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Nurse Residencies: Norm or Exception?

Minority Nurse

Presented as a game that only a lucky few can win, new nurse residencies provide great career-launching benefits for a small cohort of novice nurses. Feeding Our Young, Not Eating Our Young When asked about new nurse residencies, some old-school nurses may gruffly say, “When I graduated, nobody held my hand.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

For a deeper dive, check out some of these other studies and resources we talked about in the podcast: The Influence of Nursing Home Culture on the Use of Feeding Tubes. The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. Rehabbed to Death. Ruth: Oh, thanks.

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Professional Boundaries in Nursing: Are You Crossing the Line?

Hospice Nurse Hero

Nurses provide emotional, physical, and psychological care to patients every day. This is especially true in healthcare settings like home health and hospice when care is being provided in the patient’s home. To begin, as a nurse, you are in a position of power and authority when you provide care. DON’T!

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Karl Steinberg, he’s a palliative care doc and a geriatrician. He’s President of National POLST and recent past president of AMDA, the Long-Term Care Association. And whether tube feeding should be on there, that’s never an emergency decision.

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Brenda’s Story: A Lesson in Battling Burnout and Retaining Top Care Professionals

Home Care Pulse

Next Steps Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. I n April , President Biden signed an executive order affecting the post-acute care space. One action within the order calls to enhance job quality for long-term care workers.

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