How Far Is Too Far?

How Far Is Too Far?

By Amy S. Chartier MSN, BA, RN, CMGT-BC “Room 410A would like hot sauce for his lunch.”“We don’t have hot sauce; I don’t even know where to get some.”“Ask the case manager, they’ll know.” In the eleven years I’ve been a nurse case manager in an acute care setting, the...
Rights? What Rights?

Rights? What Rights?

By Paul Borja, PhD, DNP, EdD, MBA, PHN, RN, CCM, ACM-RN, CMAC, CMGT-BC, CNML, FACDONA, FAACM With the rise of baby boomers, we see an increase in the number of individuals utilizing skilled nursing facility settings. A SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility) is a temporary...