Life & Death Matters

APRIL 28, 2024

Written by Mahoganie Hines Have you ever had a challenging patient, or perhaps even a family member who you could not seem to see eye to eye with? Have you ever had to implement a policy you did not agree with or felt that it wasn’t true to what you felt you should be doing? […] The post Navigating the Grey Liminal Spaces appeared first on Life and Death Matters.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

APRIL 28, 2024

“A hot mess.” That’s how a family caregiver described the health care system during a presentation I gave last Tuesday on the six caregiving stages at a caregiving event hosted by Southern Illinois University. The following day (Wednesday), I gave a presentation on difficult family dynamics to a group of discharge planners at a hospital in one of our Chicago suburbs.

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Palliverse

APRIL 28, 2024

Photo by Efe Kurnaz on Unsplash Things keep on changing every day. Nod. Do you know what is going on? Yes, she is getting worse. Yes, the cancer is getting to be too much for her. It’s made her fall asleep. Yes, the other doctor told us yesterday. Do you guys usually go to church? Yes doctor, but she hasn’t been for a long time because she’s been so sick.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

APRIL 28, 2024

For many years, I struggled with how to manage awful people I encountered. I tried reason, logic and kindness, believing that they just needed information delivered with sensitivity to change their ways. But awful people are awful because they aren’t reasonable, logical or kind. I’ve learned to simply stop engaging with awful people. I’ve eliminated awful as soon as I can.

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Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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Nurse Nacole

APRIL 28, 2024

Category: Fundamentals Pacemakers have a reed switch that may be closed by placing a magnet over the generator externally on the chest wall. This inactivates the sensing mechanism of the pacemaker, which then reverts to an asynchronous rate.

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