Build your team.
Strengthen your facility.
On-site and virtual staff training for skilled nursing and long-term care facilities — designed by Sierra Thomas to turn regulatory literacy, clinical documentation, and operational discipline into measurable performance at the bedside.
Book a Training ConversationTrainings that change the floor — not the slide deck.
Most inservices end the moment staff sign the attendance sheet. AthenaCrest trainings are designed differently — every session ties a regulatory or clinical concept to a daily operational behavior the team can install Monday morning.
We bring the same operational fluency we use inside facility stabilization engagements into every classroom. The result is training that survey teams notice, that administrators can measure, and that staff actually keep.
Eight curricula built from inside the building.
Every topic is calibrated to the audience — bedside clinical, department head, IDT, or executive leadership. Custom topics available on request.
MDS Documentation & Accuracy
Section-by-section coding precision, supporting documentation discipline, and the daily habits that hold MDS integrity together.
QAPI & Quality Measures
Translating CMS quality measure data into operational priorities the IDT can actually move — and a QAPI committee that drives change.
Survey Preparedness for Staff
How surveyors think, how to handle entrance and observation, and how to respond to interviews without weakening the facility's position.
Resident Rights & Abuse Prevention
Federal and state resident rights frameworks, mandatory reporting, and the cultural standards that prevent abuse before it begins.
Infection Control Compliance
IPC fundamentals, surveillance, outbreak readiness, and documentation that holds up under both survey and litigation scrutiny.
Care Planning Best Practices
Individualized, defensible care plans that drive care — not paperwork written to satisfy regulation.
Medicaid Billing Basics for Clinical Staff
How clinical documentation drives the Medicaid dollar — and what bedside teams must know to protect facility revenue.
Leadership & Charge Nurse Development
Building floor-level leaders: accountability conversations, IDT facilitation, conflict resolution, and operational ownership.
Calibrated to your team and timeline.
AthenaCrest delivers training in the format that actually fits the facility's operational rhythm — from a single on-site inservice during shift change, to a virtual session across a multi-state portfolio, to a multi-week leadership curriculum that compounds across the organization.
On-Site Inservices
Single-session trainings delivered inside the facility, calibrated to a specific department or topic. Typically 60–120 minutes with workbooks and follow-up resources.
Virtual / Zoom Sessions
Live, interactive sessions for staff across multiple facilities or for teams that prefer a remote training rhythm. Recordings available for ongoing reference.
Custom Multi-Session Packages
Multi-week training curricula tailored to an operator's portfolio — combining on-site, virtual, and asynchronous components. Ideal for ownership groups standardizing performance across a portfolio.
"Training is the cheapest insurance a facility ever buys — and the most expensive thing to skip."
— Sierra Thomas
Bring AthenaCrest training to your team.
A 30-minute confidential conversation maps the right topics, the right audience, and the right format for your facility — or your portfolio.