Comfort Home Care
MAY 1, 2022
For some seniors who live at home by themselves, one of the biggest challenges they have to overcome is loneliness. According to a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study, more than 40% of older adults who live alone will deal with issues of loneliness or isolation. The good news is there are ways to combat this, both as a senior and as a caregiver or family member.
Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
MAY 1, 2022
This week’s blog comes from Rebecca Collingwood (MSc, Adv Dip, BSc, NMP), Advanced Clinical Practitioner ENT Head and Neck Surgery at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (@BCol81090) and Dr Clare Whitfield (PhD RGN PGCE FHEA), University of Hull (@CWhitHealthcare). Sudden sensorineural hearing loss affects an estimated 5 per 100,000 people annually (1) and usually presents as unilateral loss, affecting both genders equally, with average age of onset of 40 years (1,2).
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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog
MAY 1, 2022
Frances Shani Parker "That's Henrietta sitting by herself at the table," the nurse said to me. I followed her finger to a caramel-colored woman who sat humming. She had just finished eating and still hadn't wiped her mouth. A light coating of chicken grease looked like high-priced lip gloss when I walked closer to her. Henrietta was going to be my new hospice patient, my first at this particular nursing home.
Nurse Nacole
MAY 1, 2022
Category: Fundamentals Cigarette smoking increases the risk of CHD by at least twofold to threefold. Smoking increases the incidence of atherosclerosis. It is thought to increase the release of catecholamines, which leads to elevated blood pressure.
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The Heart of Hospice
MAY 1, 2022
Humor and compassion overflow in our guest Benjamin Kintisch, hospice chaplain and director of Life Review: The Hospice Musical! Working with hospice patients as a spiritual counselor inspired Benjamin to tell his patients’ stories in songs that captivate the audience. Benjamin holds a Masters in Sacred Music and Cantorial degree, and has completed his fourth … Continue reading "Benjamin Kintisch Talks About Life Review: The Hospice Musical, Episode 108".
The Nurse Break
MAY 1, 2022
Meet Air Ambulance Nurse Jenna! A Flight Nurse for LifeFlight and an emergency nurse, Jenna gives us an insight into what retrieval nursing is really all about. LifeFlight Australia is a world leader in aeromedical care and Australia’s most diversified service, operating both a fixed-wing and rotary-wing fleet. The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter and jet crews provide a blanket of care for families across Queensland.
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