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Emerging Services Help Hospice Patients Reduce Anxiety About Pets’ Future

Hospice News

Worries about their pets can contribute to great stress and anxiety for dying patients, impacting quality of life, according to Tania Crawford, volunteer coordinator at Hospice of Redmond. The organization also deploys volunteers to help families care for animals in the home. “In

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Lawsuits That Don’t Involve Patient Care Can Still Involve Nurses

Nurse.com

But sometimes nurses have a role in a lawsuit that has nothing to do with patient care, as the following case illustrates. Particulars of the case A mother, accompanied by her aunt, was visiting her daughter who was a patient at a medical center, when a janitor entered the patient’s room. This lesson is an important one.

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4 Strategies to differentiate yourself from competitors in home health  

AlayaCare

This growth in home health has led to an increase in competition among different providers, making it necessary for home health providers to start differentiating themselves presenting the organization with an opportunity to grow their business. Elara Caring has invested heavily in technology to improve patient care and streamline operations.

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ACT NOW TO SAVE FEET

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

I have worked in foot disease in diabetes for the majority of my career and am passionate about the unique role of podiatrists in contributing to improving patient care and outcomes. If you would like to adopt any of the ACT NOW resources please download from www.idealdiabetes.co.uk and I can be found on Twitter at @darciedot.

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How the Public’s Perception of Nursing Impacts the Profession

Nurse.com

Nurses deserve to feel mutual respect and care from those who they have dedicated their lives to serving. Nursing has historically been presented with several narratives that they have continuously worked to overcome. Download the Nurse.com social networking app today.

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The Future Is Here: Using AI in Nursing Is a Growing Trend

Nurse.com

Inferencing is the clinical decision-making process that caregivers use to devise patient care plans. platform to continuously monitor patients for potential risks. These nurses can alert bedside nurses to problems before they arise, allowing care teams to be more proactive and less reactive.

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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

Minority Nurse

Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a great deal of responsibility regarding patient care, and as the healthcare landscape evolves, so do the daily risks NPs face. Nurse practitioner malpractice data can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as help to improve the quality of care and patient safety.

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