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Nursing homes

A Nightmare Unleashed: The Shocking Reality of Medical Identity Mix-ups

A Nightmare Unleashed: The Shocking Reality of Medical Identity Mix-ups

Unveiling the terrifying consequences of patient misidentification and what you can do about it.

Registered nurse criminally charged, alleged to have amputated patient's foot without order or consent

Registered nurse criminally charged, alleged to have amputated patient's foot without order or consent

Treatments and surgeries require both an order and consent

Federal inspectors find multiple facilities with no nurses on site for extending periods of time

Federal inspectors find multiple facilities with no nurses on site for extending periods of time

When hospitals and nursing homes have poor levels of nurse staffing, it needlessly endangers patients

Are hospital and nursing home bedsores and pressure injuries avoidable?

Are hospital and nursing home bedsores and pressure injuries avoidable?

Experts contend that the best treatment is prevention

Patient dies from nursing home fall despite documented high risk

Patient dies from nursing home fall despite documented high risk

Physician and nursing care should be patient-led rather than clicking boxes on a screen

Lawsuit: High-fall-risk patient at The Medical Resort at Willowbrook falls 5 times

Lawsuit: High-fall-risk patient at The Medical Resort at Willowbrook falls 5 times

Woman experienced broken bones and head trauma

Houston Court of Appeals rules against hospitalist physician in Houston Methodist Hospital fall case

Houston Court of Appeals rules against hospitalist physician in Houston Methodist Hospital fall case

Hospitalists must give appropriate fall prevention orders and instructions to nurses

Medicare issues reports on PAM Health Specialty Hospital of San Antonio’s substantial deficient practices

Medicare issues reports on PAM Health Specialty Hospital of San Antonio’s substantial deficient practices

Quality of care issues involve nursing and wound care

Without assessment and prevention, it doesn't take long for a hospitalized patient to get a pressure wound

Without assessment and prevention, it doesn't take long for a hospitalized patient to get a pressure wound

HCA Houston Healthcare West Hospital hit with Medicare citation for inadequate registered nursing supervision of wound care

Severe bedsores are never events that can be avoided with proper care

Severe bedsores are never events that can be avoided with proper care

Prevention is the key in hospital and nursing home acquired pressure injuries