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Making every word count: The role of AAC in LTC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

For many individuals we serve who present with chronic, progressive and/or neurological conditions, this is what they face daily. Consider the case of a resident recovering from a traumatic brain injury and temporarily reliant on a ventilator. End-of-life care in LTC often presents unique communication challenges.

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NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

The denial of the reality of covid is also evident in approaches to providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare workers. A coughing patient, and perhaps even an infectious patient who is simply breathing generates more exposure than someone on a ventilator. NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW.

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A Day in the Life: Staff Nurse in the Critical Care Float Pool of a Children’s Hospital

Daily Nurse

I’m also responsible for communicating between the interdisciplinary healthcare team and the patient’s families. Furthermore, healthcare is complex. This role required balancing communication with the healthcare team while ensuring parents felt assured and could focus on their health.

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Case Management Fast-Growing Role, Despite Pandemic Difficulties

Nurse.com

And throughout the COVID-19 pandemic , case managers have assumed even greater, more visible roles as hospitals and healthcare facilities have struggled to navigate unfamiliar terrain. By now, the hurdles that healthcare workers in virtually every setting faced at the onset of the pandemic are well-documented.

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Resume FAQs for Nursing Students and New Nurses

Nurse.com

Clinical rotations immerse you into a healthcare setting and introduce you to a variety of specialties and complex medical environments. One example provides a section titled “Student Clinical Experience,” which recommends listing each healthcare facility where you completed your major rotations (e.g., spring 2022). spring 2022).

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Caring for Someone with ALS

Traditions Health

Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control are affected, forcing the person to use a ventilator and/or feeding tube. When to Seek Help Caring for someone with ALS often presents many challenges for the patient’s primary caregiver. ALS can also impair the ability to think and cause significant changes to a person’s memory.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

So like as an example, in New York State, if someone has no healthcare proxy that they’ve designated, there is a legal structure by which we can assign a surrogate, whereas other states don’t have that same structure. Let’s say they’re in the ICU now on a ventilator. So there’s no healthcare surrogate.