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Specialized SNF Clinicians Can Help Improve Care Quality at End of Life

Hospice News

Some of the issues that frequently occur include increased risk of feeding tube use, intensive care unit stays, late enrollment in hospice, and receipt of care that is not concordant with the resident’s wishes, the study indicated. million nursing home residents aged 65 and older, between January 2012 and December 2019.

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Feeding Your Nursing Career

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Are you willing to feed your career as well as you feed your own body? How do you choose to optimize the nutrition that you feed to your body every day? Pay attention to what you're feeding your nursing career. Ask yourself the following questions: How do I feed my nursing career? What is my career asking of me?

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Choice Health CEO Jackson: Instant Care Deal an Extraordinary Opportunity in Non-Medical Home Care

Hospice News

Its supportive services include assistance with daily activities, housekeeping, meal preparation, feeding and transportation. Choice entered the home health market in 2012 and stepped into hospice in 2018. In addition to Arizona, Choice operates in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.

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The Continuum of Nurse Career Growth

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Especially at a young age, prior to professional training or advanced education, work is often a utilitarian exercise, while it can also feed our sense of pride and purpose and, perhaps, aspirations for more. Water and feed your nursing career with conscious creativity and attention, and it will feed you from the inside out.

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Your Nursing Career Mitochondria

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

A nursing career needs a great deal of feeding and watering; there are so many moving parts, and there's a lot to do in order to keep them all happy and flourishing. From 2012 until its sunset in 2017, Keith co-hosted RNFMRadio, a groundbreaking nursing podcast. What impetus, desires, goals, or motivations drive you forward?

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The Three R's of Nursing

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

In Victorian times, nurses were often seen as "loose women" and "opium users" with poor morals, gallivanting with doctors when they should have been home in the kitchen baking cookies, feeding babies, and ministering to their husbands' needs. From 2012 until its sunset in 2017, Keith co-hosted RNFMRadio, a groundbreaking nursing podcast.

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The Quixotic Nurse

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Choosing Our Battles We nurses have lives to live, families to feed, children to raise, and loved ones to care for. From 2012 until its sunset in 2017, Keith co-hosted RNFMRadio, a groundbreaking nursing podcast. Are there behaviors, practices, or beliefs that just have to change? All things Nurse Keith can be found at NurseKeith.com.

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