Sun.Jul 14, 2024

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What’s My Default?

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

In our Conflict Resolution training, I teach the idea having a default ready to use with the agitator in the family. I learned this strategy because of interactions I had with the agitator in my family. When my oldest sister reached out to cause trouble, I immediately connected with my other siblings and shared what she said so as a group we could develop my response.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals Diuretics alter physiologic renal mechanisms to increase the flow of urine with greater excretion of sodium or natriuresis. This results in a wide range of effects on BP. Moreover, thiazide-type diuretics also result in mild vasodilation.

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The Labor of Caregiving

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

How do we sustain ourselves when the labor of caregiving is both too much and too little? I read an article this week about the reason why Walmart made the decision to close its Walmart Health clinics, which offered primary and urgent care, labs, X-rays, behavioral health and dental work. Labor. “We determined there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue,” the company said.