Institutional procedures trail online education, study finds
By
Alyssa Salela
Aug 09, 2017
As online nursing education increases in popularity, researchers are finding institutional procedures may not be keeping up.
Ask the Nursing Expert about … switching facilities
By
Amy Franklin, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT
Aug 09, 2017
Should I stay or should I go after finally achieving success?
Providers laud CMS decision to delay survey fines one year
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2017
Nursing home groups say they are grateful that regulators heard their concerns about new changes to survey requirements and softened the blow.
Profile: Linda Krueger
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 09, 2017
When Linda Krueger starts to tear up, it’s not when talking about how proud she is of her son or her military service, or the death of her father. It’s when she talks about how much she loves...
Ask the Care Expert about … wandering residents
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Aug 09, 2017
Do you have any special recommendations for preparations pertaining to wanderers?
Regs in a Flash releases new mobile app
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 09, 2017
While skilled nursing providers have always wanted an easy way to look up regulations, the need spiked following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ debut of new F-tags in late June.
Pragmatism: Surveyors put away their big sticks
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2017
One of the biggest stories of the summer easily has been the news that full enforcement of nursing homes’ new survey system will be postponed a year.
Providers see survey gift in penalty delay
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2017
Penalties for the next phase of nursing home survey guidelines will be postponed a year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced June 30.
Provider’s social media penalty halved
By
Alyssa Salela
Aug 09, 2017
Although long-term care officials agree photos and videos of residents should not be taken or posted to social media without consent, some operators are pushing back.
Ask the Legal Expert about … background checks
By
John Durso
Aug 09, 2017
We do background checks on new employees. But now there’s word we’ll be getting sued because a relatively new nurse aide allegedly improperly touched certain residents. How can we avoid a potentially...