Diversity Nursing
APRIL 10, 2025
April isn't just about blooming flowers and warmer weather, it's also a time to recognize the incredible power of organ, eye, and tissue donation during Donate Life Month. This annual observance shines a spotlight on the profound impact of donation and encourages individuals to register as donors, giving hope to those awaiting life-saving transplants.
Hospice News
APRIL 10, 2025
Hospice acquisitions saw a gentle rebound in Q1 2025. Deal volume is up relative to 2024s slump, but activity has not reached the boom levels of 2020 and 2021. The M&A markets rejuvenation extends across a range of home-based care industries, according to a new report from the M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart. The tides have turned, with a total 29 home-based care transactions during Q1, the most active quarter since 2023, the report indicated.
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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
APRIL 10, 2025
We have all witnessed a certain magic that happens when an occupational therapist walks into a patients room in a long-term care setting. While others may see deficits, cluttered assisted devices, or safety concerns, OTs see possibilities. They scan the environment and observe the patient with a trained and hopeful eye, seeking not just what is wrong, but what is still right.
Daily Nurse
APRIL 10, 2025
In a bold, bipartisan move to address North Carolina’s growing healthcare challenges, lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that could transform how care is delivered across the state. Senators Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell), Gale Adcock (D-Wake), and Kevin Corbin (R-Macon), along with Representatives Donna White (R-Johnston), Donny Lambeth (R-Forsyth), Mitchell Setzer (R-Catawba), and Carla Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg), filed Senate Bill 537 / House Bill 514 , a proposal that would grant Advance
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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.
The Caregiving Years Training Academy
APRIL 10, 2025
(Part 2 of 3.) Why don’t family caregivers ask for help and support? A NPR article published last week shared how two researchers approached that question: “In 2009, two researchers proposed an explanation for why caregiving for an adult who is ill or disabled can be so profound. Their argument, simply called ‘caregiver identity theory,’ is now widely accepted among psychologists and social workers who study and help caregivers. “The theory addresses a question that
SevenPonds Blog
APRIL 10, 2025
Although many people across the country crave warmer weather this time of year, a new study published in Science Advances might make them reconsider. The study found that extreme heat like that which many of us experienced last summer … Continue reading → The post <img src="[link] Study Finds That Heat Accelerates Aging Process appeared first on SevenPonds Blog.
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Elder Care Matters
APRIL 10, 2025
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Nurse Nacole
APRIL 10, 2025
Category: Fundamentals Barbiturates produce dose-related depressive effects ranging from mild sedation to coma and respiratory arrest. In the early stages of intoxication, some patients experience euphoria. Barbiturates have no analgesic effect.
GeriPal
APRIL 10, 2025
Summary Transcript CME Summary Early in my research career, I was fascinated by the (then) frontier area of palliative care in the emergency department. I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? This is not why I went into emergency medicine.
Minority Nurse
APRIL 10, 2025
We all seek meaning in various aspects of our lives, and when we work in nursing and healthcare, we often look for meaning and value in our professional lives. Finding that meaning can be central to our identity and happiness. In his beautiful book Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity , author and poet David Whyte makes the following statement: At its simplest, good work is work that makes sense and that grants sense and meaning to the one who is doing it and to those affec
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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.
Hospice News
APRIL 10, 2025
Changing regulations and workforce shortages have created a churning undercurrent of risk within both the home health and hospice industries, according to Dr. Steven Landers, CEO of the National Alliance for Caring at Home. Hospice and home-based care providers need a deep understanding around the wide scope of changes happening at policy, legislative and regulatory levels, Landers recently told Hospice News.
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