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Protect Your Loved Ones from Falls

Traditions Health

Simple steps to reduce their risk Every year in the United States, 25% of adults 65 and older fall, according to the National Institute on Aging. At a minimum, a spill for an older individual could mean a trip to urgent care or the emergency room. In more serious cases it could mean surgery, a hospital stay, and in-patient rehabilitation. If you look around almost any home, you’ll likely spot a handful of fall hazards.

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Family Caregivers Don’t Self-Identify Myth: We Identify with the Good Listener

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

Family caregivers don’t self-identify is a myth. We share about our caregiving experience when we know another can handle hearing what we handle during our day. I joined a line for a lunch buffet at a conference I attended earlier this week. The nice man in front of me struck up a conversation. We shared what we each do for work. When I shared what I did, he just looked at me with a somewhat blank stare.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Critical Care Nursing

Nurse Nacole

Category: Critical Care Nursing Because of the propensity of propofol to cause hypotension through vasodilation and direct myocardial depression, the dosage is reduced or the drug is avoided altogether in hemodynamically compromised patients.

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