''Not every culture change program goes by a formal name and many facilities across the country are embarking on their own methods...in their quest for culture change and quality resident care'' stated Maureen McAndrews in her recent article Changing the Culture of Caregiving. Maureen's article describes multiple models used for implementing ...

This week I had theopportunity to talk with another NP about starting a clinic. I have spoken witha number of NPs in the last few years all hoping to open their own “clinic.” Ifind these conversations very valuable to me as I am reminded of the reasons Iwanted to start my own practice. Occasionally I need that reminder…Getting StartedThe first and ...

The national average salary of directors of nursing in CCRCs increased 4.07 percent in 2008, according to the AAHSA Continuing Care Retirement Community Salary and Benefits Report, published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Services. Nationally, the average salary of DONs in CCRCs with a revenue size up to $14,999,999 was $72,666, ...

One of the important ways we evaluate ideas for new products or services is through a market and SWOT analysis, something you did last term in your portfolio assignment. Someone suggests something they think would be a great new product or service and then we go out and evaluate it.  In my last executive position the med-surg nurse ...

I started my career at an urgent care center in Lehi, Utah. After a few years I opened Pace Clinic in Springville, Utah – 40 miles away (due to a noncompete agreement). So when I opened my doors I was new to the city. I have found it tough to start from scratch. If I had been able to open near my previous practice I would have had a lot of ...

The Bush administration advocated the need to rate nursing homes on a similar ranking system to that found in the hotel and restaurant industry. At first blush this seems an intuitively simple and consumer friendly system. Why not have consumers that are looking to place their loved ones in nursing homes have a simple system of one through ...

National Harbor, Md. -- Associate editor Jen Ford and I are at the annual conference of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. I just had an interesting afternoon of NP employment topics. I was struck that the audiences for ''Marketing Yourself to Get the Job You Want'' and ''Starting and Running Your Own Practice'' overlapped so much! It ...

This is my introduction and ''getting to know you'' posting. Iam the founder, owner and operator of my own pediatric and family nursepractitioner clinic in Minnesota. To some of you, that may not sound like much,but in Minnesota it is a big deal. It has taken a while to carve out my nicheand the progress is slow. This past year I was lucky enough ...

The operations budget, while based in part on expenses, is also based on revenue projections.  Clearly we would not knowingly budget to spend more than we expect to earn from a product or service and so we budget accordingly.  In general, we do not expect to have a great deal of money left over from revenues received after deducting all ...

Earlier this year, the state of Massachusetts adopted regulations for retail health clinics that Boston Mayor Tom Menino denounced, saying, ''allowing retailers to make money off of sick people is wrong.'' We reported on the retail health regulations in the April news section of ADVANCE, and told of Menino's reactions in the ...