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Reducing Emergency Department Transfers from Skilled Nursing Facilities Through an Emergency Physician Telemedicine Service

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Transfers of skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents to emergency departments (ED) are linked to morbidity, mortality and significant cost, especially when transfers result in hospital admissions.
Joshua W. Joseph, Maura Kennedy, Larry A. Nathanson, Liane Wardlow, Christopher Crowley, Amy Stuck   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nursing home bed capacity in the States, 1978-86. [PDF]

, 1988
Trends in nursing home bed supply in the States show large variations in beds per population and a gradual decline in supply per aged population. A cross-sectional time-series regression analysis was used to examine some factors associated with nursing ...
Grant, LA, Harrington, C, Swan, JH
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National Trends and Risk Factors for Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
From 2016 to 2023, inpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) volume declined 52.2% while postoperative dysphagia rates increased 11.4% annually. Analysis of 496,425 cases demonstrated that dysphagia risk varied markedly by surgical indication, with cervical diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, cervical spine fracture, and ...
Caryn J. Ha, Sraavya G. Anne, Sara Morgan, Fadar Oliver Otite, Kenneth Yan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating Careers, Improving Care: A Win-Win Economic Advancement Strategy for Certified Nursing Assistants in Long-Term Care [PDF]

, 2006
Examines strategies for developing training and education programs that will facilitate career advancement for nursing assistants. Explores the link between recruitment, retention, and advancement practices and the quality of care provided by ...
Heath Prince
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Long‐Term Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Cricothyrotomy at a Tertiary Care Level One Trauma Center

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This retrospective study of 48 patients undergoing emergent cricothyrotomy (2014–2025) evaluated short‐ and long‐term outcomes and complications. Common complications included dysphagia, pneumonia, and dysphonia, with delayed conversion to tracheostomy associated with increased pneumonia risk; long‐term issues included persistent dysphagia, subglottic ...
Shivani Raizada, Yekaterina Shapiro, Reshma Modi, Bailey Balouch, Kathy Zhang, John Chovanes, Donald Solomon   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of post-acute care and one-year outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries with hip fractures: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Medicine, 2023
Background Post-acute care (PAC) services after hospitalization for hip fracture are typically provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), or at home via home health care (HHC).
Melissa R. Riester, Francesca L. Beaudoin, Richa Joshi, Kaleen N. Hayes, Meghan A. Cupp, Sarah D. Berry, Andrew R. Zullo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engaging low skilled employees in workplace learning [PDF]

, 2012
This report sets out the findings of a study into the motivators and barriers to participation in workplace learning by low skilled employees. Low skilled in the UK is usually considered to be below NVQ level 2 qualifications.
Berry, Caroline, Canduela, Jesus, Egdell, Valerie, Lindsay, Colin, McQuaid, Ronald, Raeside, Robert   +5 more
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Improving enteral nutrition in patients requiring neurological intensive care unit care: A retrospective study on a novel bedside nasointestinal tube placement technique

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background This study aimed to develop and assess a bedside nasojejunal tube placement technique designed for resource‐limited settings to address the specific challenges of enteral nutrition (EN) delivery in neurocritical care patients, particularly those at high risk of reflux and aspiration. The technique sought to overcome the drawbacks of
Niuchenglin, Liujuan, Zhushuibing, Dingyuanliang, Yutianhao, Shiguangling   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends and Factors Associated With Extremity Fractures and Post-Acute Care Utilization of Nevada Older Adults: Insights of Age-Friendly State Planning in U.S.

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Along with the trend of a steady utilization decline in the U.S. nursing home beds, post-acute care (PAC) utilization at the skilled nursing facilities has declined. This study was a cross-sectional, retrospective review of hospital discharge-based claim
Soo Hwan Kang MD, Jay J. Shen PhD, Yonsu Kim PhD, Iulia Ioanitoaia-Chaudhry MD, Se Won Lee MD, Tae Ha Chung MD, Ian Choe MD, Connor Jeong, Songe Kwon, Daniel Lim, Yena Hwang, Leora Frimer MD, Ji Won Yoo MD   +12 more
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On Breast Cancer Detection, Directors of Nursing and Female Residents: A Study in Rural Long-Term Care

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2012
Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality in women throughout the world. Rural women have a higher risk of dying from breast cancer than do their urban counterparts.
Rebecca J. Rudel
doaj   +1 more source