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Holidays at Home

Adobe Hospice & Home Health

Holidays at Home As the holiday season approaches, many patients needing long-term care or rehab assistance may feel isolated. Imagine it’s Christmas Eve, and a patient recovering from surgery is alone, unable to attend their family’s holiday gatherings. Sending photos and videos can help a little bit — but it’s never the same. The same The post Holidays at Home appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.

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Holidays at Home

AT Home Care & Hospice

Holidays at Home As the holiday season approaches, many patients needing long-term care or rehab assistance may feel isolated. Imagine it’s Christmas Eve, and a patient recovering from surgery is alone, unable to attend their family’s holiday gatherings. Sending photos and videos can help a little bit — but it’s never the same. The same The post Holidays at Home appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Advanced entry into undergraduate nursing with Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): A case of multiple transitions

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

By Lisa Attrill, Lecturer Adult Nursing, University of Plymouth (lisa.attrill@plymouth.ac.uk) Demands on healthcare keep growing to support an ageing demographic, increasing burden of chronic disease, complexity of care, technological advancements and increasing patient expectations. This is challenging for nursing, further hit by the recent pandemic, increase in nurses retiring from the register and an increased reliance on international registrants 1 to shore up the NHS nursing workforce.

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The Longer We Care, the Greater the Toll

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

I hope you are doing okay today. Feel free to write a six-word story about your Thanksgiving. A few articles stood out to me this week: What Should We Do About Our Parents from Honolulu Magazine: The article offers both stories and insights about what family caregivers need. My only quibble with the article is in this quote: “But a huge percentage of caregivers don’t pay attention to their own health.

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3 Reasons to Retire Pagers from Healthcare Settings

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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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Critical Care Nursing

Nurse Nacole

Category: Critical Care Nursing Adaptation to increased intracranial volume is initially accomplished by shifting CSF from the intracranial to spinal subarachnoid compartment. Approximately two-thirds of cerebral blood volume is contained in the cerebral veins and dural sinuses.

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What’s Today’s Grace?

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

Growing up, we said the traditional Catholic grace prayer before dinner every night. We sat for a moment to give thanks and to honor what we have been given: “Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty and Mom’s good cooking, through Christ our Lord. Amen” (My dad added “and Mom’s good cooking” which we said religiously.