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Nurse Essentials: What’s REALLY in a Nurse’s Bag?

Diversity Nursing

Small First Aid Kit We care for patients, but sometimes we need a Band-Aid too, one Nurse pointed out. Personal Items Essential Oils or Menthol Rub A dab under the nose helps mask unpleasant smells in certain patient care situations. Tampons and Pads Even if you dont need them, a coworker might.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

The use of assistive listening devices like pocket talkers and hearing aids. Their thoughts on the approval and use of over the counter hearing aids. Over-the-counter hearing aids: What will it mean for older Americans? Meg: And they said, “Do you know anything about putting hearing aids in place or anything?”

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4 Key Trends for Hospices to Watch in 2024

Hospice News

Hospice aides and CNAs also represented a large percentage of job vacancies and saw high turnover rates, 19.05% and 29.84%, respectively. Rising operating costs and the need to build scale are key reasons that more nonprofits are banding together. Nurses also accounted for 16.97% of vacancies.

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3 Nonprofit Hospice Providers to Watch in 2023

Hospice News

Nationwide, a growing number of nonprofit hospices are banding together in regional collaboratives to better compete with larger, often for-profit providers. Empath provides hospice, home health care, primary care, palliative care, PACE, AIDS and sexual wellness care, and adult day services to a combined total of more than 23,000 individuals.

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ER Nurse Melanie Park Helps Homeless Patients with Necessities, Clothing at ‘Mel’s Closet’

Daily Nurse

Daily Nurse is proud to name Melanie Park our Nurse of the Week for her humanitarian work to aid Plant City’s homeless. Her shoes were held together with rubber bands,” she recalls. Park, a Plant City native, has been working as an ER nurse for 40 years. She was excited. She walked out straighter and with pride.”

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What Agencies Are Failing to Address About Workforce Shortages (And Why the Solution Isn’t What Everyone’s Been Telling You)

Home Care Pulse

While it might sound like a quick fix, it’s really just a band-aid that avoid s the real issue. The bad news: It’s not what everyone’s been telling you to do. You’ve probably heard once or twice (or hundreds of times) that you should just pay your staff more.

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How Reputation Management Can Impact Your Search Engine Optimization

Home Care Pulse

While it might sound like a quick fix, it’s really just a band-aid that avoid s the real issue. The bad news: It’s not what everyone’s been telling you to do. You’ve probably heard once or twice (or hundreds of times) that you should just pay your staff more.

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