Nursing home care can be one of the most expensive costs for the elderly. Most people don't expect to have to stay in a nursing home. However, when you get, or a loved one gets sick, this unexpected...
Category: Nursing Home
When providers and nurses start working in the nursing home setting, they frequently ask what common medications are prescribed to the elderly? Just like most health care settings, common...
How can APRNs do a medication reduction/review in a nursing home?
Some statistics say the average medication pass in nursing homes involves 73 medications. This number is the responsibility of the doctor and nurse practitioner to manage and reduce...
How does Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) affect nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and doctors in Nursing homes? With the payment models changing in nursing homes, the main question from...
How to fill out a death certificate for a nursing home patient
When I first started working at a nursing home in Connecticut, it didn’t take long before I had to pronounce my first patient. It was a little lady who died peacefully and didn’t have...
How to do federally mandated thirty and sixty-day evaluation notes in a skilled nursing home
In the nursing home setting, there are federally mandated visits that must be completed by medical doctors. There are also opportunities to delegate these responsibilities to physician assistants and...