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Module 1 of Nursing Homes as Clinical Placement Sites for Nursing Students Series
Acknowledgments
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University of Minnesota Sc
hool of Nursing
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About Module 1- Nursing Homes: The Basics
At the end of this module Compare and contrast quality of care in nursing homes
you will be able to: using objective criteria
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Nursing Home Characteristics and Services
1.7 Million
Most Nursing Medicare
Homes (67%) and/or
are for-profit Medicaid
16,000+ certified beds
Nursing
Homes
1.5 million+
people (6%+ Average
of people >65 Nursing
years old) are Home Size:
in Nursing 104 beds
Homes
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Resident Characteristics
Assistance Incontinent of
needed with 3-4 bladder or
ADLs: 95% bowel: 50%
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Resident Length of Stay
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Hospitalization of Residents
Between 25%-50% of
residents are hospitalized
during any one year
Some residents can be
hospitalized as many as 4
times in one year (e.g.
with diagnosis of COPD,
CHF)
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Reasons for Hospitalization
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Special Care Units (SCU)
Dementia SCUs are the most common type (22%) (Originally for residents
with mild/moderate stage dementia)
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Nursing Home Regulations: The Nursing Home
Reform Act 1987 (NHRA [OBRA’87]) (PL 100-203)
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Staffing in Medicare and Medicaid Skilled
Nursing Homes
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CMS Mandated Services and Committees in
Medicare and Medicaid Skilled Nursing Homes
can vary)
Pharmacy, clinical lab, radiology
End of Life (EOL) Care
Psychiatry consultation
Resident and Family Council (to express
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CMS Mandate for Interdisciplinary Team in
Medicare and Medicaid NHs
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Oversight and Monitoring of Nursing Homes
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State Departments of Health Surveys on
Behalf of CMS
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CMS 5 Star Quality Rating System
Star rating reflects a Nursing Home’s quality status for the past
12-15 month period.
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Sample Nursing Home Rating
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CMS 5 Star Quality Rating System: 3 Domains
(Performance Measures)
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Staffing (Nursing) Domain of CMS 5 Star Quality
Rating System
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Nurse staffing data provided by Nursing Homes is available in the annual federal On-line Survey,
Certification and Reporting system.
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Quality Domain of the CMS 5 Star Quality Rating
System
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Health Inspection Domain of the CMS 5 Star
Quality Rating System
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Resident Assessment:
The Minimum Data Set (MDS)
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Resource Utilization Groups III (RUGs)
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Nursing Homes as Clinical Placement Sites
for Nursing Students