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Nursing Work Environments: A Brief Guide

Nurse.com

Private practice Nurses working in a private practice setting typically deal with fewer patients, as there are fewer doctors present. Whether assessing injuries, administering medication, creating a care plan for the students’ teachers, or any number of varied tasks, the responsibilities of the school nurse are especially varied.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

In fact, for some individuals the dementia is a gift, with the loss of memory for what might have upset you 20 minutes ago, and so we see people who come in and they are presented with TimeSlips’ engagement activity, or some other kind of arts activity, or a conversation with Ab, and somehow what had been distressing them has faded away.

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6 Creative Strategies To Solve the Nursing Shortage

Nurse.com

Midway through the pandemic, nurses began to recognize an unsettling future for our profession. War-torn and tired, working in a beleaguered healthcare system, we witnessed the cracks emerging in each other and within the very organizations we worked. Nurses were burning out, and our healthcare model was breaking.

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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Involuntary Nursing Home Discharges/Transfers in Missouri

Healthcare Law Insights blog

The nursing home bears the burden of proof at the appeal hearing to demonstrate the discharge was appropriate. The appeal process itself can be complicated, and an attorney can be very helpful in sorting through the evidence, questioning witnesses, and presenting the case during the appeal hearing. 19 CSR 30-82.050(14).

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Nursing Without the Burnout: Flexible Career Paths for Lower Stress

Daily Nurse

Between shifting and demanding hours, the emotional toll, and the notorious physical strain, nurse well-being, and patient care suffer. In recent years, several new fields have arisen to give nurses lower-stress career options: home healthcare, telehealth, and continuing education for future nurses.

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Change Is Now the “Constant” for Nurses in Infection Control

Nurse.com

Healthcare workers believed that they had a good understanding of hospital infection prevention policies.” The pandemic erased that complacency and enhanced education for nurses and infection control in unique ways. Perhaps one of the most impacted was nursing homes and long-term care facilities. It’s always challenging.

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Stigma-Free Care for Monkeypox: What Nurses Need To Know

Nurse.com

Classic monkeypox presentations include blisters that look like pimples, which can spread across the body or as an atypical presentation of a single lesion on a particular body part, according to Ramos. Samples were collected for testing 20 days after the two patients had isolated at home.

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