Hospice News
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The Hospice of North Central Ohio (HNCO) will affiliate with Hospice of Western Reserve, also located in the Buckeye state. Financial terms were undisclosed. The HNCO board of directors signed a letter of intent to enter into a Management Services Agreement with Western Reserve for 90 days. In the interim, a diligence process will be underway as the two organizations plan to combine.
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Suzette Porter, MBA, BSN, RN, is an elder care nurse manager and adjunct faculty member who has been with Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) for over 25 years. Porter says she got into healthcare because her great-grandmother raised her and was the Florence Nightingale in their small town in Jamaica. She would take Porter to help the sick, elderly, and needy in their hometown.
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Responsive Home Care
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
How much extra time do you have on your hands? If you are like most family caregivers, carving out sufficient time to meet each day’s basic requirements could be hard enough. The idea of having regular intervals of downtime may seem unattainable. Caregiving is definitely a time-intensive commitment. But what if there were steps you […] The post Reduce Family Caregiver Stress With These Tried and True Time Management Tips appeared first on Responsive Home Care.
Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Valentina Obreja has dedicated her career to improving care for ICU patients at UCLA Health. “Never give up” are three words that have defined much of Obreja’s adult life. It’s what she told herself when she and her husband left Romania in 2006 with little more than four pieces of luggage and a dream to start a new life in the U.S. It’s what she told herself while bagging groceries at a supermarket as she awaited approval to take her nursing licensure exam.
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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Click here to register Thursday 14 March 2024, 13.00 – 14.00 CET The EAPC Education and Training Reference Group has supported many country-specific studies in the past that address the state of training in palliative care. In this webinar, we would like to present two studies conducted in countries that score highly in the European Palliative Care Atlas.
Nurse Nacole
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Category: Fundamentals Tracheostomy tubes can be cuffed or uncuffed. Cuffed tracheostomy tubes are used for patients on long-term mechanical ventilation. Cuffed tubes also prevent volume loss during positive pressure ventilation while preventing air leaks.
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