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Dehydration Plays Key Role in Nursing Home Death

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With the elderly, dehydration can be caused by many factors, but studies indicate that inadequate staffing and lack of supervision are principal causes of dehydration in nursing homes. She was returned to the nursing home the following morning. What led up to the patient’s death? She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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5 tips to improve and better utilize your home care plans [Free tip sheet]

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Based on this discussion, we’ve developed a free tip sheet to help your home care organizations and healthcare providers work through improving your care plans. Let’s dive into how to make and improve a health care plan and how it can improve your home care agency, nursing home, or business.

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5 tips to improve and better utilize your home care plans [Free tip sheet]

AlayaCare

Based on this discussion, we’ve developed a to help your home care organizations and healthcare providers work through improving your care plans. Let’s dive into how to make and improve a health care plan and how it can improve your home care agency, nursing home, or business.

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Family Sues After Patient Dies Behind Privacy Curtain

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A male patient who was diagnosed with dementia several years earlier was admitted to a nursing home on his physician’s recommendation. While at the nursing home, the patient fell five times, with three of those falls resulting in injuries. He also was known to wander and suffered from insomnia.

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RN’s Credibility Questioned By State Court

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In the following case, a nurse’s veracity was the focus of a state supreme court decision and decisions in three prior proceedings. Facts of the case During a night shift, a staff nurse at a nursing home and a certified nursing assistant (CNA) needed to turn a patient living with obesity.

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6 Creative Strategies To Solve the Nursing Shortage

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Hospitals implementing partnerships will likely gain new nurses through this joint venture due to student familiarity with the hospital and a steady stream of potential recruits. Most hospitals eventually adopted the all-BSN staff model, pushing out less educated nurses. Is your organization addressing the nursing shortage?

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8 Nurse Staffing Models To Try

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Nurses are thriving with these novel staffing models. Utilizing LPNs in acute care Many licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational nurses (LPN/LVNs) seek jobs in post-acute care (nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living) or ambulatory facilities. “We

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