This free course has already taken place. Contact your local Shield HealthCare representative about scheduling this course as an in-service in your facility. To earn a 0.5 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit please schedule an in-service with Shield HealthCare, Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses, Part 3: Daily Care and Troubleshooting. Enteral feeding tubes… Continue reading Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses, Part 3: Daily Care and Troubleshooting (with CE credit)

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Enteral feeding tubes are commonly used across many healthcare settings. As a result, it is useful for healthcare providers to be familiar with the use and care of feeding tubes.

Now Available: New CAHPS Health Plan Survey Results New results from AHRQ’s CAHPS Health Plan Survey 2018 are now available. AHRQ’s CAHPS Health Plan Survey asks enrollees about their recent experiences with their health plan and medical care. The 2018 Health Plan Survey Database includes 338,869 survey responses submitted for Medicaid, Medicare, and Children’s Health… Continue reading Now Available: New CAHPS Health Plan Survey Results

With advanced technology, the variety of feeding tube materials, designs and features has become complex. This course will help you identify feeding tubes and their components. 

Want to Decrease Falls? Here’s How. – By Jennifer Thew RN for HealthLeaders Media A combination of screening, modifying risk factors, and evidence-based interventions can lower older adults’ fall risk. Falls are a significant problem for adults age 65 and older. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year: 3 million older adults are treated… Continue reading Want to Decrease Falls? Here’s How.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) released its 2018 Health Plan Ratings. See the top ten states with the highest-rated health plans.

HHC allows consumers to search through Medicare-certified HHAs to view their star ratings for Quality of Patient Care and Patient Survey Summary.

OASIS is a set of data points used to evaulate HHAs and improve quality of care. Find out how Shield Healthcare can help improve your scores.

This article about advice for ostomy nurses is one in a series that make up the transcript of our OstomyLife Roundtable Discussion Panel from WOCN 2018.