Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Resident Safety:
No Fun In The Sun When Taking These Meds
Published on Fri Aug 17, 2007
Is your resident taking any of these common prescription or OTC drugs?
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Long-Term Care Survey Alert
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4 ways to ensure your nursing notes make the grade. A few nursing documentation strategies [...] - Care Planning:
Clean Up Your Documentation With The SOAP Approach
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Documentation captures subjective, objective info. The following example shows the SOAP method in action for [...] - Risk Management:
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