The Nurse Break

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

About Shauna is a transwoman and nurse, who shares with us practical and thought-out advice, answering common questions about all things LGBTIQ+ and nursing! This is a MUST-READ for ALL students, healthcare professionals and clinical leaders. Check out other must-read articles here Shauna has a Diploma in Nursing from Kangan Batman TAFE and more than 8 years’ experience working within various healthcare fields including Geriatric, Community, Oncology, and currently as a civilian nurse contractor

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Community Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Prescription Drug Misuse: Ways to Avoid Misuse among the Elderly When people talk about addiction, the elderly age group is the last thing to come to mind. However, you won’t be surprised to find that in the United States alone, over 40 % of prescription drugs are used by the elderly. And according to NCADI, over 17% of adults aged 55 and above misuse prescription medicines such as painkillers, sleeping pills, and sedatives.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

By Dr Jane Wray, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, and Senior Clinical Nurse Advisor (National Preceptorship Programme) @livinginhope and Desiree Cox, Programme Lead, National Preceptorship Programme, @desireecox07 The launch of the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing in England 1 in October 2022 provides important information for students and nurses preparing the future nursing workforce.

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Nurse Nacole

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Category: Fundamentals NSAIDs are contraindicated in patients allergic to aspirin, in patients with alcohol dependence, or in pregnant patients. Further, since celecoxib contains a sulfa moiety, it is contraindicated in patients with a sulfa allergy.

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Hospice Promise

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

If you believe in providing compassionate end-of-life care and are committed to helping our community, we’d love to meet you! Hospice Promise is looking for dynamic individuals to join our growing team! Please head to hospicepromise.com/jobs for more information about our available positions. The post Want to Work in Hospice? Check Out Our Available Positions!

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Nurse Nacole

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

We went from the world loving us and calling us 'healthcare heroes' to them physically assaulting us in public and saying we are in the Illuminati. These past three years have been quite a ride. Now granted, I live in Florida, and it's been umm, more colorful here. But, when I turn on the news, I'm forever seeing a nurse on the news for doing something outrageous or a nursing program disbursing fake degrees or stealing students' money.

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