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Long-Term Care Nursing Advisor

Issue 26, December 30, 2005

• Assessing elderly resdidents

  Physical assessment of the very elderly can present many challenges.

Issue 23, November 18, 2005

• Prerenal azotemia prevention

  Prerenal azotemia is a very serious condition that can cause permanent renal damage and failure...

Issue 22, November 4, 2005

• Diabetes screening

  According to a newly released study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 20.3...

Issue 21, October 21, 2005

• Legionnaire’s disease

  Canadian health officials recently declared Legionnaire’s disease the source of an outbreak...

Issue 20, October 7, 2005

• Sepsis

  Sepsis, a complicated illness involving infection and inflammation, is a serious problem in the...

Issue 19, September 23, 2005

• Managing wound pain

  To help manage wound-related discomfort in your residents, take the following measures:

Issue 18, September 9, 2005

• How to help with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts

  Hurricane Katrina has devastated much of the Gulf Coast, and nursing home residents have been among...

Issue 17, August 25, 2005

• Work-related stress

  Work-related stress is one of the most common hazards to long-term care nurses. Stress can cause...

Issue 16, August 12, 2005

• Signs and symptoms of dysphagia

  Dysphagia is a condition marked by difficulty swallowing foods, fluids, and oral secretions...

Issue 15, July 29, 2005

• Preventing falls in the cognitively impaired

  The current recommendation for preventing falls in the cognitively impaired is to take a practical...

Issue 14, July 15, 2005

• Preventing medication errors

  To reduce the risk of medication errors, consider doing the following:

Issue 13, July 1, 2005

• Hyponatremia

  Hyponatremia occurs when the sodium level in the blood is low or the resident is on fluid overload.

Issue 12, June 17, 2005

• Restorative care for hip surgery

  Restorative care for a resident after hip surgery includes the following:

Issue 11, May 20, 2005

• Controlling MRSA outbreaks

  Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a strain of Staphylococcus aureus.

Issue 9, May 6, 2005

• Osteoporosis and chronic pain

  Osteoporosis can lead to painful fractures. In some cases, pain will contine even after the...

Issue 8, April 22, 2005

• Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), catheter-associated urinary...

Issue 7, April 9, 2005

• Discharge summaries

  For planned discharges, federal regulations require that facilities complete a recapitulation of...

Issue 6, March 25, 2005

• Treating COPD

  Affecting more than 16 million Americans, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common...

Issue 5, March 11, 2005

• Herb-drug interactions

  With herbal supplements gaining mainstrain popularity, it is essential that you closely monitor...

Issue 3, February 11, 2005

• Incontinence management v. retraining

  Many clinicians believe that toileting residents every two hours is the best means of keeping them...

Issue 2, January 28, 2005

• Standard of care for monitoring residents with an acute illness or infection

  Nurses and paraprofessional nursing personnel are responsible for regular, ongoing monitoring of...