GeriPal
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? Evidence has been mounting about the importance of the geriatric assessment for older adults with cancer, the subject of today’s podcast.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Chicago-based NorthShore–Edward-Elmhurst Health is expanding its partnership with Residential Home Health and Hospice. The partnership between the two companies was established about 15 years ago. But now, Residential Hospice will act as a preferred provider of hospice services at the health system, NorthShore indicated in a press release. NorthShore folded its in-house hospice and community-based palliative care programs into Residential in 2023, a transition that is expected to be completed th
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Minority Nurse
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Every organization or workplace in healthcare or any other industry has a workplace culture , whether those working there are conscious of it or not. The best workplace cultures are consciously and proactively created by everyone involved, and the worst cultures exist without a shred of intention. But what exactly is workplace culture, and how do you know your organization’s culture?
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc.
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Daily Nurse
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
We’ve all heard the statistics about the growing need for trained healthcare professionals, especially nurses, within our society. Federal estimates indicate that not nearly enough people are entering the field to meet the projected healthcare needs of the coming decades. Although the overall need is concerning, the issue is particularly acute in rural communities.
AJN Off the Charts
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
A friend’s desperation. Photo by Ben Blennerhassett on Unsplash It was early in the morning when I received a call from my best friend, who was crying and distraught. She frantically rattled off her symptoms: “My stomach is on fire, I can’t sleep, nothing is relieving the discomfort, and I’m in excruciating pain.” Although she’d been feeling discomfort for the previous two weeks, at first she’d thought the intensity of her current symptoms might be from food poisoni
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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
This episode features Dr Amara Nwosu (Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK; Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK; and Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, Liverpool, UK). The podcast is an overview of a published editorial on telehealth in palliative care. Dr Nwosu highlights the unrealised potential of palliative care telehealth, and discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with telehealth.
Nurse Nacole
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Category: Psychiatric Nursing Ultra-short-acting benzodiazepines (BZDs) do not accumulate. High lipid solubility results in faster absorption, greater distribution in tissues and faster entrance and exit from brain sites. Diazepam is a BZD with high lipid solubility used for anxiety.
Caregiver Support Services
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Is being a carer the right career choice for you? It’s not always easy to know, as you may think that you are well suited to become a carer only to try caregiving and find that it is not a good fit. While the role of a carer may not be glamorous, it is a rewarding life vocation. Therefore, you will want to think long and hard about whether caregiving could be the right career path for you.
Palliverse
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash Recently I was at a research meeting in my role as a clinical advisor. In the gathering were a number of kaumatua (Māori elders.) We were all asked to share our pepeha, our introduction. Each member of the group was given time to talk about themselves. Where they were from. Who their family of origin was.
Nurse.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Several new apps are hitting the market to relieve some pressure for nurses. Whether it’s an app to help nursing students study for the NCLEX or a community app to foster relationships between nurses nationwide, here are some of the best apps for nurses. The Nurse.com App Cost: Free Nurse.com’s app is the first of its kind — the only social networking app exclusively for nurses.
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