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BY SKILLED NURSING SUPPORT LLC
Learn the Nursing MDS role to enhance your worklife balance and still impact your patients care. https://mariamessina.mastermind.com/masterminds/44606 Are you a Nurse who had feelings of anxiety, or stress trying to complete your duties assigned for your shift? Do you worry that you did not provide the best care for your residents? In this program you…
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I thought I share who I really am with my new connections on this social platform.
This is me when I pivoted from a staff nurse from MGH to Courtyard Nursing Care Center in 1992. I was 28 years old here and pregnant with my second child. It was owned by ADS back then. I have experienced so much in the years from then to now but the relationship that has…
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Have you completed your Advanced Care Planning Document?
It really doesn’t matter if you are 21 or 81. Everyone should consider having an advanced care directive completed. I of course think about this more due to my current age and having had Cancer. I did undergo a long surgical procedure which made me need to think about how I would want to proceed…
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Silence Self Doubt: Embrace the power of Affirmations
http://MariaMessina.mastermind.com/masterminds/44728 About This Product: Are you someone who questions your current self-worth? Do you have negative beliefs about your everyday activities or career path? Do you feel as if life is passing by and your are an observer, not an active participant? Have your ever felt not worthy enough to go for that job promotion.…
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Do you worry about the parent who remains in the community when one is in a nursing home and if they can still afford to stay in the community?
The decision to place one parent in a nursing home and keep one home can be a very difficult one. Unfortunately this is a decision that friends my age have to agonize over. They may have a parent who has Dementia and one that does not but is unable to provide the care to their…
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Helping you help them
Helping You Help them Are you ready to be the nurse who makes a positive impact in elderly residents lives while they reside in the Long term care setting? That has been my passion in my career. I have continued to surround myself with other healthcare staff who share this same drive. We all have…
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Read all about it:
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/02/09/fact-sheet-covid-19-public-health-emergency-transition-roadmap.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2023 Contact: HHS Press Office 202-690-6343media@hhs.gov Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Transition Roadmap Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at…
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So you have been wondering if there is a Medicare MDS Cheat sheet there is:
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/SNFPPS/Downloads/MLN_CalL_PDPM_Presentation_508.pdf PDPM Assessment Schedule Medicare MDS Assessment Type Assessment Reference Date Applicable Standard Medicare Payment Days Five-day Scheduled PPS Assessment Days 1-8 All covered Part A days until Part Adischarge (unless an IPA is completed) Interim Payment Assessment (IPA) Optional Assessment ARD of the assessment throughPart A discharge (unless another IPA assessment is completed) PPS…
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Changing Times in Long term Care
Working in long term care has been a very rewarding career. I worked at MGH in Boston prior to joining the long term care industry. I remember being a little bored when I first joined the team. In The 80’s long term care facilities were more like a home away from home for our seniors.…