Caregiver Support Services

APRIL 10, 2024

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) CNAs provide basic care to patients, such as assistance with bathing, dressing, and daily activities. They may also take vital signs and ensure the patient’s environment is safe and comfortable. They can prescribe medications, diagnose diseases, and provide treatment plans.

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Home nurse Vital signs Registered Nurse Bathing 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A health services researcher and palliative care physician, Amber lauds the ability of simulation studies to isolate one variable in a study. Being a palliative care physician, the one that came immediately to mind was Knocking on Heaven’s Door. The vital sign tracings are very, very worrisome.

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Ventilator Vital signs Palliative care Resuscitation 198

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Janet is the author of the 4th edition of the book Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer, along with co-authors Molly Collins and BR Daubman. This book is terrific, truly comprehensive, and is a go to resource for when I’m “stuck” taking care of patients with cancer. .

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Books Palliative care Palliate Feeding 206

GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

So Eric Cassell, for folks who don’t know, was a primary care physician. But really was a seminal pioneering figure in the field of bioethics, palliative care, et cetera. Haider: That was a great story. And he had had written this definition of suffering, which I was really drawn to. And attention to pain builds pain.

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Books Definition Vital signs 2011 223