It’s hard to believe the holidays are already here. As I have frantically baked cookies, mailed holiday cards and waited in long lines for the perfect gift, I couldn’t help but people-watch....
Where did all the spoons go?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 06, 2018
As nurse leaders/managers, I believe we have to be smarter in what we decide to let go and shrug off, as we might wind up having to do those things ourselves too often.
In praise of Roberta
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 07, 2017
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear. I’m not suggesting long-term care facilities are exactly like the Department of Motor Vehicles. They’re simply not equivalent, though I know many...
You can’t build a faster horse
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 04, 2017
I was taking with someone about innovation. They told me about a famous quote from Henry Ford. Supposedly he said, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses.'”
Payroll-Based Journal Reporting system should lose a star
By
Betsy Rust
Dec 28, 2015
Nursing homes may have difficulty determining what constitutes payroll and staffing data.
Standing up for the camel — and your staff
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 01, 2017
Even the best managers can sometimes inadvertently make jobs more difficult than they have to be, often just out of habit or inattention.
Is your compliance officer on speed dial?
By
Margaret Scavotto
Feb 24, 2016
At most healthcare facilities, the compliance officer is very busy, as are the administrator, privacy officer, security officer, and the person in charge of purchasing and contracting.
Nurse overload equals mistakes
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 24, 2012
Did you hear the one about the seasoned detective who finds a body in a field? Surrounded by young detectives, he immediately announces, “She was a nurse and worked in long term care!” Stunned,...
What ‘do everything’ can mean
By
Angelo E. Volandes, M.D.
Feb 04, 2015
The day I met Mrs. Bartlett at my hospital, she was an 89-year-old long-stay nursing home resident with moderate-to-severe dementia who was being transferred to my hospitalist service for shortness of...
Granny caught in the cross-fire again
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 18, 2013
Once again the war on drugs catches frail elder patients in the crosshairs. Basically a “drive by” that shouldn’t happen.