Registered Nursing

MAY 1, 2025

In 2025, as healthcare continues to expand beyond hospitals and into homes, the role of the private duty nurse has become more essential than ever, especially for patients needing long-term care, chronic condition support, or specialized attention within the comfort of their own residences.

LPN 52

LPN Medicare Medicaid Long Term Care 52

Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

And we need to ensure that the nurses graduating are practice-ready because they are not. We need to understand most nurses in acute care and long-term care settings now are novice nurses or nurses who have only been in the profession for a few years. But we have to invest in our nurses.

Nurse Shortage 126

Nurse Shortage Nurse Practitioner Education Travel Nursing 126

Relias

MARCH 1, 2023

Reduce readmissions The CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program reduces payments to acute care facilities with a high 30-day readmission rate. One approach that hospital officials are using to manage the readmission risk and avoid Medicare penalties is establishing a preferred SNF network.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicaid Patient Satisfaction Long Term Care 52

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

JANUARY 3, 2022

When looking for a nursing job, especially your very first one, you should heed the words of my first nurse manager I ever had, a very wise and experienced woman. There are over 39,000 staffing offices for agency nurses in the U.S. Every type of encounter is assigned an RVU value by Medicare.

Medicare 59

Medicare Malpractice Pharmaceutical Long Term Care 59

American Nurse

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Expiration: 12/1/26 Sandra Long*, a 72-year-old woman, is admitted to the emergency department from a long-term care facility for fever, poor oral intake, new-onset confusion, foul-smelling urine, and incontinence. Avoid using catheters to manage incontinence. Insert catheters only for appropriate indications.

Best Practices 82

Best Practices Self-Care Long Term Care Medicaid 82