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The American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) represents more than 15,000 post-acute care nurses and professionals working in more than 5,175 facilities. Dedicated to supporting PAC nurses and healthcare professionals in providing quality care, AAPACN offers members best in-class education, certification, resources, and strong collaborative communities.
Latest From AAPACN and the Field
- CDC NHSN LTCF Weekly Healthcare Personnel (HCP) & Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Page UPDATED (6/22)Weekly health care personnel (HCP) & Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Data Reporting Long-term care facilities can track weekly COVID-19 vaccination data for residents and healthcare personnel (HCP) through NHSN. June 2022 updates As …
- CMS Press Release and Fact Sheet on Updated Survey Guidance (6/22)CMS Issues Significant Updates to Improve the Safety and Quality Care for Long-Term Care Residents and Calls for Reducing Room Crowding June 29, 2022 As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s initiative to promote the safety and quality …
- CMS Online Training: LTC Regulatory and Interpretive Guidance and Psychosocial Severity Guide Updates – June 2022Long Term Care Regulatory and Interpretive Guidance and Psychosocial Severity Guide Updates – June 2022 (LTCRIGPSG) Access here: https://qsep.cms.gov/pubs/CourseMenu.aspx?cid=0CMSLTCRegIG_PSG OR https://qsep.cms.gov/ProvidersAndOthers/publictraining.aspx Training Description This course consists of a series of presentations by the Division of …
- CMS QSO Memo: Revised Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance Includes Appendix PP Update (6/22)Revised Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance: Revisions to Surveyor Guidance for Phases 2 & 3, Arbitration Agreement Requirements, Investigating Complaints & Facility Reported Incidents, and the Psychosocial Outcome Severity Guide Memo # QSO-22-19-NH Posting Date 2022-06-29 …
- Am I Ready to Take the Resident Assessment Coordinator – Certified (RAC-CT™) Certification?If you’ve been a nurse assessment coordinator for some time now, you may be asking yourself, “Am I ready to take the RAC-CT certification?” To help answer that question, the experts at the American Association …
- Nurse Leader Fundamentals: An OverviewWhen I was an assistant director of nursing, I accepted a promotion and became the director of nursing services (DNS). I had been a nurse manager for a few years and thought I was prepared …
- Educational Planning Starts—but Doesn’t Stop—With the Facility AssessmentUsing the facility assessment to create an educational planning table seems pretty simple, but effective educational planning requires a more comprehensive, ongoing approach that addresses both competencies and global training needs identified from multiple sources. …
- Spring 2022 Unified Agenda: Key Upcoming Proposed Rules (6/22)The CMS regulatory agenda for spring 2022 is available. Find the full agenda here, but three key upcoming rules are highlighted below: Reporting of Crimes Occurring in Federally Funded Long Term Care Facilities and Enforcement …
- OIG Report: Staff Vaccination Rates (6/22)An Estimated 91 Percent of Nursing Home Staff Nationwide Received the Required COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, and an Estimated 56 Percent of Staff Nationwide Received a Booster Dose (A-09-22-02003) As of the week ended March 27, …
- Appendix B RAI User’s Manual/State RAI Coordinators Contact List Updated (6/22)The June update of Appendix B to the RAI 3.0 User’s Manual contains changes to the list of State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, RAI Panel members, and CMS locations and contacts. To ensure accurate formatting, use a …
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