Tag: #skillednursing
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Seeing Through Their Eyes: Valentine’s Day for Elders in Long-Term Care
Valentine’s Day is a time when love is celebrated worldwide. However, for many elders in long-term care facilities, this day may bring reflections of lost loves and bygone years. As a long-term care nurse, I often witness the disconnect between the lively celebrations and the quiet solitude some residents experience. This year, let’s look…
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Building a Brighter Future for Our Elders: Invest in Educating Our Caregivers
We’re halfway through the first month of the new year, and it’s a perfect moment to reflect on what we’re focusing on to ensure a successful year in the world of long-term care and skilled nursing. Are you prioritizing staffing? Is your focus on Quality Measures? Is Reimbursement at the forefront? Or maybe Survey preparations?…
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Specialized and Essential: The Growing Recognition of Resident Assessment Coordinators in Long-Term Care
Transforming Care: Addressing Staffing Needs in Nursing Homes to Elevate Specialist Roles Staffing in nursing homes plays a pivotal role in shaping the quality of care that residents receive. Feedback from both dedicated staff and residents consistently underscores staffing as their foremost concern. Recognizing this, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
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The Art and Privilege of Crafting Baseline Care Plans in a Clinical Setting
**Title: The Art and Privilege of Crafting Baseline Care Plans in a Clinical Setting** In the fast-paced environment of healthcare, where every decision impacts patient outcomes, the role of creating baseline care plans holds profound significance. Reflecting on this unique responsibility, I am reminded of the privilege it is to be entrusted…
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Unlocking MDS Excellence: Navigate, Code, and Care
Join us on an exciting new journey in the ever-changing world of MDS assessments and nursing home regulations. At Unlocking MDS Excellence: Navigate, Code, and Care, we’re creating a dynamic community of passionate nurses like you eager to innovate and collaborate. As a pioneering member, you’ll help shape a community that offers: Cutting-edge insights and…
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“Nursing Insight: Differentiating Postsurgical Erythema from Infection in Joint Replacements”
Nursing Insight: Differentiating Postsurgical Erythema from Infection in Joint Replacements Understanding the differences between normal postsurgical healing and signs of potential infection is crucial for both bedside and MDS assessment nurses. Arthroplasty involves both skin incisions and joint replacement, leading to some level of skin erythema. Determining when this erythema signals normal healing, suture hypersensitivity,…
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Navigating Dark Moments in Your Nursing Career: Rediscovering Your Passion
Have you ever questioned if you wanted to continue with your nursing profession? Did you ever have a moment or event in your journey that made you question if you chose the right profession? I did and it was a very frightening time in my career. I was working as a psychiatric nurse and I…
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CMS-approved MDS 3.0 Final Section S Items
See link for your specific state requirements: for which this excerpt was quoted from https://qtso.cms.gov/system/files/qtso/October%202023%20Section%20S%20Items.pdf Overview “The tables list the Section S items that will be active on MDS 3.0 records with a target date on or after October 1, 2023. The active item on each item subset code (ISC) is marked with a “Y”.…
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Honoring Fellow Nursing Colleagues on Memorial Day
Interesting article re: Women and Nurses who serve:https://www.uso.org/stories/3005-over-200-years-of-service-the-history-of-women-in-the-us-military MAY 2023\Skilled Nursing Support\maria.messina@skillednursingsupport.com If you like this post subscribe and see more
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Do you know the difference between residents feeling lonely vs. Socially isolated???
Listen to this podcast:https://youtu.be/7ZgoaXRnn5E Have you assessed your residents for feelings of social isolation or loneliness?Do you know the Difference?Have you ever been in a room surrounded by others and felt lonely?You are there but you have an uncomfortable feeling because you are not connected with anyone.Think of a party you are at but feel…