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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

To begin, as a nurse, you are in a position of power and authority when you provide care. For instance, you may need to touch, feed, or even bathe a patient. When those under your care are fragile both physically and emotionally, it’s critical to maintain professionalism. Warning Signs of Professional Boundary Crossing.

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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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Nursing Behind Bars: My Experience As a Corrections Nurse

Nurse.com

” Opportunities to widen and deepen my empathy presented themselves during my time as a corrections nurse at the jail. I made pointless calls to long-term care facilities for individuals with mental health conditions, but no one would accept him due to his history of violent crime. I feel human again.”

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Ep.7: How to Navigate Social Media Marketing in Home-Based Care

Home Care Pulse

Is it, do you you see it as detrimental to say start a channel or start a blog or any sort of digital content that you’re presenting and then you don’t keep up with it? It’s not what I wanna see on my feed. Nick Bonitatibus ( 50:07 ): Another one of my clients, they wanted to be known for long-term care insurance.

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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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