Tool Box

Continuum of Care
Memphis comments
Nashville comments
Knoxville comments

Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes
Click here for Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities
Click here for F-tag 314 PrU Guidelines

Immunizations
Click here for the 2007-2008 Immunizations Toolkit

Updated Quality Measures Tools and resources
Click here for the Users Manual for Vaccination QMs
Click here for Snapshot Definitions NHQI Quality Measures

PDC (Person Directed Care) Tools:
Leading by Example
QI Call, Dave Farrell
Resident Directed Care
Change Ideas Consistent Assignment

Survey Tools:
Staff Survey Tool: Tell us About Your Nursing Home
Resident Survey Tool: Elder Questionnaire (or Warmth Survey)

Survey Analysis Excel Spreadsheet to
Calculate Survey Results:
Staff Survey Analysis Spreadsheet: Tell us About Your Nursing Home
Instructions for Staff Analysis Spreadsheet
Resident Analysis Spreadsheet: Warmth Survey
Instructions for Resident/Elder Analysis Spreadsheet: Warmth Survey

Organizational Culture Change Tools:
C.N.A Turnover Worksheet
C.N.A. Turnover Spreadsheet: used to calculate data collected on worksheet.

Workforce Retention Tools:
Staff Survey Tool: Tell us About Your Nursing Home
Resident Survey Tool: Elder Questionnaire (or Warmth Survey)
C.N.A Turnover Worksheet
C.N.A. Turnover Spreadsheet: used to calculate data collected on worksheet.
Change Ideas for Consistent Assignment
Change Ideas for On-The-Job Support for New Workers
Exit Interview
Mentoring Program

Physical Restraint Reduction:
Framework Package
Change Model
Senior Leader Report
Measurement Strategy
Data Tracking Tool
Restraints Self-Assessment Tool
Falls Self-Assessment Tool
Behavioral Symptoms Self-Assessment Tool
Restraint Knowledge and Attitude Survey
Restraint Knowledge and Attitude Survey Key

Pressure Ulcers:
Braden Scale
Norton Scale
Pressure Ulcer Measurement Strategy
Pressure Ulcer Pocket Guide
TAPS Turning Schedule Card
Pressure Ulcer Healing Chart
Pressure Ulcer PUSH Tool
Pressure Ulcer PUSH Tool Instructions
Pressure Ulcer Change Package
Pressure Ulcer Manual
Senior Leader Report
Pressure Ulcer Collaborative Tool

Holistic Approach to the Management of
Depressive Symptoms
Data Measurement Tracking Tool & Senior Leader Report
Measurement Strategy & Change Package

Pain Management
Pain Assessment Facility Checklist
Abbey Scale
Communicating with Physicians About Pain
Nurse Worksheet Phone Interventions
Comprehensive Pain Assessment Form - Cognitively Intact
Comprehensive Pain Assessment Form - Cognitively Impaired
Fast Track Pain Handouts
Pain Intensity Scale Guide
Pain Measurement Strategy
Data Tracking Tool
Pain Comprehensive Assessment
Pain Screening Flow