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May 2, 2012
Kaiser Health News Article
Think dangerous jobs, and a police officer entering a dark hallway or a firefighter running into a burning building might come to mind. But even more risky? Nursing aides, who have an occupation with the nation’s second highest rate of work-related injuries or illness.
Nursing aides and other health care workers can slip or fall or strain themselves trying to lift people or equipment. They also face unique hazards such as workplace violence, exposure to “bloodborne pathogens,” infectious diseases such as tuberculosis or dangerous chemicals and drugs.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to do something to make the jobs safer.
Read Kaiser Health News article
Find more resources for Nursing Assistant training in the book Long Term Care Inservices.
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April 25, 2012
Because the Director of Nursing position is so intensely demanding, a consideration of stress and time management is beneficial to one’s health and survival in the position.
Everyone in a long term care nursing facility is in constant pursuit of the Director of Nursing‘s attention.
The ability to delegate and set priorities is essential to adequate job performance and mental health.
While there are certain urgent matters requiring immediate attention, there are also regular responsibilities needing attention on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
The following tips and ideas will help make the job more pleasant.
Stress Reduction for the Busy Director of Nursing
Read more about topics of interest to the DON in long term care in the book Director of Nursing Book.
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April 25, 2012
The intent of section B is to document the resident’s ability to hear (with assistive hearing devices, if they are used), understand, and communicate with others and whether the resident experiences visual limitations or difficulties related to diseases common in aged persons.
Hearing, vision, the ability to understand others, and the ability to make onself understood are all coded in section B. Cognitive patterns have been moved to a different section of the MDS since the update to 3.0.
Nursing care plans that may be generated from this section include:
Communication, Hearing Impaired
Communication, Speech Impaired
Visual Impairment
Read the complete guide to coding section B of the MDS 3.0, including information on care area assessment triggers and RUG IV categories.
Section B Hearing, Speech, and Vision MDS 3.0
Read more about coding the MDS 3.0 in the book MDS Coordinator Book.
Many more resources and nursing care plans for geriatric residents can be found in the books Nursing Care Plans for Long Term Care, Social Service Care Plans, and Activities Care Plans, and on the page Care Plan Samples.
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April 25, 2012
The latest resource for locating nursing information for nursing care plans has been published by ICIRN, the Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing.
The list includes “print, electronic, and web sources to support nursing practice, education, administration, and research activities.”
In this year’s 26th edition, nursing blogs and forums are also included.
There are sections on nursing management, consumer health and patient education, cultural competency, drugs, databases and indexes, patient safety and quality assurance, history of nursing, and much more.
ICIRN Essential Nursing Resources for Nursing Care Plans
Many more resources and nursing care plans for geriatric residents can be found in the books Nursing Care Plans for Long Term Care, Social Service Care Plans, and Restorative Nursing Care Plans, Activities Care Plans, and on the page Care Plan Samples.
Think dangerous jobs, and a police officer entering a dark hallway or a firefighter running into a burning building might come to mind. But even more risky? Nursing aides, who have an occupation with the nation’s second highest rate of work-related injuries or illness.
