Much of the day-to-day work of a nursing assistant has to do with competencies. For example, does the CNA know how to make an occupied bed, transfer a person safely from a bed to a wheelchair or take an accurate blood pressure reading? But are task-based...
Picture an average health care facility. Think about all the supplies, paper, equipment and food that get thrown out every day. Can you guess how much trash all of us health care providers are generating every year? While the exact number is impossible to...
As you may know, nursing homes are required to execute a standardized assessment tool known as the MDS (Minimum Data Set). Starting October 1, 2010, nursing homes across the country will be required to implement MDS 3.0. This change will have an effect on everyone...
Have you seen the latest online newsletter from the Joint Commission? It details a number of the “most challenging requirements” for the first half of 2010…in other words, the requirements for which organizations are getting cited. This is great...
Last week, the results of a Penn State study on occupational injuries were revealed. It should come as no surprise that nursing assistants and home health aides were high on the “injured list”. However, the researchers found that on-the-job injuries...