A guide to everything you need to conduct a successful peer mentoring program

 Description

This book (by Karl Pillemer, Rhoda Meador, Richard Hoffman, and Martin Schumacher) contains all the materials you need to conduct a career ladder program in your facility. Based on best practices and field-tested in hundreds of facilities, it includes the full career ladder curriculum as well as all the resources you will need to successfully implement the program. The curriculum includes nine modules on the following topics: Safety First, Teamwork and Cooperation, Aging and Illness, Communication, Nutrition, Spirituality and Dying, Resident Quality of Life, Dementia Care, Importance of Family. Participation in this career ladder program can offer CNAs a sense of pride and feeling of professionalism in their position.  If your facility invests the time and energy, this program will help you reduce your facility’s CNA turnover, save you money, and build a more loyal staff.

How to Use This Tool

Instead of a career, most CNAs are offered a locked-in, no-growth job which almost ensures that they will eventually move on to something else. CNA career ladder programs have been developed to address this problem.  They have been implemented and evaluated by numerous organizations and have proven to have measurable success in improving staff morale and decreasing staff turnover. The use of career ladders is recommended to reward deserving CNAs and allow them an opportunity for career growth. Career ladders increase a CNA’s self esteem on the job by rewarding them for work well done and providing opportunities to develop both technical and personal skill.

How to Obtain This Tool

Order online from amazon.com, borders.com, or barnes&noble.com

 Contact

Order from one of the booksellers above or contact Delmar Cengage Learning directly at 1-800-648-7450.