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When a Person with Type 1 Diabetes Goes to the Hospital

AJN Off the Charts

I have always done everything I can to avoid hospitalization. I’ve had numerous outpatient surgeries and procedures, but for the nearly three decades since I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in my mid-20s, I never spent a night in a hospital. In the hospital.

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The Ultimate Guide to Caregiver Training in 2022

Home Care Pulse

F rom 5th position in 2019, to 3rd in 2020, and now taking the #1 spot this year—lack of training has jumped to the top of the list of caregiver complaints in the last 3 years, according to the most recent HCP Benchmarking Report. . – Why You Need a Professional Training Program. – What to Include in Your Training Program.

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Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee

GeriPal

When we have a medication with up front harms and downstream benefits, it’s critical that we consider the time to benefit, or how long it will take an individual to benefit from a test or treatment. What they found somewhat surprised us: it’s pretty short, about 1 year! My mom is an Asian woman in her 70s with osteoporosis.

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This is it! Don’t get scared now. – All students must read!

The Nurse Break

I can remember being on placement in my final year, especially my final semester where I had an ED placement and looking around at the RNs who all seemed to know where to go, who to talk to, what to do and when to do it and feeling so incapable and so far from that level and almost wishing I could study for another year, another two!

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

We’ve lived through lockdowns, toilet paper shortages, mask mandates, hospital surges where ICU’s overflowed, a million COVID deaths, prolonged school closures, development and roll out of novel vaccines, an explosion of social isolation and loneliness, and the invention of the “zoom meeting.” . Summary Transcript Summary. Transcript.

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