National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Campaign
This fact sheet focuses on the goals of consistent assignments in the healthcare field. Consistent Assignment (CA) is about the same nurses and assistants being assigned to work with a specific patient almost every time they are on duty. It allows the caretaker and your patient to build stronger bonds than contemporary rotation shifts. Most […]
Tip Sheet: Consistent Assignment
WHAT IT IS:Consistent assignment means residents have the same CNAs and nurses caring for them every day whenever these staff are working. Rotating assignment means that CNAs and nurses rotate to different groups of residents after a period of time, whether daily, weekly, monthly, or even after 3 months. Best practice is consistent assignment for […]
Staff Scheduling Strategies for Better Care and Better Business
Staffing comprises 50 to 70 percent of a skilled nursing facility’s (SNF) operating budget. Underestimating the importance of healthy staff management strategies and nimble nurse scheduling processes can lead to unnecessary overtime, unbalanced caseloads and even staff burnout. And as all organizations know, an unhappy staff is a very unhappy business. Optimal staff scheduling involves […]