Q: Last month was the third AHCA/NCAL annual conference with you at the helm, and the healthcare landscape has become increasingly complex. Is there something simple providers can focus on?
CMS should push Congress on therapy rate upgrades: AHCA
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should openly urge Congress to change therapy reimbursement, the nation’s largest long-term care provider association stated in recent written comments...
Ask the nursing expert … about overseeing immunizations
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Nov 01, 2014
I am a new assistant director of nursing and my administrator asked me to oversee immunizations. Where do I start?
Flexible work, pressure ulcer rates linked
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2014
Nursing homes where staff had more control over scheduling registered lower rates of pressure ulcers among residents, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology.
More than 1 in 3 nurses leave first job by third year: study
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2014
Nearly 18% of new nurses leave their first job within a year, according to a study in Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice.
Ask the treatment expert … about linens and pads
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Nov 01, 2014
Does placing multiple pads and linens under residents who are incontinent protect their skin?
Diabetes growth to drive wound market
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2014
A rise in diabetes and obesity will drive the increase in the wound care market over the next four years, a research group asserts.
NPWT may boost social life for wound care patients: report
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2014
Negative pressure wound therapy may increase a patient’s quality of life in the short-term, a study has found, although researchers acknowledge further investigation is needed.
Ask the care expert … about documenting falls
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 01, 2014
If a nurse’s aide is in a room when a resident begins to fall, and lowers her to the ground, we are NOT counting those on our count for falls. Are we correct?
Depression tool’s accuracy questioned
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2014
A familiar tool for diagnosing depression in dementia patients might not be very effective in the nursing home setting, according to recent findings in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.