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Week 1: Foundation & Culture
Days 1-7

Key Concepts

Operating System
  • H - Hospitality: Hotel-like environment, welcoming atmosphere, exceeding expectations

  • O - One Standard: Consistent quality across all shifts, staff, and patients

  • S - Safety First: Proactive risk identification, zero tolerance for shortcuts

  • P - Personalized Care: Individualized plans respecting patient preferences

  • I - Innovation: Advanced robotics, evidence-based practices, continuous improvement

  • T - Team: Interdisciplinary collaboration, shared accountability

  • E - Empathy: Emotional support, treating whole people not diagnoses

  • L - Leadership: Every employee leads, ownership at all levels

IRF Fundamentals
  • 60% Rule: At least 60% of patients must have one of 13 qualifying conditions

  • 3-Hour Rule: Patients must tolerate 3+ hours of therapy per day, 5 days/week

  • Interdisciplinary Team: Physician, nursing, PT, OT, SLP, social work, case management

  • IRF-PAI: Patient Assessment Instrument completed at admission, discharge, and interruption

  • Primary Diagnosis Groups: Stroke, SCI, brain injury, orthopedic, deconditioning

DON Role & Accountability
  • DON-Level Standards: Full IRF CoP compliance, quality leadership, strategic operations

  • Direct CEO Reporting: Strategic partner in facility leadership

  • Scope: Nursing operations, quality metrics, regulatory compliance, staff development

  • Mission-Team-Individual: Leadership mindset prioritizing mission first, team second, self last

⚖️ Critical Regulations

  • 42 CFR Part 482 - Conditions of Participation for Hospitals

  • 42 CFR 482.60 - Special requirements for IRF services

  • Louisiana Department of Health IRF licensing requirements

  • CMS Interpretive Guidelines for IRF CoPs

  • IRF Quality Reporting Program (IRF-QRP) requirements

🏨 Principles

  • Environment impacts healing - stress-reducing spaces accelerate recovery

  • Luxury rehabilitation + advanced robotics = unique competitive positioning

  • Every nurse is a hospitality ambassador delivering the experience

  • Consistency (One Standard) prevents 'good shift vs. bad shift' variations

  • Innovation through 6 robotic systems requires nursing integration and patient education

💡 Practical Applications

  • Greet patients warmly using names, anticipate needs before expressed

  • Maintain immaculate, comfortable patient spaces with hotel-like attention to detail

  • Standardize handoff communication across all shifts using SBAR format

  • Conduct proactive fall risk assessments and implement prevention protocols

  • Educate patients on robotic systems and integrate into individualized care plans

✅ Assessment Focus

  • Define each component of H.O.S.P.I.T.E.L. acronym and apply to nursing scenarios

  • Explain 60% Rule and identify 13 qualifying conditions

  • Describe executive-level DON accountability at United Medical Healthwest

  • Apply 'mission-team-individual last' framework to leadership decisions

  • Recognize how United Medical Healthwest differs from traditional IRFs