Nursing Aide/Quality Specialist (QuILTSS)

CIP Code:  31.51.0000.00
 

Program Description:
Nursing Aide/Quality Specialist (QuILTSS)  promotes the delivery of high quality Long Term Services and Supports, focusing on the performance measures that are most important to people who receive LTSS and their families. 
 

Program Outcomes:
 

1. Content is designed by national subject matter experts, who are considered to be the leading thinkers of their field and for their topic.
    
2. Offerings are competency-based, meaning learners are expected to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, abilities, and intellectual behaviors before being certified as competent.
    
3. Courses are offered through a mobile-ready online delivery platform, with some programs offering an in-person training program option.
    
4. A robust learning environment allows DSWs to practice newly learned competencies in real-world application through structured on-the-job activities.
    
5. DSWs demonstrate mastery of a designated competency by participating in virtual simulations and role plays through the QuILTSS Virtual Assessment Center.
    
6. Earn micro-credential badges for each competency, with awarded badges being captured in a portable and transferable training and learning record.
    
7. Academically qualified faculty teach the DSW courses, with success coaches encouraging DSWs to complete the coursework through wraparound support services.
    
8. Through partnerships with the higher education institutions, DSW can earn college credit and advance along clearly articulated career pathways.

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