GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Being asked a question with your mouth on fire, sweat streaming down your face, feeling the most awake and terrified you have ever been in your life, forces you to give an unadorned answer, straight from the heart. Thank you to Lynn Flint and Anne Kelly who serve as hosts for this episode, asking us the tough questions.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Today we talk with Fayron Epps and Karen Moss, two nurse researchers who are focused on improving the experience of Black/African American caregivers of persons living with dementia. Why are nurse researchers in particular critical to the study of these issues? We talk in particular about: Terminology. African American?

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Communicating the value of longer hospice stays to referral partners, patients and families has been a longstanding challenge for the industry, and was among the hurdles that a startup like Heart N’ Soul had to overleap, according to CEO David Turner. Here in Nashville, now we are back up to around 65 days as our average length of stay.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 22, 2024

Nurses are right at the heart of patient care, dealing with the non-stop action and high demands of hospital life. According to a survey by the American Nurses Association, 82% of nurses report significant workplace stress, underscoring the necessity of personal wellness practices.

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

At the age of 10, Hannah McCullough, BSN, got a glimpse of her dream job as a pediatric oncology nurse. As a child, she spent hours caring for her brother at his bedside at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital following a brain cancer diagnosis and being amazed by how the nurses took time out of their day to spend time with him.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In 1983, a 25 year old Nancy Cruzan was thrown from her car while driving home in Missouri, landing in a water filled ditch. She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. What words to use? Is the POLST useful?

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Daily Nurse

MAY 10, 2023

Detroit, Michigan native Teberah Alexander, RN, BSN, also known as Nurse T, kicked off National Nurses Week, showcasing healthcare careers for children and engaging them in the same way she became interested: by stoking their curiosity. Cymantha says she wants to be a neuroscientist and likes learning about how the brain works.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

I know that diversity, equity and inclusion is a topic dear to your heart. Katrina Agnew joined UnityPoint Health in December of 2021 as vice president of hospice. This drives her commitment to expand access to hospice care, particularly among underserved populations. As a leader at UnityPoint, what are your priorities for 2022?

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Never give up” are three words that have defined much of Obreja’s adult life. It’s what she told herself while bagging groceries at a supermarket as she awaited approval to take her nursing licensure exam. It’s what she told herself while bagging groceries at a supermarket as she awaited approval to take her nursing licensure exam.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 12, 2023

It’s time that nurses put nurses first! We give, give, and give and it is time to receive. Go ahead and take a day to do whatever your heart desires. Back to gratitude and receiving. Nurses need to eat, too. Happy Nurses Week! Yes, I said it. Do not be afraid to ask for more.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Our patients aren’t “the 76 year old with heart failure in room 202,” as Heather Coats astutely noted. VA “gets” the importance of storytelling in medicine, without the need for reams of research to back it up. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 22 (5):392-400 / PMID: 32740304. What’s in a story? Wonderful work.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Please join Eric and Alex in person for the GeriPal pub crawl at the AAHPM/HPNA annual assembly in Phoenix, Thursday night 3/21 8PM. Starting bar is Luckys Indoor/Outdoor. Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild. Why Beth? This is Eric Widera.

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Nurse.com

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The ABCs of nursing care address patients’ most critical and immediate needs. Nurses can prevent serious health consequences and save lives by systematically using these components. As nurses, we play a vital role in promoting patient well-being. Ensure that the airway is clear and unobstructed.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 9, 2024

As a nurse, you ’ re empathetic and compassionate and go out of your way to ensure you provide your patients with the best possible care. Nurses are great patient advocates, but “we do need to start advocating for ourselves because you can’t keep helping everyone. Nurses need to be aware of their unique needs.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 25, 2023

I think that adding those [technolog] pieces in as an adjunct — they’ll never replace our people — but adding them in as an adjunct really helps the comfort for the patient and the family to know that they can push a button and get hold of my nurse,” Jet Health CEO Stacie Bratcher told Hospice News. “I

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). This week we turn our attention to the inmates. This is Eric Widera.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Two women battled cancer as kids; one inspired the other to follow in her footsteps to become a nurse. Laura Shinn, RN – Hematology/Oncology/HSCT Nurse Navigator at CHNOLA , says she went into nursing and specifically oncology because she just felt that there was this need to take the medical path.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 11, 2023

