Two Columbine nursing homes ranked among nation’s best
FORT COLLINS – Two skilled nursing homes in Fort Collins that are run by Columbine Health Systems are among those ranked as among the nation’s top 750 such facilities in Newsweek’s America’s Best Nursing Homes 2024. A total of 12,273 nursing homes were analyzed nationwide, including all such facilities in Colorado. Of those, Newsweek selected … Continued
North Shore stockholders offer to lend $700,000 to nursing-home operations
LOVELAND — At least some of the majority owners of North Shore Manor nursing home in Loveland have formed a new company, Loveland Health LLC, and through that company have offered to lend $700,000 to North Shore Manor Inc. and North Shore Associates LLP to shore up its financing during the ongoing bankruptcy proceeding. Of … Continued
Wisconsin hospital exec joins Good Samaritan as new chief nursing officer
LAFAYETTE — Ann Gantzer has been hired by Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette to serve as the hospital’s chief nursing officer. She previously held the same role at UW Health, an integrated health system of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Good Sam said in a news release. Gantzer has more than three decades of experience … Continued
FRCC baccalaureate nursing program receives accreditation
FORT COLLINS — The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Front Range Community College has received accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. In a statement, the school said that the new program builds on a two-year nursing degree, allowing students to continue at FRCC to complete their bachelor of science in nursing. The … Continued
COVID-19 intensifies nursing, health-care labor shortages
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses and other health-care workers faced longer hours and increased workloads, leading to fatigue, burnout and the desire to quit. At the same time, other workers left retirement to pick up the slack. And then some took early retirement or opted for other careers just after leaving school. … Continued
COVID-hit nursing home operators aim to reduce presence in Colorado
DENVER — Two national nursing home operators are planning to pull partially or entirely out of Colorado after a slew of COVID-related deaths and intermittent bans on accepting new patients places the industry under stress.The Colorado Sun reports SavaSeniorCare LLC intends to offload all 25 of its homes in the state and Genesis HealthCare Inc. … Continued
MCR receives magnet nursing status for third time
LOVELAND — UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland has achieved for the third time the designation of a magnet organization for nurses. The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program recognizes organizations that meet certain standards in nursing processes and quality patient care. Nurses and staff joined a virtual gathering last week to … Continued
State testing for more contagious U.K. COVID variant in Loveland nursing home
LOVELAND — State researchers are testing to see if cases of the more contagious version of COVID-19 first detected in the United Kingdom within the North Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center in Loveland. The Coloradoan reports that 110 cases were reported from Dec. 30 to Jan. 6 at the nursing home. Two staffers and two … Continued
FRCC issues first four-year nursing degrees
WESTMINSTER — Front Range Community College, with campuses in Westminster, Brighton, Longmont and Fort Collins, is awarding its first bachelor’s degrees in the school’s 52-year history. These are also the first four-year degrees in nursing from any school in the Colorado Community College System. FRCC began offering its new BSN degree program following a legislative … Continued
Nonprofit – Grant – UCHealth donates $250K to new FRCC nursing lab
UCHealth pledged $250,000 to help Front Range Community College build its new Health Care Careers Center in Fort Collins, set to open this summer. The center will consolidate health-care career training for FRCC in one building and ramp up education of nurses and other health-care professionals. The facility will be a two-story, 62,500 square-foot building, … Continued
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