Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Northern Texas arbitrarily threw out the nursing home safe staffing mandate. He decided the mandate was inconsistent with Congress’s legislation governing nursing homes. CMS determined that the staffing requirements were needed while citing various forms of literature, data, interviews, and public comments. The DOJ emphasizes that the new requirement aligns with
Trump’s arbitrary deportation policies continue to target a “vital portion” of long-term care essential workers according to sources. The US Healthcare System employs more than 1 million immigrants, where 70,000 are documented and 38,000 are undocumented, a JAMA research letter says. Trump’s orders regarding deportations threaten the quality of care at long-term care facilities as
NBC reported on the use of insulin as a murder weapon by nurses. How do you know if it is an honest mistake as opposed to attempted murder? Medical professionals are usually unprepared when having to consider that the lifesaving drug-insulin- can be used as a murder weapon. This is exactly the case, according to
A recent article discussed John Pernorio, a Heritage Hills nursing home resident, who repeatedly “mashed” the call button at his bedside. Pernorio injured his spine in a fall on the job and was unable to walk. Pernorio’s antibiotics made him need to use the restroom more frequently, but he was unable to go on his
McKnight’s reported on a new research that supports an obvious conclusion. Staffing stability is a critical key component to nursing home quality. Researchers have long understood nurse turnover’s influence and impact on nursing home quality, maybe even for two decades. Still, turnover wasn’t added to Care Compare for over a decade after an overall staffing
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