Leadership Coaching

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• Punching Out Parkinson’s and Other “Therapies”
• Will the Flu Strike You?
• Remember Your Why
• Employee Engagement
• ICAR Corner

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November 2022

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• Another Gem Added
• Monkeypox
• ICAR Corner
• Coming Soon… New Surveyor Guidance
• GDR in Psychotropic Medication Management
• Coaching Skills
• Value-Based Purchasing Incentive

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August 2022

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• Addressing your Residents’ Psychosocial Needs
• Building and Keeping Great Staff
• ICAR Corner
• Down and Dirty in the Dementia Unit
• Discharge before Admission
• Visitation and Visitation Guidance

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May 2022

The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to Residents, Families, and Staff

The Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes began their work in the fall of 2020 at a pivotal time when a bright light had been cast on care delivered in nursing homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While much of society previously had little awareness of the care delivered in nursing homes, the evening news channels and social media projected daily images of the pandemic’s impact and of the inadequate care that put the safety of both residents and staff at risk while distraught family members watched from afar as their frail older loved ones were kept in isolation. The committee worked to describe the care being delivered in nursing homes before the pandemic, now made manifest by the crisis.

Read the full report HERE! Or check out the highlights (summary document) HERE!

Press regarding the report release: Associated Press | McKnights Long-Term Care News | STAT | Modern Healthcare | ABC 17 (KMIZ) News

Marilyn Rantz, a Curators’ professor emerita at the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, is a member of the Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. The panel was organized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and first met in the fall of 2020, according to a news release.

Read the full article about the committee’s report HERE!

KOMU News, April 18, 2022. Written by Hannah Norton.

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• How Does the Vaccine Work?
• Regulation Road
• Hold It! Insulin Administration
• COVID Isolation Coding
• ICAR Corner: Hand Hygiene
• Coagulation and COVID-19
• Meeting Universal Needs

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February 2022

MU Sinclair School of Nursing was well represented by two members of the QIPMO team in a June 2021 public webinar sponsored by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to inform the national study currently being conducted by the Academies about the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/the-quality-of-care-in-nursing-homes.

QIPMO was invited to present about the statewide service provided to all the nursing homes in Missouri. It is a program funded by the MO Department of Health and Senior Services that was developed by research conducted by faculty of the Sinclair School of Nursing. The program began in 1999 and continues today to improve the quality of care of nursing home residents in Missouri.

View the presentation HERE!

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• This Is Your Legacy
• When Should I Schedule an ICAR?
• Enhanced Barrier Precautions
• Wounds, Wounds, Wounds!
• Employee Engagement

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August 2021

When Marilyn Rantz hung up the phone, she knew she had to do something. A director of nursing at a long-term care facility in St. Louis had just told Rantz that she was making masks out of rubber bands and paper towels. “That rocked my world,” says the curators professor emerita of the Sinclair School of Nursing. A long-term care researcher known nationally for her work improving care in nursing homes, Rantz gathered a team for an urgent strategy session — on Zoom, of course. “How do we help these homes and residents survive?”

Historically underfunded and understaffed, nursing homes are not designed for a pandemic: Residents reside in close, often shared, living arrangements. They share caregivers. Many are especially vulnerable to the effects of respiratory-borne illnesses. And staff, visitors and other health care workers are frequently coming and going. “Nursing homes were unprepared for this sort of event,” says Lori Popejoy, an associate professor in the School of Nursing. “They didn’t have the people who were skilled to help them. And the community and public health industry was not prepared to support nursing homes — or, I believe, they overestimated what nursing homes could do on their own.”

Read the full article about the amazing joint effort between QIPMO and MOQI HERE (page 8)!

Mizzou Nursing Magazine, Spring, May 2021. Written by Kelsey Allen.

IN THIS ISSUE

• Embracing Diversity in Our Homes
• Can You See the Light??
• Just for You: QIPMO Infection Control Manual
• No-Nose Gang
• OSHA in tha’ House!
• Maintaining Life Safety Code Compliance
• Person-Centered Activities

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May 2021