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Nursing home and long-term care standard of care review

A nursing home and long-term care nurse compares what the nurses did with what the standard of care and the unit's policies required, and documents each deviation with record citations. Long-term care cases often concern slow, preventable decline.

What it costs

$1,250–3,600

Estimate for about 1,000 pages of records

How fast

2–3 weeks

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What the nursing home and long-term care nurse checks

  • Pressure injuries and repositioning
  • Falls and supervision
  • Weight loss and hydration
  • Change-of-condition reporting to physicians and families

What the review examines

  • MDS assessments, care plans and whether the plan was followed
  • Weights, intake and output, and dietitian involvement (F692)
  • Change-of-condition recognition and reporting to the physician and family
  • Activities of daily living documentation and its consistency
  • Infection prevention and timely treatment
  • Staffing levels on the shifts in question
  • Survey and complaint history for the facility

Proposals come from license-verified nursing home and long-term care nurses, with their fee and turnaround.

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Records to request

  • Complete chart including MDS assessments and care plans
  • ADL flowsheets (CNA documentation)
  • Weight and intake records
  • Physician orders and progress notes
  • Hospital transfer records
  • Staffing records and payroll-based journal data
  • State survey reports and plans of correction
  • Elopement risk assessments and care plans

What you get

  • Each potential deviation described, with the policy or practice it departs from
  • The supporting chronology entries and source pages
  • Severity and open questions, clearly separated from conclusions
  • Findings tracked in the case workspace and exported with the chronology

Nursing home and long-term care consultant profiles

Evelyn P. Example profile

Long-term care RN, 24 years

12 yrs consulting · OH

LNCC Medical chronologyMerit screeningStandard of care review
Long-term care / SNFMed-surg
$135/hr Plaintiff & Defense

Walter G. Example profile

Cardiac RN, 19 years

11 yrs consulting · OH

LNCC Medical chronologyRecord summaryStandard of care review
Cardiac / telemetryHome health / hospiceLong-term care / SNF
$150/hr Plaintiff

Alexander M. Example profile

Long-term care RN, 23 years

7 yrs consulting · VA

Medical chronologyMerit screeningExpert witness
Long-term care / SNFPsychiatric
$110/hr Testifies Defense

Ann T. Example profile

Long-term care RN, 17 years

7 yrs consulting · VA

Medical chronologyMerit screeningExpert witness
Long-term care / SNFPsychiatric
$135/hr Testifies Plaintiff

Ashley R. Example profile

Long-term care RN, 26 years

4 yrs consulting · NC

CLNC Medical chronologyMerit screeningExpert witness
Long-term care / SNF
$125/hr Testifies Plaintiff & Defense

Ryan P. Example profile

Home health RN, 23 years

4 yrs consulting · IL

CLNC Medical chronologyMerit screening
Home health / hospiceNICULong-term care / SNF
$125/hr Plaintiff
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Describe the case without names. License-verified nurses in the right specialty send proposals with their experience and rate. Records are shared only after you hire, in an encrypted workspace.

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