Regulatory process for nursing home emergency operations planning

As tornadoes roared through central Georgia earlier this year, nursing home managers were faced with some daunting challenges. Power grids were knocked out, darkness was descending, and roads were strewn with debris causing long term care facilities to shelter-in-place.
These facilities turned to state and local agencies for support. Support agencies knew the locations of the [...]

Privacy and ethics issues have been an increasingly important aspect of healthcare education and nursing degrees.

As DNA tests become more affordable, their use in lifestyle areas such as family tree genealogy and dating is overtaking the traditional areas of health and criminal justice. In a recent series of polls, 72% of consumers felt that the benefits of DNA tests are outweighed by the risks of the results being used for [...]

Accreditation (ACE) / Regulatory Manager: Sutter Health

In 1991, two of San Francisco’s oldest and most respected medical institutions, Pacific Presbyterian Hospital and Children’s Hospital of San Francisco, merged to form California Pacific Medical Center. Davies Medical Center joined in 1998 and became the center’s third campus. In January 2007, California Pacific Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital merged. Today, with its [...]

Nurse Manager – PACU-SSU-SDS-ATC: Sutter Health

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center is a multi-campus regional acute care medical center with over 1,000 beds, 5,000 employees, and over 1,000 active physicians. Alta Bates Summit is recipient of a HealthGrades ® 2007 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, and ranked among the top 5% of hospitals in the nation. Nationally recognized services include: [...]

Nurse Manager-Birthing Center: Sutter Health

Sutter Davis Hospital is a not-for-profit, 48-bed acute care hospital with a strong outpatient focus. The present facility, a 94,000-square-foot building that anchors a 20-acre medical campus, opened in 1994 after a five-year planning process that included extensive employee and community involvement. The original building was established in1968 as a for-profit hospital owned by physicians. [...]

Nursing Supervisor-Nursing Services*: Sutter Health

In 1991, two of San Francisco’s oldest and most respected medical institutions, Pacific Presbyterian Hospital and Children’s Hospital of San Francisco, merged to form California Pacific Medical Center. Davies Medical Center joined in 1998 and became the center’s third campus. In January 2007, California Pacific Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital merged. Today, with its [...]