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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Accreditation and Compliance > Complying with CMS' Psychosocial Guidance: Promoting Positive Survey Outcomes and Resident Care Complying with CMS' Psychosocial Guidance: Promoting Positive Survey Outcomes and Resident Care   Molly C. Morand, RN, BSN, BC Softbound Book, 700 pages + bonus CD-ROM   Size: 9" x 7" ISBN 1578399572 978-1578399574 HCPro February 2007 Price $129.00 (click below for this book and CD set)     The psychosocial guidance from CMS effects every aspect of nursing home care. The psychosocial outcome severity guide affects every aspect of the long-term care survey process, and a failure to understand the guidance can cause deficiencies, increase their severity, and pose a serious threat to your facility’s reputation. Written by industry expert, Molly C. Morand, RN, BSN, BC, Complying with CMS' Psychosocial Guidance will help administrators, social service managers and directors of nursing make sense of the all-encompassing new psychosocial guidance. Packed with relevant, time-saving forms and checklists, this book and CD-ROM will help you avoid deficiencies by meeting surveyor expectations and implementing a culture change in your facility in reaction to the new guidelines—all while using the MDS to monitor successful compliance. You’ll benefit from: Clarification of the new guidance, including surveyor expectations, that will ensure understanding and survey readiness Easy-to-implement ideas for culture change and staff education, to help staff understand how this guidance affects everyone in the nursing home. Documentation tips, examples, and real-world examples that you can draw from to ease the confusion of complying with the guidelines a CD-ROM containing easy-to-print tools and forms that are easy to modify to the needs of your facility Achieve culture change without a huge financial investment. Skilled nursing facilities must now show surveyors not only that they're providing adequate resident care, but that their residents experience meaningful, satisfying lives. This could mean a big change in the way staff view their roles and carry out duties. Complying with CMS' Psychosocial Guidance will help ease this culture change by providing easy-to-implement ideas for staff education. Best of all, the tools, forms, and care plans you need to train staff on the new guidelines are included on the bonus CD-ROM at no additional cost, meaning you can ensure this vital change in care occurs without spending a lot of money!   Molly C. Morand, BSN, RN, BC, is president of the Morand Group, LLC. Certified in gerotological nursing and a former CMS state surveyor, Ms. Morand has experience in all areas of healthcare. Currently, Morand provides consultation to long-term care facilities, assisted-living centers, adult day care centers, hospitals, provider organizations, quality improvement organizations (QIO’s), consumer organizations, and suppliers throughout the United States on regulatory, compliance, and quality of life issues. Morand has assisted many facilities with developing policies and procedures as well as implementing and improving care practices that have resulted in improved outcomes. Achieve positive survey outcomes while ensuring all residents receive mindful care. With more than 18 years of experience, HCPro, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance. The company's mission is to meet the specialized informational, advisory, and educational needs of the healthcare industry. As an acknowledged industry authority in healthcare regulation and compliance, HCPro focuses on providing its clients assistance and expertise in the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance, nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace safety. (information from the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a Book List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore