Troubled Florissant Nursing Home: Losing funding after resident dies from bleeding. So how do we prepare our nurses to be ready for caring for different types of patients in the long term care setting? This year, the phase 2 survey process starts to look at competency for nursing assistants. But isn't that short changing if we don't prepare our licensed nurses. We see dialysis patients almost daily and care for them in our setting, pre and post treatment. Read on, don't you t

It's been at least two weeks since LTC Phase 2 survey went into effect. I have been monitoring some of the blogs and discussion boards to see what are the experiences of each facility with the new survey process. Would you be willing to share your experience? Here are some of the information shared over the blogs and discussion boards: 1. Resident voice - surveyors are talking a lot more to residents. Most surveyors are in the units, staying longer outside observing and inter

AFL 17-26: Beginning December 1, CDPH will supplement the annual PPD audit with the PBJ data. Available: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-17-26.aspx AFL 17-25: Effective January 1, 2018, removes the requirement that the facility will concurrently assess pain with vital signs. Partial fill request will be based on the patient or prescriber. Available: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-17-25.aspx AFL 17-24: Effective January 1, 2018, prohib