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National Nurses Week: Celebrating and reflecting
By
Karen McDonald
May 12, 2021
I encourage all nurses to reflect on why you became a nurse.
The conundrum of minimal staffing plans
By
Tara Cortes, RN, PhD, FAAN
May 12, 2021
Addressing staffing without addressing the antiquated payment model and the difficulty recruiting the workforce for long-term care is like fixing only one leg of a three-legged stool.
5 ways to reduce late-pandemic staff burnout
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 11, 2021
Most residents and workers are vaccinated and COVID-19 rates in nursing homes have plummeted, so everything should be great, right? According to a recent article in StatNews, not quite. In “As the Covid-19...
Nurses Year, Nurses Week, Nurses Day: How do we say thank you?
By
Martie Moore
May 07, 2021
The Year of the Nurse, designated by the World Health Organization and others, was to be 2020. But in 2020, nurses were too busy fighting a battle with an invisible enemy to acknowledge, “The Year of...
The ABCs of documenting CPT
By
Renee Kinder
May 06, 2021
It’s that time of year again when the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel meets with the task of ensuring its codes remain up to date.
The virtues of preventing rehospitalization in the cognitively impaired
By
Steven Littlehale
May 05, 2021
Patients — and our patients — are a virtue. Let’s not forget that.
What scares you makes you stronger
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 04, 2021
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook: “Psychologists say go with the choice that scares you the most because that’s the one that will help you grow.” OK, well, I guess most of the time. Unless...
Renovations roll on through COVID-19
By
Larry Slatky
May 03, 2021
Here at Shaker Place Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, we had no idea when our $80 million renovation project began that we would soon need every resource our new facility provided to face obstacles imposed...
Why scrutinize private equity in nursing homes?
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Apr 30, 2021
Private equity companies are not so naïve to think they can just come in and change nursing home operations for the worse just to make a buck.
Self-compassion training without apology
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 29, 2021
Self-compassion isn’t something I do very well. That’s probably because I was born in Canada, and when the doctor slapped my wrinkled baby butt, I said, “Sorry!” instead of crying. While...