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Long-Term Care Nurse Fired for Not Falsifying Documentation

Nurse.com

A long-term care nurse shared that her facility was accused of negligence in failing to use bed rails properly to prevent residents from falling out of bed. . 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.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. She is the owner of aneesahcoates.com and is passionate about helping nurses, current and aspiring, learn more about the profession.

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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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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes. Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Karl Steinberg, he’s a palliative care doc and a geriatrician. He’s been a hospice and nursing home director.

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Change Is Now the “Constant” for Nurses in Infection Control

Nurse.com

Healthcare workers believed that they had a good understanding of hospital infection prevention policies.” The pandemic erased that complacency and enhanced education for nurses and infection control in unique ways. Perhaps one of the most impacted was nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

And so, again, that is getting better with increased use of take home doses for people. But nonetheless, the methadone clinic system is entirely separate from the rest of the healthcare system. Or one of the Lancet journals on age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

And I think that we’re at this kind of crossroads right now in dysphagia, and dysphagia management where our patients are suffering. Some of our healthcare systems are hard, and challenging, and I think that it’s time that we have a change. We revisit it, and make things better for our patients. Eric: Lovely.

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