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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Long-Term Care Nurse Fired for Not Falsifying Documentation

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The RN was also accused of not updating patient care plans, but she stated she had, in fact, done this and had taken screen shots of her updates. The attorney will most likely discuss the federal Nursing Home Reform Act with the RN. Any nursing home receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds must comply with these standards.

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Nursing Work Environments: A Brief Guide

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Top nurse work environments 1. Hospitals Nurses working in the hospital environment directly oversee and administer patient care plans. Typically, nurses spend time with and balance the care of several patients simultaneously.

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Empathy in Healthcare

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

Patient care is more than just physical healing. Good healthcare includes building a connection that encompasses a patient’s mind, body, and soul. Her blog is Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog. Other times, it is done implicitly, unconsciously, but still doing harm.

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Family Sues After Patient Dies Behind Privacy Curtain

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It’s hard to believe that a privacy curtain would be a focal point of lawsuits involving nurses, but it happens. I wrote about a similar situation in a recent blog. The following case describes another unfortunate outcome involving a patient’s privacy curtain. Reported facts of the case. Trial court analysis and decision.

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Nursing the Nation and the World

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Without nurses, the healthcare system would essentially grind to a halt. We call nurses the lifeblood of healthcare, and they're also the connective tissue and the veritable mitochondria, the cellular powerhouses of the delivery of patient care. But nurses are more than that.

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8 Nurse Staffing Models To Try

Nurse.com

Nurses are leaving direct care — and dissatisfaction with outdated staffing models may be a big reason why. How can you provide safe, efficient patient care and meet the evolving needs of nurses? Innovative nurse staffing models can be the answer. Nurses are thriving with these novel staffing models.

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