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ArticleJournal of nursing care quality

A Call to Address RN, Social Work, and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Nursing Homes: Solutions From the Missouri Quality Initiative.

Lori L Popejoy, Amy A Vogelsmeier, Kelli E Canada, Shari Kist, Steven J Miller, Colleen Galambos, Gregory L Alexander, Charles Crecelius, Marilyn Rantz

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Article in Journal of nursing care quality. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lori L PopejoySinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia (Drs Popejoy, Vogelsmeier, Canada, Kist, and Rantz and Mr Miller); Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Dr Galambos); Columbia University School of Nursing, New York City, New York (Dr Alexander); Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (Dr Crecelius); and BJC Medical Group, St Louis, Missouri (Dr Crecelius).
Amy A Vogelsmeier
Kelli E Canada
Shari Kist
Steven J Miller
Colleen Galambos
Gregory L Alexander
Charles Crecelius
Marilyn Rantz
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUS nursing homes (NHs) have struggled to overcome a historic pandemic that laid bare limitations in the number and clinical expertise of NH staff. PROBLEM: For nurse staffing, current regulations require only one registered nurse (RN) on duty 8 consecutive hours per day, 7 days per week, and one RN on call when a licensed practical/vocational nurse is on duty. There is no requirement for a degreed or licensed social worker, and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in NHs cannot bill for services. APPROACH: It is time to establish regulation that mandates a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week, on-site RN presence at a minimum requirement of 1 hour per resident-day that is adjusted upward for greater resident acuity and complexity. Skilled social workers are needed to improve the quality of care, and barriers for APRN billing for services in NHs need to be removed.

conclusionsCoupling enhanced RN and social work requirements with access to APRNs can support staff and residents in NHs.

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Advanced Practice NursingNursesHumansMissouriNursing HomesPersonnel Staffing and SchedulingSocial Work

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PMID34751164
PMCPMC8608010
OpenAlexW3212953392

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