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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/hello-black-america.html
July 01, 2021 - Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Topic(s): Vaccination
Audience(s): Nursing Assistants; Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_1_Assessment_and_Planning_final.pdf
May 01, 2014 - of nursing. … • Review the status of the nursing home’s key leadership positions. … • Review the nursing home’s recent State certification survey. … - Can sufficient buy-in be obtained from nursing and clinical prescribing staff, including both nursing … Offer to share the nursing home’s
antibiogram.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_2_Development.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Developing an antibiogram can appear initially to be a complex task beyond the scope of the average nursing … home, but experience shows that such development can be accomplished by a nursing home using existing … The antibiogram development group should include, at a minimum, a program champion, the
nursing home … ISBN Number: 1-56238-692-1
Nursing Home/Clinical Laboratory Nursing Home/Clinical Laboratory Agreement … , the antibiogram draft should be modified to address the nursing home’s specific needs.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_2_Development.doc
February 05, 2009 - Developing an antibiogram can appear initially to be a complex task beyond the scope of the average nursing … home, but experience shows that such development can be accomplished by a nursing home using existing … The antibiogram development group should include, at a minimum, a program champion, the nursing home’ … Nursing Home/Clinical Laboratory Nursing Home/Clinical Laboratory Agreement on Request for Specific Laboratory … be modified to address the nursing home’s specific needs.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_3_Implementation.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Nursing home management should decide if a new policy is required; if so, this
must be developed and … • Inform nursing (and nursing support) staff of the new policy/procedures at a regular staff meeting … (or
through whatever means the nursing home uses to communicate to the nursing staff). … in the nursing home setting. … Dissemination of the Antibiogram
Nursing Home Web Site
• If the nursing home has a Web site or Intranet
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T3-Readiness_Assessment_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1 … Use this tool to—
• Determine whether the nursing home has the right staff
• Determine whether the … nursing home has the necessary resources
• Identify areas to focus on before implementation
If there … Sustain a Program Toolkit 1/Tool 3 2
Is the Nursing Home Ready? … Is the nursing home financially stable?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T3-Readiness_Assessment_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Use this tool to—
· Determine whether the nursing home has the right staff
· Determine whether the nursing … Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. … Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Is the Nursing Home Ready? … Support by leadership (i.e., the board and/or administrator, director of nursing, or medical director … Is the nursing home financially stable?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh/nursing-home-long-stay-eng-651a.pdf
March 09, 2007 - The goal of this survey is to learn about the care that nursing home
residents receive in this nursing … home and to improve the quality of
care in nursing homes. … No one at the nursing home will
know what you said. … Now, think about all the different areas of the nursing home. … Would you recommend this nursing home to others?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/improve/discussion-guide.docx
March 01, 2017 - How Can the Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Help My Facility? … · Would you be comfortable having your loved one in this nursing home?
3. … Can our facility compare our results to other nursing homes in the country? … Many nursing homes using the AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture have expressed interest … in comparing their results to other nursing homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/support.html
December 01, 2022 - Support for Staff series
This series of three learning modules features strategies to help nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/psychological-ppe.html
May 01, 2021 - & Management; Staff and Resident Well-being
Audience(s): Managers, Clinical Leaders, Clinicians, Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/serie-apoyo.html
August 01, 2022 - Topic(s): Staff and Resident Well-being
Audience(s): Managers, Clinical Leaders, Clinicians, Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/eprotect-respiratory.html
May 01, 2022 - Source: WHO
Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention, PPE
Audience(s): Support staff, Nursing Assistants
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/get-vaccinated.html
July 01, 2022 - Source: AHCA/NCAL
Topic(s): Vaccination
Audience(s): Managers; Clinical Leaders; Clinicians; Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/identification-prevention.html
August 01, 2022 - Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention
Audience(s): Managers, Clinical Leaders, Clinicians, Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_4_Monitoring.pdf
May 01, 2014 - feedback from prescribing clinicians
(physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants) and nursing … Infections and antibiotic
use generally are monitored through the nursing home’s infection-control … Urinary tract infections and pneumonia
are common nursing home infections, and they can be tracked … readily through the nursing home’s infection-
control log. … This timeframe
will depend on the number of residents at the nursing home, the number of prescribing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase4_Monitoring.doc
January 01, 2005 - Infections and antibiotic use generally are monitored through the nursing home’s infection-control log … Urinary tract infections and pneumonia are common nursing home infections, and they can be tracked readily … through the nursing home’s infection-control log. … This timeframe will depend on the number of residents at the nursing home, the number of prescribing … It is suggested that nursing home staff use the antibiograms for at least 6 months before being asked
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T2-Working_with_a_lab_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic
Toolkit … Contact the nursing home’s lab to inquire about creating an antibiogram
Identify the correct contact … In rare circumstances, nursing homes may use more than
one lab. … lab to do this or whether this could be done by staff at
the nursing home. … Contact the nursing home’s lab to inquire about creating an antibiogram
2.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T2-Working_with_a_lab_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Contact the nursing home’s lab to inquire about creating an antibiogram
Identify the correct contact … In rare circumstances, nursing homes may use more than one lab. … These discussions should cover the lab’s capacity to produce antibiograms that meet the nursing home’ … standing agreement or contract that the nursing home has with the laboratory and modify the contract … lab to do this or whether this could be done by staff at the nursing home.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Savitz.pdf
March 01, 2004 - care processes or the
delivery of nursing care. … that are affected by nursing practice. … Needleman et al. use the phrase “outcomes potentially
sensitive to nursing” to recognize nursing contributions … care and the practice of nursing. … American Nursing Association.