Nursing Professionals Blog
A blog about the challenges facing nursing professionals.
A blog about skilled nursing facilities and assisted living residences
CMS’s new staffing standards are now in effect. What your facilities need to know.
Last month, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced stricter standards for nursing home ratings, which includes smaller windows for staffing penalties and new ratings for short-term and long-term stays. What you need to know CMS will get...
Ensuring Safety and Quality in America’s Nursing Home: 5 Key Takeaways from CMS’s Five Part Plan
On April 15, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced some new initiatives as part of their ongoing mission to make sure nursing homes adhere to the highest level of quality and safety. This comes in response to a report from the U.S. Government...
How Self-Care Can Reduce Nurse Stress
How Self-Care Can Reduce Nurse Stress Nurses endure a lot of stress. The long hours and demanding shifts can put a massive strain on their physical, mental, and emotional health. Over the years, several studies have documented the impact of work-related stress; one...
IntelyPro Spotlight Series: Flexibility to do what you love
Flexibility to do what you love. IntelyCare Spotlights Pennsylvania Registered Nurse, Brandi Meyers. We have a great team of IntelyPros across the US, and we’d like to start highlighting our IntelyPros who are the heart and soul of what we do. To kick off the...
How to be a better nurse with IntelyCare
Nurses are rock stars. They work long shifts at odd hours, extending compassionate, patient care, even in the most challenging situations. IntelyCare is here to take care of those who take care of everyone else, and we’re driven to offer nurses healthcare’s best...
How to Give an Amazing Nursing Handoff
Nurses must care for patients 24 hours a day, yet no one works a 24-hour shift. In order to ensure the patient's safety and promote excellent care, communication between shifts is of paramount importance. Yet few nurses learn how to give report in a manner that...
Announcing the 2018 Intelygence Scholarship Winner
Every year, around the time of Florence Nightingale’s birthday, the American Nurses Association recognizes and honors nurses across the country by celebrating National Nurses Week. This year’s theme was Inspire, Innovate, and Influence. As an employer of nurses and...
Cincinnati Welcome Event Recap
Last Friday, IntelyCare hosted a free welcome event at the Montgomery Inn - Boathouse to open our newest market in Cincinnati, Ohio. It featured a nursing comedy speech by Terry Foster RN, hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and a chance to meet the founders and teammates at...
Self-Care Of Nurses To Prevent Work-Fatigue Syndrome
As much as we want to portray a "superhero" persona to the public, nurses are mortal beings who are also capable of experiencing wear and tear of the body. The job itself is hailed as one of the most dangerous jobs because of the many elements that a nurse encounters...
Awesome IntelyPros
Being a care provider can sometimes feel like a thankless job. Hard work is put into every shift, and it is common to feel as if you are not getting the recognition you deserve. IntelyCare wants to change that. Oftentimes, an IntelyPro does something that really...