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Hospice Nurses Take a Holistic Approach to Dementia Care

Nurse.com

This ensures that the family and the care team honor the patient’s wishes like determining do not resuscitate (DNR) status, using ventilator support, and providing enteral feedings. A National Institute on Aging blog suggests targeting the patient’s hearing, touch, or sight senses to bring comfort.

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Care Across the Health Care Continuum: Communication and Education are the Keys to Success

Home Care Pulse

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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Neonatal Nursing: Discover the Challenges and Compassion Behind Caring for the Tiniest Patients

Minority Nurse

Depending on the severity of care, neonatal nurses can work with a spectrum of newborns who require different amounts of care, from premature newborns (premies) who are moderately ill to high-risk infants who require incubators, ventilators, surgery, or other types of critical care.

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Top Family Caregiver Mistakes:  Part 1.5; Not having healthcare, financial, and legal affairs in order

Hope Hospice

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. The first blog in this series stresses the importance of planning ahead, not waiting for a crisis to force vital decisions. Revisit Part 1: Not Planning in Advance.

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Caregiving Best Practices: Get Healthcare, Financial, and Legal Affairs in Order

Hope Hospice

The first blog in this series stresses the importance of planning ahead, not waiting for a crisis to force vital decisions. Other end-of-life issues that may be included in an advance directive are the individual’s preferences for comfort care, ventilation, tube feeding, and organ donation.

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Caregiver Mistakes: Not Having Healthcare, Financial, and Legal Affairs in Order

Hope Hospice

The first blog in this series stresses the importance of planning ahead, not waiting for a crisis to force vital decisions. Other end-of-life issues that may be included in an advance directive are the individual’s preferences for comfort care, ventilation, tube feeding, and organ donation.

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School Nurse Career Guide

Nurse.com

It’s common for kids with cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, seizure disorders, and even those on ventilators to be in public and private schools. Tube feedings, PICC line care, daily catheterizations, and tracheostomy care are just a few of the specialized clinical procedures a school nurse may perform.

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