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National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Campaign

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Get Tracking ToolsThey allow you to document your work, monitor outcomes and the processes related to your outcomes.
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Recent News

Side-by-Side: With and without consistent assignment

This 2-page visual shows how enhanced communication from consistent assignment with huddles can greatly impact... Side-by-Side: With and without consistent assignment.Keep On Reading
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes

The Office of Inspector General reported in 2014 that 33% of all residents of skilled nursing facilities experience an... All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes.Keep On Reading
New: Start a New Year of Staff Stability Tracking

Time for a new Staff Stability Tracking Tool? New instructions (with video) demonstrate how to move your... New: Start a New Year of Staff Stability Tracking.Keep On Reading
NEW GOAL: Dementia Care & Psychotropic Medications

Our new quality goal to improve care for individuals living with dementia focuses on knowing the person, building on strengths, filling... <span style='color:red'>NEW GOAL</span>: Dementia Care & Psychotropic Medications.Keep On Reading
Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month

Please take a moment to read this short message from the Alzheimer's Association Early Stage Advisory Group. Quality Care... Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month.Keep On Reading
New: Hospitalizations Troubleshooting Guide

A Hospitalizations Troubleshooting Guide has been added to the Hospitalizations Tracking Tool page. This resource... New: Hospitalizations Troubleshooting Guide.Keep On Reading
New: Toolkit for CDI Prevention and Management in Long Term Care

The Minnesota Department of Health's toolkit for C. diff infection (CDI) prevention and management in long-term care includes... New: Toolkit for CDI Prevention and Management in Long Term Care.Keep On Reading
New: Wound Management Best Practice Intervention Package

This package brings together evidence-based practices and tools from leading expert organizations, such as Wound, Ostomy, and... New: Wound Management Best Practice Intervention Package.Keep On Reading
Long & Short Stay Quality Measures Trend Graphs 2018 Q2 Update

By clicking the Quality Measure Trends button from the NNHQI Campaign home page, website visitors can... Long & Short Stay Quality Measures Trend Graphs 2018 Q2 Update.Keep On Reading
Don't Fall for the Flu!

Prepare your community before flu season hits. Read our October Newsletter for more... Don't Fall for the Flu!.Keep On Reading

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Organizational Goals

Consistent Assignment

Consistent assignment has been shown to strengthen relationships between caregivers and both residents and their family members.
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Organizational Goals

Hospitalizations

Many changes in condition can be managed safely without transfer, avoiding the trauma and risks associated with hospitalization.
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Organizational Goals

Person-Centered Care

Person-centered care promotes choice, purpose and meaning in daily life.
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Organizational Goals

Staff Stability

A stable staff allows the nursing home to benefit from experience and knowledge that staff gain over time, increasing the overall competence and confidence of staff, while building strong bonds between residents and caregivers.
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Clinical Outcome Goals

Infections

Working on this goal will allow a nursing home to implement strategies that reduce the incidence and spread of C. difficile, as well as other infections, among residents in the nursing home.
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Clinical Outcome Goals

Medications

Medications used inappropriately can compromise a resident’s well-being and even cause death.
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Clinical Outcome Goals

Mobility

Enhancing and maintaining mobility as a part of daily care helps to maintain a person’s function as well as physical and psychological well-being.
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Clinical Outcome Goals

Pain

Less than adequate pain management can affect residents’ daily activities and quality of life, cause depression, sleeplessness, restlessness, decline in appetite and unintentional weight loss.
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Clinical Outcome Goals

Pressure Ulcers

A systematic approach to assessing and addressing resident's risk and skin can reduce the incidence and severity of pressure ulcers, thus avoiding pain, infection and other complications, and increasing residents' quality of life.
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