Staffing firms strive to keep both staff, employers whole
By
John Hall
Sep 01, 2020
Certification programs, training, other efforts geared to address shortages caused by effects of COVID-19.
Let’s brainstorm, think outside the box and … doom our future
By
Steven Littlehale
Aug 31, 2020
The best way for our industry to NOT move forward is to conduct a series of “brainstorming” sessions where we agree to “think outside the box.”
Lawmakers demand answers from Pence on worsening PPE shortages
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 28, 2020
Two top Democratic lawmakers are insisting on answers from Vice President Mike Pence following reports of growing personal protective equipment and supply shortages among nursing homes.
Feds to release next $2.5 billion, 1.5 million N95 masks to nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 27, 2020
The federal government is shipping 1.5 million N95 respirators from the national stockpile to nursing homes reporting supply shortages.
All nursing homes should have POC testing devices by end of September
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 27, 2020
About 5,600 point-of-care testing devices have been shipped to nursing homes so far, a top federal official revealed this week.
Second responders: Answering the call for help in long-term care
By
Debbie Pool
Wendy Boren
Aug 26, 2020
It was late afternoon on Jan. 30, 2020. A nurse from the Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) was leading a standard table top influenza pandemic exercise in Poplar Bluff when a call came through...
A New Digital Process for Battling Staffing Pitfalls and Helping Schedulers
Uber-like system focuses on providing cost-effective and fully credentialed nurses
Clinical considerations when the census is low
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Aug 25, 2020
A low census caused by things like the pandemic can lead to the challenge of balancing the urgency of filling the beds with the risks of admitting residents that the team is clinically unable to manage.
I love bingo
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Aug 25, 2020
What would you do if you had to engage a very large number of residents with diverse preferences and abilities to ensure maximum well-being on an almost nonexistent budget? The answer would be to find...
Respiratory distress the cause of most post-COVID hospital readmissions
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 25, 2020
Respiratory distress is often the culprit when a patient with COVID-19 returns to the hospital within two weeks of discharge, a study finds. These patients also have relatively high rates of COPD and hypertension.