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CEO's CORNERNew and Improved
We have all heard the term "New and Improved" and I have often thought that if a product was really good in the first place then why does it need improvement?
The answer is really pretty clear.
With advances in way of life, technology and our human expectations of how we perceive things, we are always looking for ways to better ourselves.
Nursing is no different.
The role of the nurse has changed dramatically in recent years and the shift has come mostly into Home Care. Also, clients who would, in the past, stay in the hospital longer, are coming home with the assistance of Nursing, Physical Therapy, and Nursing Attendants. This allows the client to make decisions as to care, and also allows the nursing staff to work closely with the family for optimal outcome. This is not a new phenomenon but the way the services are provided is changing.
At Nursing Resources, we are always striving to improve by establishing new and better methods of serving our home care clients. With this in mind we have increased our visibility to our clients through increased supervision, phone calls to the client and case managers for updates on their care, inservices on professionalism, ethics and higher expectations.
NR is proud to remain true to its original goal and motto “we truly care” . This means to this day and into the future with the view that we can always try something new and improve.
Emmie Malazgirt, MA
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Personnel Records and Time Slips
All Nursing Resources active employees are responsible for assuring that their personnel records are kept up to date and accurate. Make sure that you notify Human Resources Department in writing for any changes in your name, telephone number, home address, marital status, number of dependents, etc. It is extremely important that you bring in copies of renewals for your professional license, driver license/ California I.D., C.P.R., follow up Chest X-Ray which is due every 5 years, T.B. skin test which is due every year, and physical which is due upon hire and every 2 years thereafter.
Time slips with notes attached are to be in the office not later than Tuesday noon, for payroll to be ready on Friday. Be sure all time slips have the clients name, your name printed and then signed, and the client’s signature. Time slips must have notes attached or they will not be processed until the notes are received. Be sure to note the date, your time in/ time out and total hours worked. Time slips must be signed by client and/or family member.
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It is a well established fact that home health care is becoming a much more common way to receive health care because of the technological advances made in recent years. The procedures and the equipment have substantially improved over the years. So, if the care can be done safely and efficiently, one can bet that the patient care will be done at home with skilled nursing performing the tasks. NURSING RESOURCES, provider of home health care services since 1990 can provide such services anywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area with their skilled nurses. But what is really driving home health care is financial facts. The costs involved for home care is about 1/20th of the costs associated with hospital care. With that kind of a ratio, skilled nursing performed at home is certainly here to stay and grow. Another overlooked fact is that patients recuperate a lot faster at home because they are amongst their family members, friends, and, neighbors. Psychologically , they are driven and motivated to be well. That cuts down on the time to recuperate, which is good for the insurance and the HMO companies. What about non-medical home care? Non-medical home care is also becoming popular because Americans are living longer and healthily. And, for the comfort and convenience, they want to stay at home but need somebody to help them with some light housework, companionship, and many other countless other non-medical things . For example, one of NURSING RESOURCES’ patients has one of our caregivers pay a daily visit to make and drink tea with her. Of course, our caregiver does more than that. We observe our patient’s overall condition, fill out a NON-MEDICAL CONDITION report and communicate this to her daughter living in Florida on a weekly basis. The fact that NURSING RESOURCES can also do “skilled nursing” such as measuring blood pressure, temperature, vital signs, give shots, etc., is very comforting to our patients’ daughter. This allows the patient/family and NURSING RESOURCES caregiver to form a team, working together for the well being of our client. That is what we do best. |
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