.’s career, an assignment to work as a floater in the emergency department changed his entire nursing career outcome. This week’s celebration of Emergency Nurses Week strikes a chord with Davis, who is also the co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the Emergency Nurses Association.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Alex: Today we are delighted to welcome Heather Coats, who’s a palliative care nurse practitioner and scientist and Director of Research at the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, or HPNA, an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado and Schutz College of Nursing. What about the burdens, risks, and harms?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. I was fortunate enough to grow up around my grandparents and great grandparents, and I always had a heart for our aging population.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Tasha Johnson, MSN, RN, is a clinical nurse educator and aligned AHA training center coordinator for the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health. Johnson is also a per diem administrative nursing supervisor and per diem staff nurse in the ICU. How long have you worked in the nursing field? How about radiology?”

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Daily Nurse

MAY 24, 2023

Daily Nurse is proud to honor Bryan as our Nurse of the Week for his focus on teamwork and dedication to patient satisfaction. Knowing that I can positively impact somebody’s life not only brings me job satisfaction, but it gives me purpose,” says Bryan. We have to work together. So the hands have to work together.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Fun events with family, friends, colleagues; gift giving ; charitable donations; volunteering; and holiday foods to cook. Figuring out what’s most important for you to give your time and energy and setting a serious budget, and sticking to it–are a couple of ways to get you through the season.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

G at the Heart of Healthcare.” I had already graduated from UCLA with a sociology degree that continues to serve me very well, but I had to go back to school and become a scientist. I had already graduated from UCLA with a sociology degree that continues to serve me very well, but I had to go back to school and become a scientist.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

With training in the mediation of workplace and civil rights disputes and alternative dispute resolution, she believes in giving back to the community. Howard is an important nursing leader, and we’re pleased to profile her as we celebrate Black History Month with the Black Nursing Leaders Series 2023.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 11, 2024

How did you feel when you graduated from nursing school, and what were you planning for your exciting new career? For some new nurses, this can be a magical time, but only sometimes, and sometimes the magic never happens. Where’s your nursing magic these days? Where’s your nursing magic these days? What were you thinking?

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Jordana Latozas, RN, MSN, ACNP, went to nursing school intending to stay in the ICU forever, but her career trajectory took on a life of its own, and in February 2020, she founded the Recovery Mobile Clinic , Michigan’s first mobile addiction clinic. Tell us about yourself and your role in nursing. So, that would mean a relapse.

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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 11, 2023

For nursing students, taking tests is a typical path to becoming an RN. For many students, though, studying and taking rigorous tests (like the NCLEX) can be an overly intense experience, causing nurses to feel test anxiety and fear over their grades. So what is this feeling nurses get when they’re overwhelmed before a test?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

In doing so, it seems to give the impression that pain seen in cancer is inherently different than pain seen in other conditions and that those with cancer may not have the same risk for opioid use disorder as compared to other conditions.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

So it’s been a back-and-forth within my career. But once I went through it, it was in my heart. I knew that there was nothing wrong with giving pain medication, and I didn’t want my husband to be in pain. In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. In the hospice industry, you’re making a direct impact on patients and their families, and that is very close to my heart. What drew you to the hospice industry?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Minority Nurse

MAY 10, 2023

Alice Benjamin’s nursing education journey has been everything except traditional. At first, she thought her path would hinder her career, and she secretly envied the traditional 4-year nursing program. Then she advanced her nursing education and learned more about research, health policy, and public health.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Ashley Merida BSN, RN is the president of the Phoenix chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses and talked with Minority Nurse recently to help mark Hispanic Heritage Month, held annually from September 15 to October 15. “It was a calling for me,” she says. “It was a calling for me,” she says.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There’s no doubt about it, nurses — it’s the holidays, and many of us feel pressure in our personal and professional lives. So how do the holidays impact you, your mental and emotional health, spiritual well-being, and professional responsibilities as a nurse? Nurse Self-Care and the Holidays.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. My heart for post-acute care has grown year after year. Future Leaders are individuals nominated by their peers. Kids bring so much light and curiosity to this world.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Alex: Revisit thickened liquid challenge is back, baby. Alex: It’s back. It’s back. Summary Transcript Summary Almost a decade ago, our hospice and palliative care team decided to do a “Thickened Liquid Challenge.” All of us failed the challenge. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: Oh boy.

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