Clinical and Financial Strategies for the Extended Care Professional

Vol 124 • February 2008

Executive Desk:

Effective Leaders are Effective Managers, Too

Why is it that no one aspires to be a good manager these days? While good leaders are essential for galvanizing people and moving organizations forward, managers are not any less important. Managers have to get things done through others.The manager is supposed to plan, organize, coordinate, and control.

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Matthew Dwork, Director of Marketing, Leading Edge Innovations, Inc.

For decades urinary incontinence has threatened the quality of life for many individuals. Urinary incontinence is a subject that is not easy to speak about for many persons and can leave the families of these elderly patients in distress. Stress placed on family members and caregivers can become all too overwhelming while caring for their loved ones enduring this diagnosis.


Six Strategies for Minimizing Wound Pain: Translating the Results from a US Pain Survey Into Clinical Practice
Diane L. Krasner, PHD, RN, CWCN, CWS, BCLNC, FAAN and Mary McNeil, RN, BS, CWOCN

Wound pain continues to be one of the top concerns of people with wounds. Although evidence indicates that wound pain has a profound effect on a person’s life and is one of the most devastating aspects of living with a wound, research has shown that clinicians are often complacent or unwilling to accept the degree of patient suffering from wound-related pain.




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CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDANCE: THE UTILIZATION OF ADJUSTABLE LOW BEDS IN THE PREVENTION OF FALLS AND INJURIOUS FALLS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
Fall Management Technology: Can a New Generation Position Monitor Assist with F-Tag 323 Compliance?
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Creating a Culture of Safety
Answering Skin and Wound Questions
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