Effective education is vital to the nursing department, but it can be hard to make the case for it in budget meetings. Here are some tips for evaluating and measuring education programs that reflect ...

If ‘now is the moment,’ what will the sector’s new federal staffing minimum look like? If there’s one thing nursing home providers, consumer advocates and regulators can agree on when it comes to ...

Several years ago, while working in nursing professional development and education, consultant Gen Guanci, MEd, RN-BC, CCRN, realized that she was doing herself and her department a disservice by ...

Today’s nursing homes are under immense pressure from government regulators to improve quality while the government simultaneously tightens reimbursement rates. These two forces squeeze operating ...

Federal officials have quietly withdrawn the only new nursing home quality measure that had been listed as “under consideration” for future years. In December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Nursing staff turnover has long been considered an important indicator of nursing home quality. However, turnover has never been reported on the Nursing Home Compare website, likely because of the ...

Assessing patient experiences is now a vital part of ensuring quality care. One trust used electronic devices to track relatives’ experiences of the care they received AbstractBrown J, Aladangady N ...