JCAHO is a voluntary accredidation agency - hospitals etc. pay money for the luxury of being surveyed by JCAHO. I agree with the others - it is very easy for focus on paperwork compliance - it is...
I agree with the others you must report for the following 4 reasons: a) Nursing standards of practice b) Your employeer's p/p must outline your need to report any suspected abuse/neglect of...
The nursing facility I work in offered our first "Nurse Internship" this past summer. The nurse intern was also a CNA in our facility. She worked as an intern during the summer between her Junior...
We utilize standing orders in our community. The standing orders are the same for all nursing home residents in our city. The physicians, nurse practitioners and nursing home nurses get together...
Please go the the nursing spectrum web site before you consider Reagants - there are multiple postings from people that have had major problems with Reagents. Most of the posts advice against that...
As we were reviewing a chart on the Alzheimer's unit - this notation stood out: "resident very agitated - yelling profound statements" Profane yes - profound no ..I doubt he was yelling "To be...