Nursing facility deficiencies often unreported, GAO says
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should revise existing written guidance to make it more concise, simple and less confusing.
When flu fears strike: managing swine flu and seasonal flu in long-term care
By
Julie Williamson
Dec 01, 2009
The key to surviving this ‘double-whammy’ of H1N1 and the seasonal flu is to focus on infection control, education and keeping hype to a minimum
CDC releases guidance for long-term care on swine flu infection
May 01, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released interim guidance for healthcare facilities, including long-term care, for care of residents with confirmed or suspected swine flu, also known...
Bill would expand education, training for workers in LTC
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2009
A group of bipartisan U.S. senators and congressmen last month introduced legislation to offer more educational and training opportunities for healthcare workers in long-term care and gerontology.
Job satisfaction latest nurse recruitment tool
Sep 16, 2008
Nursing homes may want to turn their attention to hospitals, which are trying a new method to retain and recruit nurses. Instead of offering financial incentives, they’re improving job satisfaction,...
Just in time
Aug 26, 2008
Long-term care providers are enthusiastically backing legislation to increase the ranks of foreign-educated nurses. A House committee recently approved the Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act (H.R. 5924)....
New York bans mandatory overtime for nurses
Aug 19, 2008
Another state is putting limits on the numbers of hours nurses have to work. New York Gov. David Paterson (D) recently signed legislation banning mandatory overtime for registered nurses and licensed practical...
Put lawmakers’ feet to fire
Jun 01, 2008
Everybody wants to fix Connecticut’s nursing homes. The problem is, the fix elected officials have in mind is empty rhetoric, and it could do more damage than good.
60 Seconds with… Peter Buerhaus, Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center
By
Haymarket Media
Feb 07, 2007
Q: Your most recent research shows providers should be happy that the nursing shortage may be only half as bad as predicted in 2000, right?
A: If you can be happy living with a category 4 hurricane parked...
Debate intensifies over nurse-to-patient ratios
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 14, 2006
Many hospitals are looking for ways to keep nurses aside from adhering to nurse-to-patient ratios, a news report finds.