Skilled Nursing News December 19, 2022
As nursing home staff continue to see a higher concentration of high acuity patients, advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) may be the key to improving care outcomes and reducing hospital readmissions.
University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing Assistant Professor Alisha Johnson spent a year interviewing APRNs in Texas about their transition to the nursing home setting, digging deeper into their impact on improved decision-making and in turn resident health outcomes between 2019 and 2020.
APRNs have advanced training in pharmacology, diagnostics, lab work, blood tests, radiology, early illness detection and medications, Johnson said; this broad level of expertise helps APRNs make care decisions and improve resident health outcomes.
“They have that one-on-one relationship with a resident, assessing them and...
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