Question: This situation seems to be happening at my facility more and more. When residents pass away at the facility and do not have a funeral home listed, how long (hours) are we able to keep the body? I have family members who seem to think that they can call …
Participants will learn to explain the dangers of the flu virus for residents and how it’s transmitted, understand your role in daily surveillance for flu symptoms, and understand what action to take to prevent an outbreak of the flu. Download now.
The care plan should reflect a resident’s goals for health and wellness, and what the clinical team is doing to help the resident achieve those goals. AAPACN’s §483.21 Comprehensive Person-Centered Care Planning Cheat Sheet provides the DNS with an overview of the required components of the care plan, including the …
The nurse assessment coordinator and team members can easily convert the case-mix groups achieved under the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) to the five-digit Medicare billing code by using the PDPM Case-Mix Group Conversion to HIPPS Characters tool. For permission to use or reproduce this tool in full or in …
Participants will learn to describe reasons nursing home residents are at risk for acute conditions, list symptoms and changes in vital signs, physical function, mental function, and body condition that could indicate acute conditions, identify ways to report a change in resident condition to the nurse, and discuss the CNA’s …
As the Director of Operations for my company, I have had the opportunity to encounter many different leadership styles among the various departments within the skilled nursing world. I’ve worked with those who have an unbelievable amount of knowledge but not a whole lot of common sense. I’ve worked with …
Are you checking regularly to ensure your call light process is working according to your policy? Use AADNS’s Call Light Audit Tool to check your system to ensure it is meeting the necessary standards, write notes to your QAA committee, and get suggestions on corrective actions. For permission to …
New Episode of CMS: Beyond The Policy is Available: Episode 5: Nursing Home Strategy Part 1 – Strengthening Oversight The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the 5th episode of the CMS: Beyond the Policy podcast which focuses on the first of the CMS’s 5-pronged strategy on strengthening …
Are you prepared to collect the needed information at the time of admission for residents under PDPM? The AAPACN PDPM Admission Checklist Tool can help SNFs collaborate with hospital discharge planners to collect the necessary preadmission records needed to make informed decisions and projections on referrals and planned admissions. SNFs …
Question: Does the primary diagnosis that physical therapy and occupational therapy use need to match the primary ICD-10 code used by nursing? Answer: Often confusion stems from the terms used across different disciplines. Therapists use medical and treatment diagnoses, while the SNF uses other terms, such as admission diagnosis, …
