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Nursing homes would need to spend more than $6.8 billion annually to meet a proposed federal staffing mandate, which also would require them to hire more than 102,000 new workers if enacted as originally introduced, according to an analysis updated Tuesday by accounting and consulting firm CliftonLarsonAllen. [...]

Contact precautions, or CP, don’t need to be deemed an "essential practice" to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention in acute care facilities, according to doctors who recently issued a report on industry guidance. [...]

When a person has a seizure after a stroke — something known as a poststroke seizure, or PSS — it’s linked to a higher risk for poorer outcomes, disability, dementia and death, according to a new study. [...]

A new report finds that less than half of the nurses in the US are fully engaged on the job — something that could have implications on care at long-term care communities. That’s where 14.7% of nurses say they’re not engaged with their work. [...]