Nurse.com

APRIL 4, 2023

Medical consulting This involves healthcare companies and providers referring to experienced medical professionals to advise them on patient care strategies, review medical documents, and offer general expertise. Many first-time mothers struggle with breastfeeding obstacles and need additional support feeding their child naturally.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 28, 2022

Encourage every caregiver to document personal details about each client in their care, such as how they like their eggs done, when they like to read their morning paper, how they like to spend their afternoon, and what types of tasks they expect to be done to guide any caregivers who may need to fill in while the assigned caregiver is unavailable.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 11, 2022

This includes but is not limited to, showering, toileting, dressing and feeding to ensure quality care is delivered. Along with gaining valuable experience in phlebotomy, you develop skills in documentation, building rapport with patients (such as putting them at ease during the procedure), and learning about various blood tests.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

To delve into these questions, we spoke with Hope Wechkin, medical director of EvergreenHealth home hospice, who authored an article describing a process of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for patients who have expressed an interest in not wanting to live with advanced dementia. Thaddeus, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Take it over.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

“In our quest to provide the absolute highest level of patient care, we saw the need to fully incorporate pets into our care model,” Crawford said in a blog post. Our volunteers can help with a pet’s daily needs – things like walking, feeding, and cleaning litter boxes. We can get pets to grooming and veterinary appointments.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

I had planned for this month’s blog, second in our series about common mistakes that family caregivers make, to be about the importance of having a support system in place. Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g.,

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

And Katie, I was going through your Twitter feed, and a tweet I noticed was this one, “All opioid guidelines caution long-term use in people with active substance use disorder.” And you wrote, actually, a beautiful GeriPal blog about it a while ago. It’s not well-documented. Is cancer pain really different?

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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Home Care Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

She could no longer feed herself, much less cook, and was dependent on others for everything. Alice has stated that she is unsure about a feeding tube but is certain she does not want a ventilator or other assistive breathing device. Within a year, she could only walk a few steps with help and mostly relied on a scooter.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

He, his Twitter feed though is brilliant. Back then we were a blog and Ken’s post, which is titled, Survival from Severe Sepsis: The infection is cured, but all is not well, is still one of our most viewed posts on Jerry Powell. Alex: Yeah. Ken Covinsky wrote about it for GeriPal.

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The Nurse Break

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Documentation and clinical orders have now become all electronic. When I was working as a nurse on the ward there was only a certain number of pumps and often, I had to gravity feed fluids and work out the drip rate for hydration. Patients no longer stay in a ward, taking up a hospital bed if they can go home.

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