Caregiver Warrior

AUGUST 29, 2021

Here's a fun book review to ward off the end of summer blues! The post Late Summer Book Review! appeared first on Caregiver Warrior.

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Healthy Workforce Institute

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in profound changes within our healthcare system. Now more than ever, nurses are being challenged with a barrage of never-ending stressors: continued patient surges, new disease variants, high patient acuity, increased job demands, and continued staffing and PPE shortages. High levels of stress and burnout coupled with the unpredictable nature of the pandemic, have created an environment that is ripe for burnout, workplace bullying, and incivility.

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Living With Hospice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In this episode of Living With Hospice, Mitch makes good on a promise made during the first episode to answer questions that readers have submitted over time. In this episode, we discuss active dying, telling our loved ones that we are out of treatment options, accepting the choice when someone chooses Hospice over curative care and finally, we get an update on Mitch's animal co-hosts. " By the way, did you know we have listeners on every continent in the world with exception to Antarctica?

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Clipboard Health

AUGUST 30, 2021

Regardless of what health care speciality you work in, there will be a time when you’re confronted by someone who’s aggressive, angry, or noncompliant, whether a patient, a patient’s family member, or someone else entirely. How you respond to that type of behavior greatly affects whether or not that confrontation escalates or diffuses. De-escalating tense situations can be difficult, especially if you aren’t prepared to do so.

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Caregiver Warrior

AUGUST 29, 2021

It's never good to assume anything but here are some truly important things we should never assume. The post Don’t Assume! Three Big “Don’t Assume” Situations Caregivers Must Avoid appeared first on Caregiver Warrior.

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Diversity Nursing

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As the U.S. population becomes more racially and culturally diverse, having a workforce that mirrors the diversity of your community can improve the quality of care offered at your facility. Ensuring diversity is incorporated in healthcare hiring practices requires understanding and combatting unconscious biases. Bias is a prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another usually in a way that’s considered to be unfair.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Seriously, if you do this, please stop asking people living with dementia to tell you your name when you greet them. Don't start the conversation with a test they might fail along with your hurt feelings when they do fail. Just say your name and who you are. If they decide to give you another name, that may be okay, too. Don't say that person has been dead ten years, and you told them that 925 times.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

We all know that the first step to solving a problem is acknowledging that there is a problem – but what if you don’t know about it in the first place? Use client surveys to get your answers. ?. Did you know that ?77% of people who are 50+ ?want to age in their community for as long as possible??Older adults want to age in place. The rise of hospital at-home ?

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The Productive Home Health Nurse

AUGUST 28, 2021

What a year for home health nurse documentation and nurses… Our COVID song continues… PDGM has taken over home health nurse documentation… Home health nurse documentation timeframes are on speed… And now, Value-Based Purchasing is adding more heat to your already smoke-filled kitchen?! We started the year with PDGM or the Patient-Driven Group Model as our new payment system.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This episode features Dr Eleanor Wilson (Nottingham Centre for the Advancement of Research in End of Life Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK) Managing medications at home can be a complex task involving ordering, collecting, organising, storing and taking medications correctly.

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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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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This episode features Jamilla Akhter Hussain (Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK), Jonathan Koffman (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, London, UK) and Sabrina Bajwah (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, London, UK).

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This episode features Dr Markus Krause (Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany) and Dr Antje Freytag (Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany). Palliative homecare is an important component of palliative care, and it has a positive impact on the quality of care at the end-of-life.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We all know that the first step to solving a problem is acknowledging that there is a problem – but what if you don’t know about it in the first place? Use client surveys to get your answers.   Did you know that  77% of people who are 50+  want to age in their community for as long as possible? Older adults want to age in place. The rise of hospital at-home   initiatives are making this wish a reality for many.

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The Productive Home Health Nurse

AUGUST 28, 2021

What a year for home health nurse documentation and nurses… Our COVID song continues…. PDGM has taken over home health nurse documentation…. Home health nurse documentation timeframes are on speed…. And now, Value-Based Purchasing is adding more heat to your already smoke-filled kitchen?! We started the year with PDGM or the Patient-Driven Group Model as our new payment system.

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