Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

MAY 8, 2023

Nurses are everywhere. The ubiquitous nurse is present in the care of children, the elderly, the disabled, and the dying. Nurses don't shy away from responsibility — they embrace it. Nurses run towards the metaphorical fire. Yes, nursing and healthcare have their incessant and seemingly intractable problems.

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Nurse.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s hard to believe that a privacy curtain would be a focal point of lawsuits involving nurses, but it happens. I wrote about a similar situation in a recent blog. A male patient who was diagnosed with dementia several years earlier was admitted to a nursing home on his physician’s recommendation.

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Nurse.com

JUNE 3, 2022

This increase in funds will allow nurses to easily transition from intense hospital environments to individualized home care settings. Since the onset of the pandemic, nurse to patient ratios have drastically increased to dangerous levels. This overload is just one of the many new challenges for nurses presented by the pandemic.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

So I allow family members to be present if they want them to. You did write a blog post about him though, Eric. Here’s one, a senior resident presented a patient morning report and the physical exam said the patient had a scar in the groin. That’s fine. I just realized we haven’t had him on GeriPal.

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Nurse.com

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For example, if you organized a blood drive at your school or read to residents of a nursing home, expand on the details of these occasions. According to Yale University’s School of Nursing, resumes should be one to two pages in length. Who you are — A cover letter presents an opportunity to showcase who you are.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 19, 2023

Overall, nurses reported strong adherence to AWHONN staffing guidelines in their hospitals, with more than 80% of respondents saying that their unit frequently or always met the staffing guidelines. 77.2%), and one-on-one care during oxytocin administration in labor (54.6%).

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Whether the job is in a hospital, nursing home, or clinic, dressing appropriately shows respect for the opportunity and helps create a positive first impression, said Chris McDermott, MSN, APRN-IP, AGPCNP-C, CLCP, a practicing clinician and life care planner. The importance of interview attire also goes beyond work settings.

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I cited how during WWII, the army prepared nursing students quickly to fill the sudden demand that had exceeded the supply. Could we use a similar method to replace our current waning reserve of nurses? Although we were not at war, the present circumstances necessitated drastic changes.

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The World According to Dr. El

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Aside from individual facility or team cohesiveness, nursing homes were ignored, disparaged and largely cast adrift to fend for themselves in the beginning of the pandemic. Given how unvalued nursing home workers felt at the beginning of the pandemic, this is an essential component in rebuilding our workforce.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

More formally, I am trained as a preceptor to new nurses, so I help lead nursing orientation and provide ongoing support during the onboarding process. As the trainer for the nursing department, I give presentations to new staff from all disciplines, providing them with an overview of the nurse’s role within the team.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

AUGUST 2, 2020

In other bullying scenarios, r esidents may silently tolerate repeated and sometimes deliberate incidents of being served cold food, late food, no food, and even damaged food, such as this badly butchered birthday cake that was rudely presented to a resident on her birthday by a staff member.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 19, 2023

I was unsure if I would be an effective nurse,” she says. “ I shared my concerns with my mother, an ICU nurse at the VA then. Stutter/stammering has allowed me to actively listen to others, to be patient with others, to be present, and to be compassionate and empathetic toward the suffering of others. You truly are unique!

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Nurse.com

APRIL 22, 2023

The pandemic erased that complacency and enhanced education for nurses and infection control in unique ways. The renewed focus on how infection control in nursing is presented to healthcare professionals is among the major lessons learned since 2020. It is in our patient homes, nursing homes, some acute rehab centers, hospices.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 30, 2024

For hospice nurses, mastering time management is an essential skill for long-term success. This blog will explain strategies and tips to help hospice nurses enhance their time management skills and get organized. Managing Your Time in Facilities Hospice nurses must take care to manage their time in the nursing home.

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Nurse.com

JULY 20, 2022

What this case clearly underscores is that no licensed nurse should leave patients without arranging for continued nursing care. This is a requirement if you work in an acute healthcare facility or a nursing home. For example, if you work in home health care, you cannot simply stop your home visits.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 29, 2022

That’s why falls are the most common cause of nursing home placement. If no obvious injury is present, have the person roll onto their side. Reduced muscle strength and coordination, too, make it harder to recover from a loss of balance. Getting up too quickly or in the wrong way could make an injury worse.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The Door to NP Entrepreneurship Hanging one’s shingle as an NP presents many hoops to jump through. These types of patients might request home infusions of vitamins and minerals, immunoglobulins, or perhaps IV fluids for hydration or even getting over a hangover.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Considering that a DNP is generally clinically oriented, and a PhD and DNS are geared towards academia and research, a nurse wishing to take their clinical knowledge and education to the highest pinnacle would do well to look at the DNP as a very promising direction.

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1-800-HOSPICE

JANUARY 18, 2022

However, by 2017, home surpassed hospitals, nursing homes, and every other place as the most common place of death. On the other hand, the trend of more Americans dying at home also presents challenges for families that we may have not seen for a century.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 3, 2023

We need to be united and have the evidence to back our claims and then be able to present it in a variety of formats depending on our audience: will they be convinced by statistics, tragic stories, fears of not being elected etc. Many of the staff were never taught comprehensive assessment skills. Fractured voices won’t cut it.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I mean, I, you know, when I was a fresh nurse, I wasn’t gonna come in there and say, because I had a degree, I knew more than these nursing assistants, who’d worked for 20 years, you know, on a unit. Suddenly people were realizing that, oh, you know, people wanted to stay home. Linda Leekley ( 13:52 ): Right?

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. 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.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MARCH 19, 2023

It was common then, and I’m afraid still today, to hear seniors swear they would never “go into a nursing home, because that’s where people go to die.” 1] I do know however, that excellent care is being provided in many LTC homes, most of the time. Topping the list of answers to the question, “How did we get here?”, link] , 2.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 4, 2022

Additionally, we received press releases related to CMS Acts to Improve the Safety and Quality of Care of the Nation’s Nursing Homes and CMS Seeks Public Feedback to Improve Medicare Advantage. More than 10 million Americans qualify for Medicaid based on a disability. Medicare: In 2021, Medicare covered 63.8 million people: 55.8

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