Common Environment of Care Clinical Findings
When out in the field, the consulting team is consistently finding the same concerns in the clinical environment. Learn what common issues we are seeing and solutions you can incorporate.
Care Plans and Patient Education – The Roadmap to Caring for Your Patients
Nursing care plans and patient education are necessary for structuring, communicating and coordinating care for patients to facilitate getting them home safely and avoiding re-admissions.
After Your TJC Survey
Your TJC accreditation survey is over. Learn what steps to take to resolve identified findings.
High Level Disinfection – Observations from the Field
High-Level Disinfection continues to be one of the top 10 TJC findings for 2021. Learn what the consultants at Courtemanche and Associates would are seeing in the field.
Risks and Prevention Strategies for Immediate Jeopardy
Are you aware of what an immediate jeopardy citation is and how to avoid one? Understanding what it is, what the risks are in your organization and developing and implementing a plan to prevent the situation from happening in your organization is crucial.
Healthcare Accreditation – Choosing the Right Agency
Healthcare accreditation has many benefits for an organization but choosing the right agency can be challenging.
Ambulatory Care’s Most Challenging Findings
A list of Ambulatory Care’s most challenging findings for 2021 was recently published by The Joint Commission (TJC).
What You Need to Know About Pet Therapy
Therapy animals provide immense benefits to patients and have been proven to reduce depression, anxiety, pain, and fatigue in patients with a variety of health conditions. However, is your Pet Therapy program following safe infection prevention protocol?
From Breast to Bottle – Let’s Keep That Breast Milk Safe
Introduction Breastfeeding, also called nursing, is the process of feeding human breast milk to a child, either directly from the breast or by expressing the milk from the breast and bottle-feeding it to the infant. The World Health Organization recommends that breastfeeding begin within the first hour of a baby’s life and continue as often …
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Have You Inspected Your Laundry Department Lately?
How often do we go to the linen closet and say to ourselves, “is this linen safe to put on my patient’s bed?” As a nurse for over 40 years, I do not think that I have ever asked myself that question. I was happy that the linen was there and that I could use …
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