•     Patient Restraints
•     Sexual Harassment
•     Workplace Violence

*** Please note that effective 1/04/2010, the 2009 Core Mandatories along with the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals will no longer be available.***

Also, many clients have the 2009 Core Mandatories included in their Exam Profiles. If you want the 2010 Core Mandatories included in those profiles, you MUST change your profiles to reflect this. If you need assistance with changing your profiles, please refer to the Training Link under the HELP menu for a tutorial on Creating Profiles.

We hope that these changes will assist you in your continued success for 2010!

Please contact support with any questions.

We are pleased to announce the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals Exams are available for immediate implementation!

To continue in assisting you with your testing needs, we are releasing the 2010 NPSG exams specific for Nursing, Allied, and Non-Licensed Personnel. The following exams are now available and located in the Mandatory section of the exam list:

• 2010 NPSG (Nursing) – includes RN’s and LPN’s
• 2010 NPSG (Allied) – includes PT, OT, ORT, Radiology, Certified Medication Aides, CNA’s (licensed by state) and other Allied personnel that retain licensure.
• 2010 NPSG (Non-Licensed Personnel) – includes CNA’s (non-licensed by state), HHA’s, sitters and all other Non-Licensed Personnel.

The 2009 NPSG exams will still be available in your account until January 1, 2010.

***To use the 2010 NPSG exams via profiles, you must change your profiles to reflect this. ***

Your profiles can be modified by following a few simple steps. For step-by-step assistance, check out the training video – “Creating Profiles”.

For your convenience, the “Creating Profiles” training video can also be found in your NurseTesting account under the Help tab! Remember that for the protection of your account, only Admins have access to modifying profiles!

The 2010 NPSG will also be reflected in the new 2010 Core Mandatories that will be released this month!

We hope that these changes will assist you in your continued success for 2010!

NurseTesting just released the new Diagnostic Percentile Rankings to their completed exam’s “Details” page.  With continuous live updates, these percentile rankings add a new diagnostic tool for a facility’s internal employees.

The former “Details” page only housed the Overall Score for the exam completed. Each “Details” page now shows two additional percentile scores:

1. National - showing how many other exam takers the person scored higher than nationally, and
2. Company – illustrating how many exam takers the individual scored higher than within the company.

To view the new Diagnostic Percentile Rankings from the “View Scores” page for a particular caregiver:

Select the option for “Details.”

Then select to “Show Percentiles.”

You will see both the “National Rank” and “Company Rank.”

It is important to remember that these ranking only show the percentage of other test takers who received lower scores. Therefore, the ranking could be a bit misleading if many people received high scores in comparison to the individual, or if only a limited number of individuals took the same exam. A person never receives percentile rankings of 100% due to the inability to score better than their own score.

NurseTesting recommends these rankings be used by facilities as a diagnostic tool for internal staff and discourages utilizing them as a pre-screening tool for agencies. The “Overall Score” should be the only pre-screening tool applied to selecting candidates for employment. For this reason, the percentile scores will not appear on the generated PDF version of the “Details” Page.

Check back often to see how the rankings for a particular individual change! The real-time updates keep these rankings relevant.

We are pleased to announce the 2009 Core Mandatory Exams are available for immediate implementation! We have made several changes that we wanted to make you aware of. Based on the 2008 Client feedback, we have streamlined our exam workflow process to better suit your needs. As always, we value your input and we appreciate the feedback that you have provided us!

The Core Mandatory Part I now consists of exams that are aligned to meet all Federal Regulatory Agency Requirements such as OSHA and CDC. This exam package is applicable for all disciplines. We have included the entire Body Mechanics/Ergonomics module in Core Mandatory Part I. Therefore, we have removed the Back Safety section from Environmental Safety to avoid duplication.

The Core Mandatory Part II is designed to correlate with each discipline to meet all Joint Commission requirements including the discipline specific National Patient Safety Goals. We have developed the 2009 Core Mandatory Part II exam package specific for Nursing, Allied, and Non-Licensed Personnel.

The following exams are now available and located in the Mandatory section of the exam list:

2009 Core Mandatory Part I (for all disciplines) includes:

• Body Mechanics/Ergonomics
• Disaster Preparedness
• Environmental Safety
• Fire Safety
• Hazardous Chemicals
• HIPAA
• Infection Control/Blood Borne Pathogens

2009 Core Mandatory Part II (Nursing) includes:

• Age Specific
• Cultural Diversity
• Ethics for Healthcare
• 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (Nursing)
• Patient Rights

2009 Core Mandatory Part II (Allied) includes PT, OT, ORT, Radiology, and all other Allied personnel:

• Age Specific
• Cultural Diversity
• Ethics for Healthcare
• 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (Allied)
• Patient Rights

2009 Core Mandatory Part II (Non-Licensed Personnel) includes CNA’s, HHA’s, Sitters and all other Non-Licensed Personnel:

• Age Specific
• Cultural Diversity
• Ethics for Healthcare
• 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (Non-Licensed)
• Patient Rights

Please note that effective 01/05/09, the 2008 Core Mandatories along with the 2008 National Patient Safety Goals will no longer be available. Many clients have the 2008 Core Mandatories included in their Exam Profiles. If you want the 2009 Core Mandatories included in those profiles , you MUST change your profiles to reflect this. If you need assistance with changing your profiles, please refer to the Training Link under the HELP menu for a tutorial on Creating Profiles.

We hope that these changes will assist you in your continued success for 2009!

Please contact support with any questions.

If you are interesting in trying the nursetesting system request a free demo.

We are pleased to announce the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals Exams are available for immediate implementation! To better assist you with your testing needs, we have developed the 2009 NPSG exams specific for Nursing, Allied, and Non-Licensed Personnel. The following exams are now available and located in the Mandatory section of the exam list:

• 2009 NPSG (Nursing)- includes RN’s and LPN’s
• 2009 NPSG (Allied)-includes PT, OT, ORT, Radiology, and all other Allied personnel.
• 2009 NPSG (Non-Licensed Personnel)- includes CNA’s, HHA’s, Sitters and all other Non-Licensed Personnel.

The 2009 NPSG will also be reflected in the new 2009 Core Mandatories that will be ready sometime in December. We will provide you with an update as soon as the new 2009 Core Mandatories are made available.

We hope that these changes will assist you in your continued success for 2009!