AT Home Care & Hospice

MARCH 10, 2024

Prioritizing Patient Safety in Healthcare Settings During Patient Safety Awareness Week Patient Safety Awareness Week provides an opportunity to focus on the critical issue of patient safety, particularly in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs), and Home care/Hospice environments. These settings, catering to some of the most vulnerable populations, require specific safety protocols The post Prioritizing Patient Safety appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MARCH 10, 2024

This weeks’ blog, and the first as part of our Early Career Researcher theme, is from Zoe Dodd. Zoe is a part time PhD student, a registered Mental Health Nurse and also works full time in a leadership role in a Mental Health Trust. Since starting my PhD in 2020, there has been a significant shift in how I view myself as a ‘nurse’, a ‘researcher’ and a ‘leader’.

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Adobe Hospice & Home Health

MARCH 10, 2024

Prioritizing Patient Safety in Healthcare Settings During Patient Safety Awareness Week Patient Safety Awareness Week provides an opportunity to focus on the critical issue of patient safety, particularly in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs), and Home care/Hospice environments. These settings, catering to some of the most vulnerable populations, require specific safety protocols The post Prioritizing Patient Safety appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Hea

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

MARCH 10, 2024

Sometimes, I’m too close to my life to understand it. When I’m too close, I remember to step back, step out and step into observing. When I give space between me and my life, I have room to notice the players, drama and stories. I can see the bigger picture. Let’s decide to prioritize our power of observation this week. We can remember to observe by asking ourselves this question to start our day: “What will I observe today?

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Nurse Nacole

MARCH 10, 2024

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

MARCH 10, 2024

My mother died at 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning in 2022, as the church bells rang. My dad died at 5 a.m. on Sunday morning in 2023, just before the home health aide stopped into his apartment to check on him (and me). I think about these specific times with belief that these moments weren’t random but chosen. My mom’s breathing changed on that Tuesday morning just after I arrived in my parents’ apartment after getting some sleep in my own apartment.

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