Staffing

Computer Technology

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Working With Partners to Hire in the Community

BY JOHN WEISER Working with partners to hire in the communityHow to surmount cultural and other gaps restricting your labor pool  Do you worry about Read More »

Update on DOL’s Regulations for Employee Exemption

BY JOHN E. LYNCHESKI AND LISA L. GARRETT   Update on DOL's regulations for employee exemptionAre you in compliance with definitions Read More »

Training Staff Online

BY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF   Training staff onlineDoes computer-based staff training work? A team of administrators and Read More »

Modern Timekeeping Systems Lead to Better Staffing

BY DOUG PETERMAN Modern timekeeping systems lead to better staffingPotential advantages: expedited staffing assignments, employee recognition, better Read More »

Does Staffing Mean Quality?

I heard an interesting dialogue at a recent long-term care'related conference Read More »

Are Your Recruitment Strategies Up to Date?

Are your recruitment strategiesup to date?   by Danielle Costello and Laura Vercler, MA, CPHQ  The answer is important to continued customer Read More »

Take a Look Before You Hook

BY JULIE A. BRAUN, JD,LLMTake a look before you hookPreventing deaths and serious injuries from medical gas mix-ups   Nursing homes Read More »

Improve Quality? Watch What Staff Is Doing

Improve Quality?Watchwhat staff is doing How standardized direct observations can make a difference  by Anna Rahman, MSW;Sandra Simmons, PhD;John Read More »

Community-Wide Emergency Planning Involving Long-Term Care

BY MARIANNA KERN GRACHEK, MSN, CNHA, FACHCA Community-wide emergency planning involving long-term careThe Joint Commission approach to enhancing Read More »

Are DONs an Endangered Species?

Are DONs an endangered species?Interview with V. Tellis-Nayak, PhD   They like their jobs, but wouldn't recommend them to anyone and Read More »

Is Micromanagement Killing Your Staff?

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Empowering the CNA

BY LOIS BEATTY, RN, BSN Empowering the CNAWith encouragement, CNAs can teach others  Have you ever wished that there were enough resources and Read More »

Welcome to Automated Hiring

BY DONNA MOORE, RN Welcome to automated hiringWeb-based screening can make interviews more targeted  Labor shortage. We've heard this phrase over and Read More »

Hiring and Keeping the Best People

BY LETA BEAM Hiring and keeping the best peopleCreate a talent plan to reenergize and refocus your crew  It seems as though we never stop talking Read More »

Save Your Back, Save Your Budget

BY JANET WHITE Save your back, save your budgetSafe, simple, and cost-efficient transfer solutions are especially helpful in caring for bariatric Read More »

Making Way for Staff Diversity

All members can be accommodated and empowered-if you work at itBY SANDRA HOBAN, MANAGING EDITOR Diversity is everywhere. Just as it takes more Read More »

When Residents Abuse Employees

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Butterflies are Free: One Nursing Home’s End

< b>BY THE STAFF ASSOCIATES AT LIFE CARE CENTER OF SARASOTA, SARASOTA, FLAAs fellow leaders of quality skilled nursing facilities, Read More »

Thinking About the Unthinkable: Staff Sexual Abuse of Residents

BY DOUGLAS J. EDWARDS, ASSISTANT EDITOR Thinking about the unthinkable: Staff sexual abuse of residentsAlthough few staff members ever cross the Read More »

On the Town

BY JILL SMOLLER On the townRewarding-and maintaining-a top-quality staff  On a lovely May morning in 2004, a limousine rolled to a stop and we all Read More »

Improving Health Benefits for Staff

IMPROVINGHEALTH BENEFITSFOR STAFFA new report points up reasons for optimism and action BY LINDA ZESPYAmong executives and employees alike, talking Read More »

Today’s Administrator and DON

The jobs aren't what they used to be-three distinguished practitioners tell whyBASED ON INTERVIEWS BY SANDRA HOBAN, MANAGING EDITOR, AND TODD Read More »

Risk Prevention Means Teamwork

BY ROBIN A. BLEIER, RN, CLC, LHCRM This article is based on a presentation at the 17th Annual NADONA/LTC conference, Orlando, Florida, Read More »

Building a Bridge to Education

BY KATHLEEN K. BROGAN, MSN, MSHED, RN, AND ANNA MARSHALICK, MSN, RN  To address the extreme nursing shortages that exist today and are predicted for Read More »

What Staff Are Saying: A Firsthand Report

BY MARIAN DEUTSCHMAN, PHD When you ask nursing home staff about their jobs and ideas for improvement, what do you hear? A few years ago I visited Read More »

Time to AIM at Career Development

BY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFEver get the feeling that you've been spinning your wheels professionally, that your career has bogged down in Read More »

Is Your Staff Ready for Violent Residents?

BY DAVID LENNOX, PHD  Where would you feel safer working, a nursing home or a coal mine? According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration Read More »

Missing: Death Education for Nursing Facilities

BY DONALYN GROSS, PHD, LCSW, CMPMissing: Death education for nursing facilitiesStaff need to be trained in comforting dying residents, their Read More »

Can Administrators’ Leadership Style Influence Quality of Care?

BY CHRISTINA A. HASEMANN, PHD, RD, L/CDNCan administrators' leadership style influence quality of care?In quest of the "authoritarian" administrator Read More »