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Nursing Home Staffing Shortage is a ‘Crisis on Top of a Crisis’

March 10, 2022
AMDA in the News
Nursing Home Staffing Shortage is a & Crisis on Top of a Crisis
Skilled Nursing Care, Medical Staff Oversight, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Nursing Home Administrator
Skilled nursing workers are in the midst of a mass exodus from the profession, and not even unprecedented wage increases can compensate for the concerns of the 238,000 caregivers who have left the industry since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pain Management in the PALTC Setting Teaching for CNAs

Teaching Slides
Pain Management, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
These teaching slides on Pain Management emphasizes how the CNA is often the first member of the IDT to recognize a patient in pain. With an easy to understand methods that are utilized by nursing staff of recognition, assessment, treatment and...

Position on Direct Care Staffing in Nursing Homes

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Statement H02 Becomes Policy March 2002 Summary The primary focus of this statement is to: Expand upon AMDA's 2000 position on minimum staffing standards in nursing homes (AMDA House of Delegates Resolution A00); Affirm the value of direct...

Know-It-All™ When You’re Called Diagnosing System

Transitions of Care
Change of Condition, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Non-Physician Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Transitions of Care
Physician
A one-of-a-kind, 200-plus page guide on change of conditions for attending practitioners. Content is organized alphabetically by condition and includes the specific data they should be receiving from the nurse, suggested geriatric diagnoses related...

Know-it-All™ Before You Call Data Collection System in the PALTC & Assisted Living Setting

Transitions of Care
Change of Condition, Attending Physician, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Non-Physician Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
A series of data collection cards intended to help nursing staff physically evaluate patients and collect relevant medical history and related medical record data before notifying a practitioner about a resident’s change in condition. This allows...