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What To Know Before Hiring In-Home Nursing Services

Caregiver Support Services

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.

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Head-to-Toe Assessments: A Checklist for Success

Nurse.com

Early warning signs noted by changes in your patient’s condition can be discovered, which can then lead to appropriate interventions. Head-to-toe assessments are an invaluable component to patient care. This stems from more focus being given to vital signs and the use of machines to monitor a patient’s status.

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The Bird’s-eye View of a Hospice Volunteer Coordinator

Traditions Health

During that time, she’s come to understand what patients need, and how volunteers can add value. While it’s true The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) require volunteers to perform 5% of direct patient care hours per month for hospice agencies, she insists their contributions go far beyond simply meeting that goal.

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Why Telemedicine Must Play a Central Role in Solving the Nursing Staffing Shortage

Daily Nurse

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.

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Hospices Strengthening Ties to Tech, Pharmacy Companies to Support Families, Staff

Hospice News

“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.

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A Day in the Life: Cardiac Nurse

Daily Nurse

So, what’s it like to be a nurse focusing on patient care with the heart? What I like most is the delicate balance we manage between the patient’s vital signs and the medications being given. We interviewed Caitlin Fetner RN, BSN, Cardiac nurse, University of Maryland Capital Region Health.

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Healthcare Technology and Nursing: What You Should Know

Diversity Nursing

Although technology could never replace compassion and human interaction, it can significantly improve and streamline processes and procedures to ensure patients receive the best quality care. Healthcare technologies can make patient care better, easier, and more efficient, especially with a large patient load.