Staffing shortages: Pharmacy partners are a big part of the answer
Administration and CMS’s big fix
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 15, 2022
I think a lot of us were a little ticked off with the State of the Union address and the administration’s focus on improving the quality of care provided in America’s nursing homes. We all know we...
A nursing emergency
By
Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN
Apr 11, 2022
The full ramifications of the pandemic on the nursing workforce are being analyzed, but the trends may lead to a nursing emergency.
Lessons from COVID-19: Leverage increased public awareness to improve staffing levels and stability
By
Tracey Moorhead
Barbara Bowers
Mar 14, 2022
Some problems are so pervasive that even well-intentioned efforts to solve them feel overwhelming and inadequate. The staffing crisis is one of them. Workforce shortages jeopardize the health and safety...
If you give the staff a livable wage…
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 07, 2021
The longstanding story of long-term care staffing is that organizations can’t afford to increase the salaries of their workers due to Medicaid reimbursement deficits, rising expenses, tight margins and...
A rare opportunity to address the sector’s labor woes
By
John O'Connor
Dec 14, 2015
It’s safe to say that the long-term care field could use lots of workers happy to take entry-level jobs. If only there were a sudden supply of willing people who would salivate at the prospect. As...
Staffing shortages force VA facility closure
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 25, 2022
The Montana VA Healthcare System is temporarily shutting down one of its long-term care facilities due to a lack of staff.
Empty bed syndrome: The impact of staffing shortages
Jan 27, 2022
[Partner content] In this first episode of A Spoonful of Sugar, experts explore staffing’s impact on skilled nursing operations. When admissions from hospitals and the community plummeted during...
Nurse staffing shortage expected to get worse
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 12, 2019
A survey of registered nurses found about 20% are planning to retire within the next five years indicating that staffing shortages could worsen.
Staffing shortage appears to be moving upstream: Survey
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 07, 2019
The staffing crisis plaguing long-term care entry level nurses appears to be trickling upward to impact nursing leaders. Results of a new analysis show that staffing shortages are damaging nurse leaders’...