The new Joerns EasyCare® Healthcare Bed is fully configurable, with features that include integrated width expansion.
Taking the final steps
By
Dave Surico
Sep 01, 2014
Ashby Ponds opens all levels of care as it realizes the vision for a fully operating continuing care retirement community in Virginia
Dissatisfaction driving nurses from field
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2022
Fully two-thirds of nurses were considering leaving the profession in late 2021, according to a recent national survey.
Top therapy reimbursement for everyone: here’s how
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jul 18, 2011
If the Ultra High is the highest level of allowable treatment we may seek, it’s our professional obligation to clinically provide these levels of service to every patient.
More than half of personnel at LTCFs fully vaccinated for COVID-19
Jul 30, 2021
56.8 percent of HCP are fully vaccinated, with coverage higher for physicians and advanced practice providers than for nurses, aides
Nurse association takes ‘zero tolerance’ stance on workplace violence, bullying
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Sep 01, 2015
A leading long-term care nurses group is praising a tough, new “zero tolerance” the American Nurses Association has adopted regarding violence and bullying in healthcare workplaces.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Jan. 27
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 27, 2022
CMS: Only fully vaccinated surveyors should be part of on-site survey teams … CMS begins posting more staffing and turnover data … Senators sponsor bipartisan bill to probe handling of U.S. pandemic...
Ask The Legal Expert, Attorney John Durso
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
A recent resident admission has become a “bully.” This is confirmed by residents and staff. How can we legally stop her bullying behavior? You can take legal steps to protect all your residents,...
Breathing spreads TB more than cough, groundbreaking study reveals
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 29, 2021
Fully 90% of infectious tuberculosis droplets are expelled by breathing alone, finds a study that may contradict decades of clinical teaching.
Frequent hip-replacement benefit: less back pain
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
Lower back pain resolved in fully 82% of arthritis patients after hip replacement surgery, say orthopedist-researchers.