Healthcare professionals create care plans to help manage conditions such as pulmonary embolism. Planning may help improve outcomes and prevent future occurrences of the condition. Care plans are an ...

Q: Our facility was recently cited under F-656, Comprehensive Care Plans, for the third year in a row. How can we ensure compliance? A:F-656 is one of the top 10 most-cited deficiencies. The ...

Susan E. Costella, RN, Clinical Director of Nursing, implemented person-centered care plans. Hospital Care teams are often challenged with overseeing fragile and elderly patients. Such challenges may ...

Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs) are a type of Medicare Advantage (MA) plan designed for long-term residents of nursing homes or those who live in the community but need a nursing home level ...

Given their day-to-day, intimate interaction with residents, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are uniquely positioned to contribute to care planning and interdisciplinary care team (IDT) meetings, ...