With increased nursing demand on the horizon in the U.S., long-term care providers are now offering a wide variety of incentives to bring more nurses to their facilities.
Ask the Treatment Expert about … how pressure injury staging descriptions have changed
Aug 06, 2016
In addition to the change in terminology from pressure ulcer to injury, NPUAP’s April 13, 2016, press release announced refined descriptions of pressure injury (ulcer) stages.
Researchers ‘reboot’ tissue to accelerate wound healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2016
Tufts University researchers have for the first time reprogrammed skin cells from diabetic foot ulcers to make them more like stem cells.
LTC population is growing more diverse
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Aug 06, 2016
The long-term care population has branched out further in age and ethnicity over recent decades, according to new research published in late June in JAMDA: The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care...
MRSA rate falls due to tracking
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Phil Brahm
Aug 06, 2016
An electronic hand hygiene monitoring system is responsible for a 42% decrease in MRSA infections in one health system, an analysis finds.
Rural health pilot program allows for expanded SNF services
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Phil Brahm
Aug 05, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun a new pilot program that could bring specialized nursing services to sparsely populated rural counties.
Image of pressure ulcer goes viral; provider urges consumers not to judge based on social media
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Aug 04, 2016
An Indiana nursing home is facing backlash after a scathing, graphic post made by a resident’s daughter went viral on Facebook this week.
Vance joins Charles E. Smith Life Communities
Aug 03, 2016
Jacqueline Vance, RN, BSN, known as “The Real Nurse Jackie” to McKnight’s readers, has joined Charles E. Smith Life Communities as its Quality and Corporate Compliance Vice President.
Payment hike achieved, providers turn focus to quality aspects of FY 2017 rule
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Aug 03, 2016
The release of the final skilled nursing payment rule for fiscal year 2017 gave relief to providers, and rightfully so: it boosted payments to the sector by $920 million. But other provisions tucked in...
Garden Spot Village selects response management system
Aug 02, 2016
Garden Spot Village, a continuing care retirement community in Holland, PA, has selected Status Solutions’ Situational Awareness and Response Assistant.