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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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A Day in The Life: Family Nurse Practitioners

Daily Nurse

They positively impact their patients and patient outcomes and also meet the needs of those living in rural communities. Role Family Nurse Practitioner A family nurse practitioner (FNP) cares for patients of all ages, from newborn to geriatric.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Kellie Flood, who is a geriatrician at the University of Alabama Birmingham and associate Chief Quality Officer for Geriatrics and Care Transitions. And also to have those folks proactively assessing and addressing geriatric syndromes. Kellie: Thank you so much.

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Future Leader: Melissa Heiss, Vice President of Hospice, Jet Health

Hospice News

They lived in a rural farming community where there are great support systems from the community, but not a lot of support from a health care perspective. I was automatically drawn to the geriatric population. The largest hospital was an hour away. And this is even more so for the Native American communities in these regions.

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Nursing Myths Debunked: Setting the Record Straight

Diversity Nursing

As a Nursing Career and Information website, we want to clear up some of these common myths and shed light on the realities of the profession. In reality, Nurses are highly trained professionals who provide independent patient care. Nursing requires rigorous education, including anatomy, pharmacology, and patient care.

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Obstacles and Opportunities for Palliative Care in the ICU

Hospice News

If they have not received intentional education about palliative care and the right clinical relationships within the ICU have not been developed, some ICU providers may view palliative care as antithetical to the work they are so rigorously and intentionally performing, emphasized a 2022 study co-authored by Ouchi.

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Mrs. Flowers Takes the Helm at Comfort Home Care, Rockville, MD

Comfort Home Care

Geraldine (Gerri) Flowers assumes the role as Chief Executive Officer of Comfort Home Care, effective May 9, 2022. She has played a significant role, spanning patient care, regulatory compliance, management, and most notably COVID prevention and treatment implementation and coordination strategies. ROCKVILLE, Md.