Hospice News
OCTOBER 27, 2023
The organization also deploys volunteers to help families care for animals in the home. “In In our quest to provide the absolute highest level of patient care, we saw the need to fully incorporate pets into our care model,” Crawford said in a blog post. We can get pets to grooming and veterinary appointments.
GeriPal
MARCH 14, 2024
We talk with them about the epidemiology, assessment, and management of dysphagia, including the role of modifying the consistency of food and liquids, feeding tubes, and the role of dysphagia rehabilitation like tongue and cough strengthening. He doesn’t prescribe thickened liquids, because he just puts in feeding tubes in everybody.
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Daily Nurse
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Now that the Public Health Emergency has ended, reimbursement and demand have returned to more realistic levels, leaving travel nurses feeling burned out, expendable, and unsure of what comes next in their careers – while leaving health systems still lacking the nurses they need to provide safe, high-quality patient care.
GeriPal
APRIL 4, 2024
In 1988, Cruzan’s parents requested that her feeding tube be removed, arguing that she would not want to continue in this state. On the one hand, this was unfortunate, as it meant Nancy Cruzan could not be disconnected from the feeding tube immediately. In 1990 the Supreme Court ruled…for the state of Missouri.
Daily Nurse
AUGUST 15, 2023
With tens of thousands of qualified candidates turned away each year due to a lack of faculty and appropriate clinical training sites, this decreased nursing school capacity feeds directly into hobbled patient care capacity at urban and rural levels.
Nurse.com
APRIL 4, 2023
Medical consulting This involves healthcare companies and providers referring to experienced medical professionals to advise them on patient care strategies, review medical documents, and offer general expertise. Many first-time mothers struggle with breastfeeding obstacles and need additional support feeding their child naturally.
Chicago Caregiving
APRIL 17, 2024
As a seasoned bedside critical care nurse, I see firsthand the benefits that family caregivers bring to patient care in the hospital. The nurse will give the ordered medications, perform necessary clinical tasks and assess the patient for their response to the treatment.
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