Tag: nursing
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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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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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Skilled Nursing Support is capable of supplying renewed energy !
2023 is approaching being one month old. How well did your facility and staff meet the challenges of this month. Are they excited for the upcoming changes of The Skilled Nursing initiatives that up being rolled out this year? This is an exciting time for our industry. We are in the position of learning new…
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How do we negotiate our work schedule when we are salaried employees
Today I returned from a quick vacation. I took Thursday, Friday and Monday off. I came back feeling refreshed. My goal was to keep that momentum going? Well, it turns out that was not an easy task. My Tuesday felt like a Monday to me. I told myself that I was not going to return…
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Life as a Clinical Reimbursement manager
We often are focused on the frontline staff that we may have not noticed the changing roles of your management staff. What has changed for your managers ? Your Manager could be at the center level who is responsible for the reimbursement team reaching goals. They may be in a regional role and are responsible…
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The night before Christmas and this isn’t my house!
It is the night before Christmas and I am not in my house Rather I am in a Nursing Home missing my spouse. I am lying here very still in my bed With many thoughts spinning around in my head. They tell me that I live here now. But I still can’t understand how. My…
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The many faces, do you really see me for me?
Today at work was a day with both many calls and work expectations. I met with staff who appear to be doing ok, but are they really? Do we really know what someone is thinking or the life stresses they have prior to coming to work. We wear masks at work which makes it even…
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Approaching Monday. How can leadership help a tired nurse be ready to meet the challenges of the new week?
I am a manager who functions at a Regional level. My Mondays begin by reviewing each of my assigned facilities to assess what processes the nurses were able to complete. What may be needed for Monday and for the rest of the week. How I relay the results of that assessment can either cause more…
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Nursing today
Nursing in 2022 is very different than it was when I became a nurse in 1989. I never heard my colleagues expressing how they were ready to change professions due to not feeling valued. They were excited about our profession. I became a nurse because of the nurses who I spoke to about what I…