Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

APRIL 23, 2023

This week’s blog comes from Charlotte Jakab-Hall, Senior Practice Development Nurse and Peer Support Guardian and Leonora King, Practice Development Nurse and Peer Support Guardian at Gloucester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Blog summary Gloucestershire Staff Transition and Retention Support Network (GloSTaRs) was co-created by two early career nurses following their preceptorship programme in 2018, where they identified a need for improvement in staff wellbeing.

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Today's Caregiver

APRIL 23, 2023

Giving away assets or income within five years of applying for long-term care Medicaid will cause the majority of state Medicaid programs to defer qualification of benefits for a period of time

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

APRIL 23, 2023

What do I already have that can help me today? We met for our monthly Soul Break on Thursday. I chose Scarcity for this month’s theme because we can struggle through the day without having enough of what we need. During our Soul Break, I asked a question that we can use to set our intentions each day this week: What’s in stock for me? This question pivots us to look for what we already have which we can use.

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Today's Caregiver

APRIL 23, 2023

Join us as we celebrate Fearless Caregivers, Buffy Duvall , sharing her personal story of caregiving.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

APRIL 23, 2023

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Nurse.com

APRIL 23, 2023

Content courtesy of Berxi. In October 2022, a registered nurse from North Carolina was accused of murder after administering fatal doses of insulin to two patients. He was labeled a “rogue nurse” in the headlines, but legal nurse consultant Janice Dolnick, BSN, RN, had a different perspective. “The nurse hasn’t even had a fair trial, yet he has already been labeled a murderer,” said Dolnick, CEO of Legal Nurses for Justice, an organization that provides legal consulting to attorneys and healthca

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Nurse Nacole

APRIL 23, 2023

Category: Fundamentals An ocular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis is sicca syndrome. Patients have a sensation of grittiness in the eyes, accumulation of dried mucus and decreased tear production. Scleritis and episcleritis are occasional sequelae of sicca syndrome.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 23, 2023

From transformational to democratic, every nurse leader adopts a different leadership style. Regardless, they all find common ground when it comes to soft skills. Nurse leaders exhibit an extensive list of soft skills to build resilience in the nurses they lead. And according to Forbes , these skills have become essential in the workplace. Soft skills are interpersonal competencies that dictate how someone interacts with others , particularly in the workplace — things like communication, teamwor

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