Just a reminder as certifications come up for renewal and/or new assignments are being taken... that TNS made it a policy in November to require all life support cerifications (ACLS, BCLS, PALS) be from an American Heart Association Affiliate. This policy is designed to ensure that our nurses are appropriately trained to manage medical emergencies. There are many companies offering certification training and they often try "to look like' American Heart Affiliates. Although some of these training programs may be very good programs we have no way of assuring the quality of the certifications. We have therefore made it a policy to require AHA certifications, even if the hospital of assignment would accept certifications from other sources. There are AHA on-site classes available within a reasonable traveleing distance of most nurses.There is currently only one on-line provider approved by the AHA, Mobile Training Solutions (no relation to Travel Nurse Solutions). This provider has approval from AHA to do telephone clinical simulation check-offs as a part of their training. They just got approval to offer PALS. The second link will give the nurse a discount on ACLS.
http://www.mobiletrainingsolution.com/home.html
http://www.aclstechnology.com/specialorder.htm
Thank you in advance for adhering to this policy.
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