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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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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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Mindset is Everything in Your Nursing Career and Beyond

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Photo by Eric Ward on Unsplash.com Most of us need to work in order to put food on the table; and whether we're living through a pandemic like COVID-19 or times of social unrest like the growing Black Lives Matter movement in response to police brutality, the need to feed, clothe, and support our families doesn't change.

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The Conscious Creation of Your Nursing Career

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

What aspects of work feed my emotional and spiritual lives? From 2012 until its sunset in 2017, Keith co-hosted RNFMRadio, a groundbreaking nursing podcast. Some questions to explore include: What is it that makes me truly happy? What kind of people do I like to work with? Is doing hands-on care something that matters to me?

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