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CMS' staffing proposal will cost nursing homes $6.8B for 102K nurse hires, industry-backed report finds

Fierce Healthcare

Meeting the Biden administration’s minimum staffing proposals for nursing homes would require facilities nationwide to hire more than 102,000 additional nurses at a cost of $6.8

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Biden administration proposes landmark nursing home staffing minimums

Health Care Dive

The controversial proposal would require nursing homes to have a registered nurse on site 24/7 and have three hours of care per resident per day.

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Unionized nursing homes more likely to report workplace injuries and accidents

Health Care Dive

Only 40% of nursing homes nationwide complied with reporting requirements between 2016 and 2021, despite nursing homes being among the most dangerous workplaces in America, according to the Health Affairs study.

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Ohio lawmakers propose minimum nurse-to-patient ratios

Health Care Dive

The state is the latest to propose “safe staffing” legislation in a push to address nurse recruitment and retention.

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Burnout, Tele-Health, and Accessibility: How to Manage the Expectation of a 24-Hour Workday

Speaker: Keith Carlson — BSN, RN, NC-BC, Host of The Nurse Keith Podcast

In this webinar with Nurse Keith Carlson, we will address: Burnout prevention through SWOT analysis and compassionate self-assessment. The expectation of a 24-hour workday is unhealthy and intolerable for hard-working physicians and RNs, even as patients need more out of the world of 21st-century medicine. The current state of the industry.

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Over 80% of nursing homes currently fall short of proposed CMS staffing thresholds

Health Care Dive

In over half of states, less than a quarter of nursing facilities would meet staffing requirements under a proposed federal rule, according to a new KFF analysis.

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Lawmakers to reintroduce federal nurse staffing ratio bill

Health Care Dive

The bill mirrors California’s nurse staffing law which took effect in 2004 and outlines exactly how many patients a nurse in specific hospital units can care for at one time.

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