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60 Seconds with … Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2024
Q: Why have you focused on studying pain among nursing home patients with dementia? A: We don’t do a good job of assessing, diagnosing the underlying cause of the pain and then managing it. We don’t,...
New long-term care tech needs more vetting, researchers say
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Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2024
Innovations such as remote patient monitoring and disease screeners have a broad appeal within long-term care settings, but the rapid pace of innovation often means the research validating them is too...
Ask the payment expert … about an LPN’s MDS role
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Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Jun 09, 2023
Q: We’ve been trying to fill an open MDS position and have an LPN applicant who would be great in the role. Can an LPN fulfill requirements and sign assessments?
Ask the care expert: How to stop residents from picking at moles or bumps on their arms?
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Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 11, 2019
We have several residents who are consistently getting bruises on their arms from completing their ADLs or bumping into something. Even when rubbing on lotions, or scratching an itch on their arm, they...
Ask The Treatment Expert: Wound odor and antibiotics
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Jeri Lundgren
Mar 07, 2019
Antibiotics should not be started solely due to an odor in a wound. First, clarify whether the odor is associated with the drainage or the wound bed. Always remove the dressing and irrigate the wound thoroughly.
Ask the nursing expert … about patient transitions
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Amy Stewart
May 03, 2023
My facility is working with home health agencies to improve discharges. How can we smooth patients’ transition to home?
Ask the Care Expert: What states have a Death with Dignity Act?
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Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 02, 2018
Can you tell me what states have a Death with Dignity Act? Providing for end-of-life care has become more and more important over the years. About 25% of Medicare dollars are used in the last year of life,...
Ask the nursing expert … about preparing for respiratory illness season
By
Amy Stewart
Nov 07, 2023
Q: How can we prepare for the coming respiratory illness season?
Ask the legal expert: Can we go after this contractor if the family wants to sue us or regulators want...
By
John Durso
Jul 01, 2021
A contractor did some shoddy work installing flooring that we didn’t catch right away and a patient wound up falling and injuring herself. Can we go after this contractor if the family wants to sue us...