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Table of Contents:

• Certification for Nursing Administration
• Evidenced Based Clinical Practice Guidelines or Protocols
• Gerontology and Nursing Homes
• Gerontological Nursing
• Innovative Models for Long-term Care
• Journals Related to Nursing Administration
• Long-term Care Nursing Administration
• Nurse Staffing in Long-term Care Facilities
• Nursing Workforce and Nursing Shortage
• Professional Nursing Organizations
• Quality of Care
• Recruitment and Retention
• Resources for Complying with CMS Requirements and Regulations

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Certification for Nursing Administration

• American Nurses Credentialing Center
  Provides certification in Nursing Administration and Nursing Administration Advanced.

• National Association of Directors of Nursing in Long-term Care
  Provides certification in long-term care nursing administration.

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Evidenced-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines or Protocols

• National Guideline Clearing House
  Search for clinical practice guidelines related to care of older adults.

• AMDA Clinical Practice Guidelines

• University of Iowa School of Nursing Geriatric Nursing Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Protocols

• Geriatric Nursing Practice Protocols

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Gerontology and Nursing Homes

• American Geriatrics Society

• American Society on Aging

• AOA Aging Internet Informtion Notes: Nursing Homes

• Caring for the Ages

• Gerontological Society of America

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Gerontological Nursing

• Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center

• John A Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
  This website has many good geriatric nursing resources. Click on "Nurse Manager" for some excellent resources.

• Nurses Competence in Aging

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Innovative Models for Long-term Care

• Culture Change Now

• Eden Alternative

• Green House Project

• Pioneer Network

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Journals Related to Nursing Administration

• Creative Nursing Journal

• The Director
  Journal of the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long-term Care. Articles available on-line.

• Heath Care Management Review
  Articles available on-line for a fee.

• Journal of Nursing Administration
  Articles available on-line for a fee.

• Journal of Nursing Care Quarterly
  Articles available on-line for a fee.

• Journal of Nursing Management
  Articles available on-line.

• Nursing Administration Quarterly
  Articles available on-line for a fee.

• Nursing Management
  Articles available on-line, some free and some for a fee.

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Long-term Care Nursing Administration

• AHCA Competencies for Senior Nurse Leaders in LTC Vision Statement

• Bibliography

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Nurse Staffing in Long-term Care Facilities

• Bibliography

• CMS proposed rule on nurse staffing in skilled nursing facilities.

• Consensus Statement on the Staffing Crisis in Nursing Homes

• GAO report - Nursing Homes: Quality of Care more Related to staffing than Spending. (GAO-02-431R)
  Do a search on reports using the report number.

• GAO report - Nursing Homes: Skilled Nursing Facilities: Available Data Show Average Nursing Staff Time Changed Little after Medicare Payment. (GAO-03-176)
  Do a search on reports using the report number.

• Improving Conditions in New York Nursing Homes: Adding much needed staff

• Institute of Medicine Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses (2004)

• Institute of Medicine: Nurse Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes: Is it Adequate?

• Laws: Regulations on Nurse Staffing in Nursing Homes

• Paraprofessional Heath Care Institute
  Click on "publications" for a series of resources on staffing, recruitment and retention of direct care nursing staff.

• Report to Congress: Appropriateness of Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios in Nursing Homes: Phase I report

• Report to Congress: Appropriateness of Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios in Nursing Homes: Phase II report

• Self help Guide for Assessing and Improving Nursing Home Quality Issues Related to Optimizing your Workforce
  (PDF file)

• Staffing of Nursing Services in Long-term Care: Present Issues and Prospects for the Future
  American Health Care Association

• What makes for a good working condition for nursing home staff: What do direct care workers have to say?

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Nursing Workforce and Nursing Shortage

• 2000 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses

• Health Care at the Cross Roads: Strategies for Addressing the Evolving Nursing Crisis
  (Report from the JCAHCO)

• National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce

• Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow. Resources for the Nursing Shortage

• Nursing Shortage: Solutions for the Short and Long Term

• Research on Nursing Workforce

• Resources on nursing shortage from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing

• State Health Workforce Profiles

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Professional Nursing Organizations

• American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators

• American Nurses Association

• National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long-term Care

• National Gerontological Nursing Association

• Sigma Theta Tau International

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Quality of Care

• AHCA Resources for Quality

• CMS Nursing Home Quality Initiative

• CMS Sharing Innovations in Quality Repository of Clinical Standards and Guidelines

• Consensus Statement for the Campaign on Quality Care

• Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program
  Recognizes excellence in nursing services.

• Malnutrition and Dehydration in Nursing Homes

• Nurse Sensitive Quality Indicators

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Recruitment and Retention

• Better Jobs Better Care-Building a Stronge Long-Term Care Workforce

• Certified Nursing Assistant Recruitment and Retention Project
  Iowa Department of Human Services

• GAO report: Nursing Workforce: Recruitment and Retention of Nuses and Nurses Aides is a Growing Concern. (GAO-01-750T)

• Recruiting and Retaining Frontline Workers in Long-term Care: Usual Organizational Practices in Ohio

• WAHSA Models for Practice During the First 90 days of Employment

• WAHSA Enhancing Employment in Long-term Care: A Guide to Retention

• Who will care for us: Addressing the Long-term Care Workforce Crisis

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Resources for Complying with CMS Requirements and Regulations

• American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators
  The AANAC website provides all the up-to-date resources you will need to comply with MDS assessments for the purposes of care planning, reimbursement, and the quality indicators. You will need to be a member of AANAC to access many of their resources, but it is well worth the membership fee ($90).

• CMS Long-term Care Survey Process Forms

• CMS Long-term Care Survey Protocol Information Site

• CMS Guidance to State Survey Agency Directors and CMS Regional Offices

• CMS MDS Information and Updates

• CMS Nursing Home Compare

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