American Nurse
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Expiration: 12/1/26 Sandra Long*, a 72-year-old woman, is admitted to the emergency department from a long-term care facility for fever, poor oral intake, new-onset confusion, foul-smelling urine, and incontinence. Sexual intercourse also may promote migration of genitourinary and bowel flora into the bladder.
Relias
JULY 13, 2023
Older adults in healthcare settings and long-term care facilities are more likely to have a behavioral health disorder than those who live in the community, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Although resilience is an internal characteristic, you can promote it externally.
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Northeastern State University
APRIL 2, 2024
Although administrators do not routinely provide direct patient care, the policies and the culture they create have tangible impacts on patients, staff and communities. Nursing administration is a broad term that refers to several different leadership roles, typically within a hospital, physician’s office or long-term care facility.
American Nurse
DECEMBER 8, 2023
In The Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity , the National Academy of Medicine promotes an interprofessional approach to education and training for nurses to help develop their leadership skills as well as their understanding of health equity, social determinants of health, and population health.
Joyce
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Earn Continuing Education Credits Like all medical professionals, wound care nurses require continuing education (CE) credits to remain up to date on new treatments and medical best practices. There is a growing need for wound care nurses in long-term care settings to treat complications from diabetes , in particular.
Relias
JUNE 19, 2023
Since 2016, fewer patients with severe wounds have received care in long-term care hospitals, and more patients have gone to less costly facilities like inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. When staff is trained on wound best practices, the patients have better outcomes. in 2017.
American Nurse
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The association continues to engage with the Biden-Harris administration and key federal agencies on nursing priorities, including promoting and protecting the nursing workforce, removing practice barriers for advanced practice RNs (APRNs), and achieving payment parity for nurses.
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