Assertiveness training called key to improving nursing care
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Alyssa Salela
Sep 06, 2017
Nurses showed short- and long-term benefits after just three hours of an assertiveness training program, according to results from a University of Miyazaki study.
Citations, staff levels decline
By
Alyssa Salela
Aug 09, 2017
The average number of nursing home deficiencies has dropped, but staffing levels are lower than expert recommendations, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
Facility fined $552,000 for resident elopement and death
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Alyssa Salela
Jun 27, 2017
A skilled nursing facility that ignored warning signs of potential resident elopement and later made medical mistakes near the time of a wanderer’s death, was fined $552,109, according to a recently...