Career Achievement Award winner Dwayne J. Clark heads a distinguished class of McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards honorees.
The use of off-label multiplex molecular testing for UTIs in older adults has soared, with the biggest rise occurring in claims for nursing home residents.
According to federal data for 2024, COVID-19 vaccines administered to residents in nursing homes continued to lag and were less than half of what was reported in the previous year. I have heard many ...
A Midwest operator is expanding an international talent pipeline that has already brought more than 130 nurses to the US.
New research suggests that changes in body weight and cholesterol levels could signal increased dementia risk up to a decade before diagnosis, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
A new nationwide study shows that cancer patients who regularly participate in digital cancer symptom reporting through electronic monitoring systems experience significantly improved outcomes and ...
Two things must happen when I travel to other countries: shopping and finding a great cup of coffee. When I was in India, I ventured into a fabulous ...
Registration is open for the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) annual conference, which takes place April 22-25.
Experts from across healthcare disciplines began working in December on a new classification system for evaluating surgical site wounds.
A: As a wound care expert, pressure injury prevention remains at the top of my list. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported that 2.5 million patients per year experience pressure ...
Skin substitute grafts made from cellular and tissue-based products have helped to revolutionize chronic wound care, but federal regulators are greatly reducing coverage for Medicare beneficiaries.
The issue of a 15-year-old program created to combat a state’s massive nursing home worker turnover rates flared again this week.