An energetic group of more than 250 Environmental Services (EVS) workers, EVS managers and infection-control specialists attended a conference in October 2017 to learn about the vital role that EVS staff plays in infection prevention in hospitals and nursing homes....
Eva James, an RN and 1199SEIU contract administrator for Mount Sinai Beth Israel, walked down the hall at the Brooklyn Marriott with a smile on her face. “The RN Symposium was great,” she said. “I learned so much about how hospitals are shifting to larger healthcare...
With Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria having devastated the Caribbean, the southeastern US coastline, and all of Puerto Rico and contributing to the heat-related deaths of 12 Florida nursing home residents, the need for training in emergency preparedness for nursing...
The Friday before Memorial Day weekend was a cloudy, foggy, and dreary day that threatened to dampen the unofficial start of summer. Yet the weather did not affect the mood inside a conference room at Northwell Health’s brand-new Long Island headquarters in New Hyde...
As part of our ongoing commitment to give our clients accessible and timely assistance, the Labor Management Project (LMP) has begun providing customized training for participants at their work locations. A two-part training was done in April and May for...
Over the past 10 years, people with diagnoses of mental illness (depression, bipolar disorder, etc.) have been admitted to nursing homes at higher rates than people with dementia only. Meanwhile, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued...
