Daily Nurse
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the healthcare industry, including how health systems coped with the ongoing shortage of qualified registered nurses. Dramatic surges in patient volumes led to hospitals bringing in travel nurses at unprecedented rates, hiking the demand for contract nurses by at least 35% over pre-pandemic levels.
Hospice News
MAY 25, 2023
I made my way through the ranks as a CNA, then a registered nurse, and then a nurse practitioner and now, I’m in a leadership position. I have spent about 11 years total with Optum and then worked with Aspire, but now I’m currently working with Contessa and Amedisys to help support palliative care at home programs.
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Chicago Caregiving
APRIL 17, 2024
The nurse will give the ordered medications, perform necessary clinical tasks and assess the patient for their response to the treatment. If you normally take care of the patient’s basic needs at home, offering to help your nurse with feeding or bathing may provide emotional reassurance to you and your loved one.
Chicago Caregiving
JUNE 16, 2022
While HOW is not a medical day program, a certified nursing assistant is on staff to assist with toileting, and a registered nurse dispenses medication. Medical models of adult day programs. Advocate Lutheran General Adult Day Center offers a medical model with a social component. .
Nurse.com
JUNE 1, 2023
In those days, the nursing home trained nursing assistants and you didn’t have to be certified. As I worked, I watched the LPNs and RNs administer meds, care for wounds, give tube feedings, etc. “I I worked as a nursing assistant for a couple of years, then I was off to LPN school. I can do that,” I’d say to myself.
Nurse.com
APRIL 21, 2023
NICU nurses may occasionally see their patients after hospital discharge in a NICU developmental follow-up clinic or when providing home health care needs, she said. What does a neonatal nurse do? There’s a common misconception that NICU nurses only hold and feed babies.
Seasons Hospice
MARCH 2, 2021
Other parts of AAT can include feeding, grooming and speaking to the animal. . One of our very own Seasons Hospice Registered Nurses brings in her therapy mastiff to help patients deal with end-of-life emotional distresses. Most AAT involves physical contact with the animal, like petting or holding, throughout the session.
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