Description:
The purpose of this course is to provide training of the Division's Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Confidentiality Standards. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) are committed to ensuring the privacy and security of client information. Therefore, it is a requirement for all DPBH State employees, contractors, temporary workers, students, interns, volunteers, or other workforce members to receive this training.
Requirements:
All screens must be viewed to obtain credit for this course. Follow the instructions at the end of this training to ensure course credit is documented in your individual NEATS State Personnel Record.
This online training is to provide an education to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage firefighting.
To receive a Fire Extinguisher Refresher certificate please complete the steps listed below:
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Review the Fire Extinguisher presentation (PowerPoint).
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Complete the quiz.
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Submit Certificate of Completion to snamhstr@health.nv.gov.
Minimum Passing Score: 70% on the Final Exam
Credit Hours: POST credit
How to Enroll: Student self-enrollment. Click on the course name.
How to receive credit for this course: Upon successful completion of the course, print your certificate. Give the certificate (or copy) to your agency single-point-of-contact so that the course credit can be added into your training record
SNAMHS is committed to the health and well-being of our staff, patients, and visitors including the provision of a safe work environment, minimizing exposure and risk of transmission to respiratory pathogens, and adhering to federal and state guidelines on COVID-19 prevention measures such as but not limited to admission, screening, monitoring, surveillance, cleaning and disinfection, and the use of protective equipment.
Cultural Competency Training of staff is required by NRS 449.103, NRS 449.101, and Nevada State Board of Health regulation R016.20.
The purpose of this training is:
- To eliminate discrimination in the admission of, or the provision of services to a patient or resident based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) status of the patient or resident or any person with whom the patient or resident associates; and
- To improve and enhance patient-provider interaction by creating recognition and understanding how discrimination can magnify barriers and bring harm to a patient.
Ultimately, the desired outcome of the training is to ensure each facility’s ability to provide patient/resident interactions that meet the needs of the individual, resulting in a better patient/resident outcomes.
- Teacher: JASON HUNSAKER