Nursing Shortage Is A Crisis
Another crisis is about to grip our country. As we attempt to get a over our finances, a nursing shortage is beginning to effect patient care and seems to be a problem that will plague us for many years to come. Nurse Tom reports that nursing shortages in hospitals and nursing homes are an ever increasing problem for patient safety. The safety problems created by under-staffing have become an even bigger problem for hospitals has they can no longer receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for event determined to be preventable or commonly referred to as 'never events.' How extensive is...
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Make Sure There Are Enough Nurses
The Legal Medicine Blog written the Dan Frith and Lauren Ellerman commented on a recent incident involving a Colorado nursing home's failure to provide assistance to a nursing home resident using the the bathroom. Firth and Ellerman get at the meat of the issue with respect to many nursing home falls and scores of nursing home injuries--not enough nurses. Sure shiny, pretty facilities are nice, but when evaluating facilities, the most important criteria in the selection of the facility is if the facility has enough staff. Not just nurses, but also nurses aides, physical therapists, maintenance personnel and even cafeteria workers...
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Nurses Admit To Problems At Nursing Homes
According to American Nurses Association, most of the 10,000 nurses participating in a recent poll believe the quality of nursing care has declined in the past year. Other poll results are just as alarming. A similar percentage (48.3%) of the nurses polled admit that they would not feel confident in having a person close to them receive care at the facility they work at. The nurses recognize under-staffing as a major problem. Almost three-quarters of the respondents believe there to be an insufficient number of nurses in their unit. It appears the widespread under-staffing is forcing the nurses to look...
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Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios
the quality of a nursing homes staff is one of the biggest predictors in quality of patient care. An under-staffed nursing home puts patients at risk for developing conditions such as bedsores, improper medication or malnutrition. An overworked staff may lead to patient neglect. The Nursing Home Reform Act (NHRA) sets forth minimum staffing levels for registered nurses (RN), licensed practical nurses (LPN), and minimum educational training for nurse's aides (NA). The requirements are: A registered nurse must be the director of nursing A registered nurse must be on duty at least 8 hours per day, 7 days per week...
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