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Article: Toward a survey-ready staff: re-examining the health care philosophy. (nursing staff)
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- Nursing Homes
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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A common -- and seriour -- concern voiced by DONs across the country is how to fulfill the staffing patterns required by today's regulations. "How many people do I need, how do I train them -- and how on earth do I keep them?" Also, "What if I have to pull these people from required positions to work the floor if someone calls in sick or quits without notice?"
The first thing I would recommend is that we develop, and thoroughly instill in our staff, a basic philosophy of care for our facilities, and then live by that philosophy every day. Here, for what its worth, is my approach to this:
Because of my training as a nurse, I tend to treat any problem ...