DNS Fundamentals On-Demand Workshop and Tools Package-Module 2: Clinical Excellence

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This module, “Clinical Excellence,” explains how regulations, evidence-based practice, leadership, care planning, and incident investigation work together to improve nursing facility care. It first distinguishes laws and CMS regulations from evidence-based practice, emphasizing that regulations set the requirements while evidence guides how care should be delivered. Using pressure injury care as an example, it shows that clinicians must combine current research, professional judgment, resident preferences, and facility policy to comply with standards and support person-centered care.<br /><br />The module then highlights three key leadership practices: daily clinical rounds, daily clinical briefs, and the resident-at-risk meeting. Rounds help leaders observe care, connect with staff and residents, reinforce expectations, and recognize good work. Briefs give charge nurses and CNAs daily priorities for issues like falls, infections, medication changes, and skilled care needs. Resident-at-risk meetings use a holistic, proactive approach to identify root causes, new risks, resident goals, and needed care plan updates.<br /><br />It also stresses the importance of documentation as an output of good assessment and workflow, and explains the RAI/MDS process as the foundation for person-centered care planning. Finally, the module outlines incident investigation: report required events, ensure resident safety, gather unbiased evidence, interview witnesses, analyze root causes, and implement corrective actions with ongoing monitoring.

Keywords

Clinical Excellence

Laws and Regulations

CMS Compliance

Evidence-Based Practice

Nurse Leadership

Care Delivery

Resident Assessment Instrument

Incident Investigation

Quality Improvement

nursing facility care

CMS regulations

person-centered care

leadership practices

care planning

RAI/MDS process