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Tips for Nurses to Manage their Day Efficiently: From Setting Realistic Goals to Using Electronic Medication Administration Record

Electronic Mar, Nurse Manager Qualities, Tips for NursesBy ankitabanerjee January 17, 2023 Leave a comment

Nurses are required to work in fast-paced environments with tight deadlines and perpetually changing priorities. To improve the quality of work, maintain flexibility and manage stress, time management is crucial. The benefits of time management include greater productivity, better opportunities for advancement, stress reduction, and improved efficiency. Time management skills can also help achieve long-term…

How to Take an Accurate Medication History?

Electronic Mar, electronic medical recordsBy ankitabanerjee October 26, 2021 Leave a comment

Preventing adverse drug events remains a top resident safety priority not only in hospitals but also across all healthcare settings such as nursing homes and care homes. There are many reasons why medication errors occur and one of the most common reasons is caregivers not having accurate medication history of residents at care homes. …

Ways to Increase Staff Productivity in Your Care Home

Care HomeBy ankitabanerjee January 21, 2020 Leave a comment

Just like any other industry, staff productivity is a concern in the care home sector. Professional caregivers are often overwhelmed by the sheer responsibility that they have to shoulder while the residents often feel that they need personal attention. However, things are not all that gloomy. By doing a few things differently care home staff…

5 Questions to Ask Yourself When Improving the Performance of Your Care Home

Care HomeBy ankitabanerjee January 10, 2020 Leave a comment

A good care home is the one where the residents’ physical needs like assistance with toileting, washing and eating are taken care of and at the same time, their emotional needs are valued. If you are running a care home and you wish to improve its performance, then you are on the right page. Most…

How to encourage activities in care homes?

Care HomeBy ankitabanerjee November 5, 2019 Leave a comment

Planning and scheduling activities are an important part of providing person-centered care in your care home. However, things may not always go as planned. You may put a great deal of effort into planning activities only to see no participation from the residents. To make sure that your efforts are not wasted, follow these steps…

Caregiving: 5 Tips for Carehome owners on how to guide new Caregivers

UncategorizedBy ankitabanerjee October 9, 2019 1 Comment

The beginning stages of caregiving, especially the initial months of joining a new care home can be challenging for new caregivers. And this is a normal part of getting familiar with the practical, real-life scenarios of a care home for new caregivers. If you are a care home owner and have hired new caregivers, you…

Important steps of safe medication administration

BlogBy ankitabanerjee September 26, 2019 Leave a comment

The primary goal of administering medication through a structured approach is to ensure optimum safety. However, human errors involved in the medication administration processes can compromise this objective. Human errors can occur at any stage of medication administration, whether it be administering the right drug, measuring the right dosage, or following the right route. This…

Difference between mar sheet medication & emar mar sheet medication

BlogBy ankitabanerjee September 20, 2019 Leave a comment

The number of complex processes involved in managing medication for care home residents call for medication management systems that are thorough. Using paper-based MAR (medication administration record) sheet medication management has been the convention in the care home sector. However, many care homes in the UK are replacing conventional MAR sheet with electronic MAR. The…

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