Education Newsletter January 2023

From January 16th- June 15th, you will be completing the required competencies for VUMC in addition to CVICU Specific Competencies.
Every employee has yearly competencies that must be completed each fiscal year.

Competencies are assigned in LMS under 2023 FY Competency Curricula. Once each competency is ompleted, it will appear in green (some may take a few weeks to show approval after completion). 

** This is different from your individual annual expiration items (ex: TB Skin Test, N-95 fit test, POC Glucose testing)**

For resources on vaccinations through the Health & Wellness portal visit:
https://hwip.app.vumc.org/hwip/ 

CVICU Specific Competencies for 2023: 

Nurses and Care Partners each have 2 focused competencies this year. They will be laid out below, as well as the methods of completion.
 
** IF you are still on orientation as of January 1st,  you do not have to complete competencies for this year, your initial orientation package is going to be your completion package ** 

Standard communication will be initiated via the competency team from January 16- June 15th. If you have any questions regarding competencies please reach out to
vumccompetency@vumc.org

Registered Nurses:

1. 2023 FY VUH ICU Quality and Safety: This covers CVICU Quality Metrics including CLABSI, CAUTI, Falls, PI, safety equipment and general room cleanliness. 
By logging into LMS you can see a comprehensive list of the competency requirements 
Two Methods of Validation include:

2. 2023 FY VUH IABP: As one of our most frequently used devices, the competency will be based around safe management and troubleshooting.
By logging into LMS you can see a comprehensive list of the competency requirements 
Two Methods of Validation Include: 

 

Care Partners: 

1. 2023 FY VUH Pressure Injury Prevention: pressure injury prevention is of paramount importance for our patients this competency breaks into the prevention of pressure injuries 
Two methods of validation Include:

2. 2023 FY ICU Safety: This competency covers the quality metrics important to the CVICU including oral care, foley care, pressure injury prevention, AM checklist of standard daily work 
Two methods of validation include:

Each skills day will have 4 topics, a comprehensive list of skills day topics will be sent out the month of the skills day, or on the CVICU Website in the 'blog' 


An additional review of competency information can be found on the CVICU website, link below.