Nursing achievement program receives $347,000 grant
Jul 12, 2016
American International College announced the receipt of a one-time $347,000 Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant from the Health Services and Resources Administration in support of its Nursing Education Achievement...
Navigating the Five-Star conflict for the mentally ill
By
Richard Thompson, M.D.
Jul 11, 2016
Skilled nursing facilities across the country are seeing an increasing number of patients who suffer from mental health conditions.
Feds want to remove pain questions from hospital report cards to combat opioid abuse
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Jul 08, 2016
Clinicians may feel less pressure to prescribe opioids to hospital patients under a proposal made Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Speak Leadership … often
By
Julie Thorson
Jun 23, 2016
Sometimes a true leadership conversation is all you need to get yourself back on track.
McKnight’s earns accolades
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James M. Berklan
Jun 06, 2016
The McKnight’s Long-Term Care News editorial staff kept up a streak, earning seven national awards in the month of May.
Can you push just a little more?
By
Julie Thorson
May 26, 2016
As leaders, if we don’t give our teams the ability to dream bigger than they ever have before, they never will. I hate the word “permission.” It’s more than granting them permission...
McKnight’s honored again for news coverage, writing
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May 02, 2016
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News earned top honors in the news coverage, profile writing and special supplement categories in this year’s American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors 2016...
Do the right thing when people are watching!
By
Julie Thorson
Apr 28, 2016
Every once in a while a leadership principle that you have held on to tightly for years gets turned on its ear.
Clinical competencies crucial to managed care success, experts say
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Apr 20, 2016
Clinical competencies crucial to managed care success, experts say
Island time is leadership time
By
Julie Thorson
Mar 31, 2016
Here is my “I was just on vacation” blog. What could this possibly have to do with leadership? Well, everything.