Resources by Goal
The Implementation Guides are organized by campaign goal. Each guide
includes the campaign goal; Flow Diagram; Process Framework; Process Review
Tool; and Resources. These guides are designed to assist all nursing homes in
meeting their selected campaign goals. For more information, please read the
Questions
and Answers for Implementation Guides. (These materials are in PDF
format.)
Advancing Excellence campaign webinars are listed with each goal's
resources below, and can also be accessed on the Webinars
page.
Goal 1 - Staff Turnover: Nursing homes will take steps
to minimize staff turnover in order to maintain a stable workforce to care for
residents.
Goal 2 - Consistent Assignment: Being regularly cared for
by the same caregiver is essential to quality of care and quality of life. To
maximize quality, as well as resident and staff relationships, the majority of
Nursing Homes will employ “consistent assignment” of CNAs.
Goal 3 - Restraints: Nursing home residents are
independent to the best of their ability and rarely experience daily physical
restraints.
Goal 4 - Pressure Ulcers: Nursing home residents
receive appropriate care to prevent and appropriately treat pressure ulcers when
they develop.
Goal 5 - Pain: Nursing home residents will receive
appropriate care to prevent and minimize episodes of moderate or severe pain.
Objectives for long stay and short stay are slightly different.
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Goal 5A: Long Stay (longer than 90 days) nursing home residents will
receive appropriate care to prevent and minimize episodes of moderate or
severe pain.
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Goal 5B: People who come from a hospital to a nursing homes for a short
stay will receive appropriate care to prevent and minimize episodes of
moderate or severe pain.
Goal 6 - Advance Care Planning: Following admission and prior to completing
or updating the plan of care, all NH residents will have the opportunity to
discuss their goals for care including their preferences for advance care
planning with an appropriate member of the healthcare team. Those preferences
should be recorded in their medical record and used in the development of their
plan of care.
Goal 7 - Resident/Family Satisfaction: Almost all
Nursing Homes will assess resident and family experience of care and incorporate
this information into their quality improvement activities.
Goal 8 - Staff Satisfaction: Almost all nursing homes will assess staff
satisfaction with their work environment at least annually and upon separation
and incorporate this information into their quality improvement activities.