We’re hoping to prep our facilities for quality-improvement efforts. Is there a list of the top deficiencies?
Ask the care expert … about hospice rules
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Dec 01, 2013
I heard the rules recently changed related to hospice. Do you know what will be included?
Ask the care expert: Can we limit med passes to three times a day?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Aug 01, 2012
This answer is directly from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: “We have no regulation that requires medications to be ordered for specific clock times. Our surveyors check to see if staff...
Ask the care expert about … bed recommendations and entrapment
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Sep 05, 2018
We are updating our beds and are possibly adding an assessment to be sure our residents are not at risk for entrapment. Do you have any guidelines for bed recommendations?
Ask the Care Expert about … wandering residents
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Aug 09, 2017
Do you have any special recommendations for preparations pertaining to wanderers?
Ask the Care Expert about… mini-mental state exams
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 05, 2015
We have a dementia unit and currently use a mini-mental state examination on our admissions. We have heard the mini-mental may not be the best test — do you know of any other that may be better?
Ask the care expert: a few pointers on treating obese residents
Ask the care expert … about screening for sex offenders
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Mar 02, 2013
Our facility has been doing more screening for new employees to protect our residents and current staff. We were thinking about checking potential employees to be sure they are not on a sex offender website....
Ask the care expert … about INRs
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Sherrie Dornberger
Apr 01, 2014
We have quite a few residents on INRs (with a diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation) that we cannot regulate as hard as we try. Do you have any suggestions we should look at?
Ask the Care Expert about … being proactive for the safety of residents and staff members
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jun 06, 2016
I hear that many long-term care nurses are addicted to drugs and alcohol. Is there a way to be proactive for the safety of my residents and other staff members?