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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/grief-support.html
May 01, 2021 - Grief Support for Staff
Resource: Grief Support for Staff (PDF, 1.7 MB)
This guide shares ideas and strategies for acknowledging grief in long-term care settings.
Source: Palliative Alliance
Topic(s): Staff and Resident Well-being
Audience(s): Clinical Leaders; Managers
Format: PDF
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/checklist-transport.html
February 01, 2021 - Healthcare Professional Preparedness Checklist For Transport and Arrival of Patients With Confirmed or Possible COVID-19
Resource: Healthcare Professional Preparedness Checklist For Transport and Arrival of Patients With Confirmed or Possible COVID-19 (PDF, 98 KB)
Frontline healthcare personnel can use …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/treatment-options.html
February 01, 2021 - Medical Priorities and Treatment Options Conversation with Patients
Resource: Medical Priorities and Treatment Options Conversation with Patients (PDF, 177 KB)
This one-pager serves as a reference for a patient/agent during a conversation about priorities for medical care and treatment options for serious …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/cdc-project.html
May 01, 2021 - CDC Project First Line Facilitator Toolkit
Resource: CDC Project First Line Facilitator Toolkit
This toolkit has resources and strategies designed to support leaders as they deliver training sessions and help to build a culture of providing safer, higher quality of care.
Source: CDC
Topic(s): Safe Ope…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/clinical-management.html
July 01, 2022 - Clinical Management of COVID-19
Resource: Clinical Management of COVID-19
This document provides guidance to clinicians caring for COVID-19 patients during all phases of their disease (i.e. screening to discharge). It has been expanded from previous versions to meet the needs of frontline clinicians and pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/clinical-conversations.html
April 01, 2022 - Clinical Conversations Training Program
Resource: Clinical Conversations Training Program
Clinical Conversations is a program from the Network of the National Library of Medicine for training clinicians and other clinical staff who interact with patients about health literacy and related concepts. This pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/compassionate-care.html
July 01, 2021 - Compassionate Care Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis
Resource: Compassionate Care Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis (PDF, 85.5 KB)
This resource provides guidance on compassionate care during COVID-19, including a checklist to assess a provider's ability to deliver end-of-life care and information on supporting the…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/communication-toolkit.html
February 01, 2021 - COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control: Communication Toolkit for Long-term Care Facilities
Resource: COVID-19 infection prevention and control: communication toolkit for long-term care facilities
This communication toolkit contains a series of simplified messages and reminders based on the World Health …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/communication-strategies.html
May 01, 2021 - Communication Strategies for Keeping Families Up to Date
Resource: Communication Strategies for Keeping Families Up to Date (PDF, 75.2 KB)
This document provides ideas for communicating with family members of residents during COVID-19. It offers a list of tactics to ensure important communication is sha…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/cohorting-residents.html
July 01, 2021 - Cohorting Residents to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
Resource: Cohorting Residents to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (PDF, 121 KB)
This document provides guidance on cohorting (separating residents with COVID-19 from other residents) to reduce the exposure of residents without COVID-19.
Source:…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/core-competencies.html
April 01, 2022 - Core Competencies for Infection Prevention and Control Professionals
Resource: Core Competencies for Infection Prevention and Control Professionals
This document contains recommendations and specifications related to core components for effective infection prevention and control programs. This document can…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/booster-access.html
July 01, 2022 - Booster Shot Access for Residents and Staff: Vaccine Toolkit for Long-Term Care Settings
Resource: Booster Shot Access for Residents and Staff: Vaccine Toolkit for Long-Term Care Settings
This LeadingAge toolkit was developed to help long-term care settings (including home- and community-based services orga…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/caring-communication.html
February 01, 2021 - Caring Messages Applicable During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Resource: Caring Messages Applicable During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF, 428 KB)
This document includes examples of caring communication in a variety of situations healthcare personnel are encountering today. These examples illustrate what it might sou…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/cdc-strategies.html
May 01, 2021 - CDC Strategies to Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages
Resource: CDC Strategies to Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages
The CDC provides information, recommendations, and national guidance for health care providers on strategies to mitigate staffing shortages.
Source: CDC
Topic(…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/wearing-masks.html
May 01, 2022 - Considerations for Wearing Masks—Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
Resource: Considerations for Wearing Masks—Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
This webpage provides information on how to properly wear a mask and contains images showing how masks are a simple barrier to help prevent respiratory droplets from …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/eeoc-coronavirus.html
August 01, 2022 - Coronavirus and COVID-19 (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Resource: Coronavirus and COVID-19 (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Information about employment nondiscrimination laws and COVID-19.
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Topic(s): Leadership & Management
Audi…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccine-administration.html
July 01, 2022 - Vaccine Administration: Rights of Medication Administration
Resource: Vaccine Administration: Rights of Medication Administration
This guidance explains a series of actions related to vaccine administration which involves: assessing patient vaccination status and determining needed vaccines, screening for co…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/index.html?page=0
PBRN Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … ACCESS Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … ACCHS Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … ACRN Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … AANPNR Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/index.html
PBRN Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … ACCESS Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … ACCHS Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … ACRN Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … AANPNR Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3sess2.html
October 01, 2014 - In most nursing centers, this involves completing an incident report.
3. … prevention across the nursing center. … Falls: Nursing Standard of Practice Protocol: Fall Prevention. … New York, NY: New York University College of Nursing, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing; 2008. … Model quality improvement program for the management of falls in nursing homes.