Welcome to the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing
The American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN®) represents more than 18,000 post-acute care nurses and professionals working in more than 7,000 facilities. Dedicated to supporting PAC nurses and healthcare professionals in providing quality care, AAPACN offers members best in-class education, certification, resources, and strong collaborative communities.
Latest From AAPACN
- Process Surveillance Plus QAPI Equals Better Infection Prevention TrainingNursing homes are required to establish a surveillance system (i.e., “the routine, ongoing, and systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of surveillance data”) as part of their infection prevention and …
- Common Missteps in Addressing Plan of Correction Criteria and Best Practices for Compliance SustainabilityAccording to the Nursing Homes webpage of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) site, “Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities (NFs) are required to be in compliance …
- Learn How to Take Staff Survey Preparation From Reactive to Proactive“Why in the world did my staff member say this?” and “Why did my staff do that?” are two questions that no director of nursing services (DNS) wants to have …
- Interrupted Stays: Five Takeaways To RememberThe interrupted-stay policy in the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) of the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) governs when multiple SNF stays are combined into …
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Free Member Tools
- MDS 3.0 Final Validation Reports Quick Facts and Resources
- AAPACN’s Nursing Department Culture Assessment and Improvement Worksheet
- 2024 Five-Star and Care Compare MDS 3.0 Quality Measure Data Periods
- Dialysis Communication Sheet
- PDPM At-a-Glance Tool
- MDS Daily Startup for the NAC Backup Tool
- MDS Items Impacting Reimbursement for PDPM and SNF QRP – Updated Tool
- Sections K and O Assessment Periods
- At-a-Glance QM, QRP, and VBP Tool
- OBRA Scheduling Tools for Calendar Year 2024
- The Dietitian’s Role in Nursing and Reimbursement
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