Nursing Consultation
Our experienced nurses provide on-going consultation services to organizations that support individuals with disabilities.
Training Courses
Health Counseling Services offers high quality training at our convenient Bloomington location or at a location of your choice.
American Heart Association Training Center
Since 2005, the Health Counseling Services AHA Training Center has been training and supporting CPR instructors throughout our community.
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Nursing Consultation
- HCS offers nursing consultation services to provider organizations with the following license types:
- ICF/IID
- Adult Day Services (Rule 223)
- Children’s Residential Facilities/Shelters
- Chemical Dependency Licensed Facilities (245G)
- Assisted Living Licensure
- Board and Lodge
- Unlicensed programs serving specific populations
- Home and Community Based Services (245D)
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Health Counseling Services provides organizations with the necessary health care policies and procedures to meet the organization’s licensing requirements, as well as outlining the best health care practice standards in the community. Health care forms are included that are easy to use, clear, and concise and give the organization a documentation system that results in an accurate and complete health care record. Each contract comes with a hard copy policy and procedure manual assigned to each site as well as an electronic version of the manual and forms. HCS retains ownership and copyright of the Medication and Health Care Policy and Procedure Manual and will review and revise the policies and procedures throughout the length of the contract.
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Nursing consultation contracts with HCS include 24-hour call coverage. An HCS nurse consultant is always available by phone to address the immediate health care needs of the clients and to support direct care staff in their provision of care. Whenever the contracted nurse consultant is unavailable to take a call, direct care staff may call the HCS on-call number and speak with an experienced HCS nurse in order to get health care questions answered quickly and easily.
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HCS contract managers assist organizations by providing information regarding regulatory and licensing compliance, providing resources for staff education and development, and problem solving. Easily accessible and current health care information helps to ensure that provider staff have the information necessary to meet the specific health care needs of the people living in community settings. Additionally, HCS contract managers are available to organizations and their contracted nurse to assist in solving the difficult situations that arise in community settings where there are few black and white answers.
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A quarterly “Lunch & Learn” educational meeting held at our office provides continuing education credits for HCS nurse consultants. HCS keeps nurse consultants informed of regulation changes and updated services with a monthly newsletter. HCS contract managers are available to the nurse consultant to discuss nursing care issues, provide resources, secure information about regulations, or resolve problems. HCS’s support of the nurse consultant helps ensure that each provider organization has a competent, professional nurse, who is afforded the opportunity to make a long-term commitment to the individuals each organization serves.
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Health Counseling Services offers discounted fees on selected HCS training courses to all organizations that have a nursing consultation contract. Our training department offers a wide variety of courses designed to meet the health care training needs of direct care staff and supervisors. Additionally, HCS provides LPN supervision services to an organization’s employed LPN(s).
Nursing Consultation
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Courses Offered
Health Counseling Services offers high-quality education at our convenient Bloomington location or at a location of your choice. All of our courses are also offered as private classes and can be brought to your workplace. Our courses include Medication Administration, Leadership and Management, Mental Health First Aid, DISCUS for Tardive Dyskinesia monitoring, and American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED for adults and children (pediatric) and Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR. We also offer a variety of professional workshops on supporting individuals with mental illness.
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American Heart Association Training Center
Health Counseling Services has been an authorized American Heart Association (AHA) Training Center since 2005. As such, HCS provides both initial training to become an AHA CPR instructor and ongoing support to our network of instructors (called affiliates). HCS affiliates teach in a variety of settings including schools, daycares, clinics, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, and other workplaces.