Blogs, Guest Columns, Things I Think and Living Leadership
‘I survived COVID’— An advanced practice nurse on the front lines of long-term care
By
Julia Slavik
Aug 31, 2020
There’s something people don’t know about nurses, unless you are one. Even in the middle of a deadly virus, your first thought is for your family.
Back-to-work moving target
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Aug 29, 2020
To avoid liability, each facility needs to focus on making sure that it not only follows new CDC guidelines but also other guidelines that may apply to their individual jurisdictions.
Have we become too accepting of high turnover?
By
Kristin Baird
Aug 27, 2020
A few years ago, when managing a big project for a long term care company, I was struck by their high turnover among nurses and nursing assistants. When I brought up my concerns to the chief HR officer,...
The Derby days of summer
By
Renee Kinder
Aug 27, 2020
We are one week ahead of a historic Kentucky Derby, and I ask you: Is your rehab provider wearing blinders?
Second responders: Answering the call for help in long-term care
By
Debbie Pool
Wendy Boren
Aug 26, 2020
It was late afternoon on Jan. 30, 2020. A nurse from the Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) was leading a standard table top influenza pandemic exercise in Poplar Bluff when a call came through...
Clinical considerations when the census is low
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Aug 25, 2020
A low census caused by things like the pandemic can lead to the challenge of balancing the urgency of filling the beds with the risks of admitting residents that the team is clinically unable to manage.
Cowboy wisdom — an article not about COVID
By
Martie Moore
Aug 24, 2020
How you lead might have its roots back more than a century to the old West and life on the cattle-driving plains.
Long-term care residents and caregivers in Washington State deserve better
By
Bill Ulrich
Aug 21, 2020
Nursing homes in almost every state are in a fight for survival. To a large extent this was true before COVID-19 reared its ugly head in our nation’s long-term care facilities. Unfortunately, Washington...
Waiting for the ice cream truck
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 21, 2020
There aren’t enough covers to pull over my head anymore.
COVID confessions
By
Julie Thorson
Aug 19, 2020
As a leader, especially a leader in our field during this time, feeling connected to others and not alone on an island is more than valuable — it is a lifeline.