Nurses and technicians delivering medications are interrupted every 2 minutes on average, according to a study by the Institute for Safe Medications Practice (ISMP). To make matters worse, the risk of medication errors increase 12.7% with each ... [Read More...]
Why Nurses are Leaving Long Term Care: 5 Strategies to Keep Them on Board
It’s hard to hang on to a good nurse. Especially for long term care providers. According to a 2014 report from McKnight’s, the turnover rate in long term care is a significant problem, ranging from 55% to 75%. Why are they leaving? For lots of reasons, ... [Read More...]
Medication Theft in Long Term Care: How to Protect Your Patients and Staff
We’ve all seen it in the movies; that scene where a desperate drug-addicted doctor or nurse breaks the glass of the hospital drug cabinet and steals their badly needed medications. Only in the movies, right? Wrong. The fact is that drug theft in hospitals ... [Read More...]
How To Reduce Stress For Long-Term Care Workers
If you work in long-term care you know how rewarding the job can be. And how stressful. It’s fulfilling and frustrating all at the same time. And that’s why this field experiences a high rate of burnout and turnover. Even those that consider long-term ... [Read More...]
CMS LTC Guidance – Today and Beyond
This is Part 2 of a two-part series about the 2005 CMS LTC Guidance regarding LTC pharmacy service levels. Part 1 was a 10-year retrospective, which can be reviewed at: http://bit.ly/1quBIjn. Part 2 is a set of modernizations, set now in 2016 and ... [Read More...]
