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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/frontline-workers-survey.html
September 01, 2021 - Frontline Health Care Workers Survey
Resource: Frontline Health Care Workers Survey (PDF, 3.3 MB)
The partnership survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Washington Post examines the experiences and attitudes of frontline healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic. This report highlights f…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/hand-hygiene-competency.html
May 01, 2022 - Hand Hygiene Competency Validation Tool
Resource: Hand Hygiene Competency Validation Tool
This tool has been developed to assess staff competency in carrying out effective hand hygiene.
Source: UNC SPICE
Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention; Cleaning & Disinfection
Audience(s): Clinical Leade…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccine-access-jurisdictions.html
September 01, 2021 - How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents in Long-term Care Settings
Resource: How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents in Long-term Care Settings
On this webpage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains the options…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/what-matters-conversations.html
June 01, 2021 - How to Get Ready for “What Matters to You?” Conversations
Resource: How to Get Ready for “What Matters to You?” Conversations
The first step to improving joy in work is for leaders to engage colleagues to identify what matters to them in their work. This video describes three actions to help leaders prepare …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/prepare-for-surge.html
June 01, 2022 - How To Prepare Your Facility for Surge
Resource: How To Prepare Your Facility for Surge
This webinar training is intended to prepare healthcare workers to develop, manage and maintain a surge plan.
Source: AHCA/NCAL
Topic(s): Leadership & Management, Safe Operations, Environmental Safety, Cohorting
A…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/infection-prevention-control.html
April 01, 2022 - Infection Prevention and Control Core Practices for Managing COVID-19
Resource: Infection Prevention and Control Core Practices for Managing COVID-19
This educational series includes seven action briefs that focus on five key areas in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each action brief combines two key …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/inter-facility-infection.html
April 01, 2022 - Inter-Facility Infection Control Transfer Form
Resource: Inter-Facility Infection Control Transfer Form
This example inter-facility infection control patient transfer form can assist in fostering communication during transitions of care.
Source: CDC
Topic(s): Infection Control and Prevention
Audienc…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/interim-final-rule.html
June 01, 2022 - Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing Requirements
Resource: Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the C…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/testing-healthcare-personnel.html
September 01, 2021 - Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2
Resource: Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2
This document is intended to provide guidance on the appropriate use of testing among healthcare personnel and does not dictate the determination of payment decisions or i…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/cms-policy-memos.html
February 01, 2021 - CMS: Policy Memos for States and Regions
Resource: CMS: Policy Memos for States and Regions
This webpage provides CMS Quality Safety & Oversight memoranda, guidance, clarifications and instructions to State Survey Agencies and CMS Regional Offices.
Source: CMS
Topic(s): Infection Control & Preventio…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/facility-assessment-tool.html
June 01, 2022 - Continuity of Essential Health Services: Facility Assessment Tool
Resource: Continuity of Essential Health Services: Facility Assessment Tool
The Continuity of Essential Health Services Facility Assessment Tool can be used to rapidly assess the capacity of health facilities to maintain the provision of ess…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/after-action-review.html
November 01, 2019 - COVID-19 After Action Review Toolkit
Resource: COVID-19 After Action Review Toolkit
An After Action Review is a powerful tool that can help organizations reflect, assess, learn, and improve. Organizations can use the review retrospectively to assess previous work or activities, or it can serve as a useful to…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/emergency-temporary-standard.html
June 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)
Resource: COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)
This statement provides an update on the status of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard related to COVID-19.
Source: OSHA
Topic(s…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/supporting-loved-ones.html
February 01, 2021 - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Supporting Your Loved One in a Long-Term Care Facility
Resource: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Supporting Your Loved One in a Long-Term Care Facility (PDF, 440 KB)
This document provides ideas for keeping in touch with loved ones living in long-term care faciliti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-nurse-engagement-and-nurse-staffing-patient-safety
January 22, 2016 - October 19, 2022
The quality of hospital work environments and missed nursing care is … December 12, 2014
Prevalence, patterns and predictors of nursing care left undone in … January 4, 2015
Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the … July 19, 2019
Effect of changes in hospital nursing resources on improvements in patient … November 28, 2018
Nurse staffing levels and patient-reported missed nursing care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47563/psn-pdf
November 28, 2018 - Does Nursing Home Compare reflect patient safety in
nursing homes? … Does Nursing Home Compare Reflect Patient Safety In Nursing
Homes? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-nursing-home-compare-reflect-patient-safety-nursing-homes
The Centers … Researchers
found that when comparing nursing homes' performance on a variety of Nursing Home Compare … They suggest that
Nursing Home Compare does not accurately capture patient safety performance in nursing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33734/psn-pdf
August 01, 2012 - nursing home and measures of quality. … Many facilities
have a Nursing Home Administrator and a Director of Nursing, and that's it. … The cadre of folks going into
nursing homes as Directors of Nursing and Nursing Home Administrators … They emphasized the nursing component of the
nursing home. … So would I want to go to a nursing home? Would I
want my loved one to go to a nursing home?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40965/psn-pdf
December 15, 2011 - Medication errors during patient transitions into nursing
homes: characteristics and association with … Medication errors during patient transitions into nursing homes:
characteristics and association with … errors that occurred during
patient transitions to nursing homes. … issue/centers-medicare-and-medicaid-services-cms-nursing-home-compare
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/achieving-quality-improvement-nursing-home-influence-nursing-leadership-communication-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patterns-medical-and-nursing-staff-communication-nursing-homes-implications-and-insights
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40248/psn-pdf
June 20, 2011 - Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home:
influence of nursing leadership on communication … Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home: influence of nursing
leadership on communication … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/achieving-quality-improvement-nursing-home-influence-nursing-leadership- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/achieving-quality-improvement-nursing-home-influence-nursing-leadership-communication-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/achieving-quality-improvement-nursing-home-influence-nursing-leadership-communication-and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36167/psn-pdf
June 29, 2011 - Nurses' and nursing assistants' perceptions of patient
safety culture in nursing homes. … Nurses' and nursing assistants' perceptions of patient safety culture in nursing
homes. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-and-nursing-assistants-perceptions-patient-safety-culture-nursing … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-and-nursing-assistants-perceptions-patient-safety-culture-nursing-homes … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-and-nursing-assistants-perceptions-patient-safety-culture-nursing-homes