Advocating for an Aging Relative During a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay: Managing Opportunities and Challenges
Approximately 20% of hospitalized older adults (age 65 and older) are discharged to a skilled nursing facility after a qualified hospital stay (G.M. Harper et al., eds., Geriatric Review Syllabus, 11th ed. [American Geriatrics Society, 2022]). The overarching goal of these stays is to assist in the patients ’ recovery and rehabilitation so they can return home or move to a lower level of care such as assisted living. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - April 1, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Elizabeth Galik Tags: CARING COLLABORATIVE Source Type: news
Pet Presence in Long-Term Care: Making It Happen in Your Community
Thirty years ago, if you walked into a nursing home and saw a goat, you ’d have thought you were imagining things. Today, many of us wouldn’t bat an eye. Dogs, cats, goats, birds, fish, rabbits, miniature horses, and even llamas and lizards are all part of life in nursing homes and other long-term and post-acute care facilities everywhere. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - April 1, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Joanne Kaldy Source Type: news
New Article on The Fresh Test's Website Raises Concerns Over Chemical Additives in Diagnostic Glucose Beverages for Pregnant Women
Ahead of Easter, a registered nurse hops on The Fresh Test's website to share her opinion on chemical additives', like those in Peeps, place in the healthcare industry. LOS ANGELES, March 30, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This Easter, there is a thought-provoking article recently shared on... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 30, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: WOM Source Type: news
Peep ’s Ingredients Are Getting Banned in CA But Somehow Remains in the Healthcare Setting: New Article Released by Fresh Test LLC
Ahead of Easter, a registered nurse hops on The Fresh Test's website to share her opinion on chemical additives', like those in Peeps, place in the healthcare industry. LOS ANGELES, March 30, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This Easter, there is a thought-provoking article recently shared on... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 30, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: WOM Source Type: news
Workplace violence for the emergency nurse - Hughes E.
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Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Using Delphi method to address factors contributing to aggressive behaviour in mental health settings - Eweida R, Ibrahim N.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SUBJECT?: Nurses' perspectives and consensus on the possible key factors contributing to aggression at inpatient units can be summarized into patients' related factors, staff related factors and environment related factors. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Moving beyond ignorance and epistemic violence: indigenous health nurses' response to systems transformation - Llucmetkwe M, Seymour C, Bearskin MLB, Wazni L, Melnyk R, Hunter Porter NR, Padley M.
Health inequity among Indigenous populations continues to widen despite advances in Indigenous health research. Under Canada's esteemed universal healthcare system, Indigenous populations continue to experience much poorer health outcomes due to the inters... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Suicide rates among health-care professionals in Norway 1980-2021 - Dalum HS, Hem E, Ekeberg, Reneflot A, Stene-Larsen K, Hauge LJ.
BACKGROUND: Suicide rates have been high in several health-care professions. Suicide rates were described in physicians, dentists, veterinarians, psychologists, pharmacists, nurses, as well as theologians, other graduates and the general population in Norw... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Testing a recovery-oriented nursing communication framework to encourage collaboration and discussion about aggression prevention: a mixed methods study - Scheirich L, Maguire T, Daffern M.
This study involved the co-development, with mental health care nurses and a l... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Association between workplace bullying, job stress, and professional quality of life in nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Galanis P, Moisoglou I, Katsiroumpa A, Mastrogianni M.
Workplace bullying affects workers' lives, causing several mental and physical health problems and job-related issues. Therefore, a summary of the evidence on the consequences of workplace bullying on workers' lives is essential to improve working conditio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Effects of COVID on mandated child abuse reporting among nurses: the mediating role of compassion fatigue - Stevenson MC, Ravipati VM, Schaefer CT.
Because COVID triggered elevated rates of child abuse, but diminished rates of child abuse reporting, we explored predictors of nurses' attitudes toward reporting suspected child abuse during the COVID pandemic. In particular, we expected that compassion f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Occupational injuries in the US nursing homes - Sharma H, Xu L.
BACKGROUND: Workplace injuries adversely affect worker well-being and may worsen staffing shortages and turnover in nursing homes. A better understanding of the trends in injuries in nursing homes including organizational factors associated with injuries c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Nursing students' attitudes toward intimate partner violence and its relationship with self-esteem and self-efficacy - El-Etreby RR, Hamed WE, AbdElhay ES, Kamel NA.
This study aimed to explore nursing students' attitudes toward intimate partner violence and its r... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The need for and acceptability of a curriculum to train nursing and medical students in the sexual healthcare of clients with female genital mutilation/cutting in Tanzania - Mwakawanga DL, Massae AF, Kohli N, Lukumay GG, Rohloff CT, Mushy SE, Mgopa LR, Mkoka DA, Mkonyi E, Trent M, Ross MW, Rosser BRS, Connor J.
BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is tied to one of the most conservative cultures in the Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Africa. More than 200 million girls and women in 30 African, Asian and the middle Eastern countries have undergone F... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Multicomponent exercise intervention for preventing falls and improving physical functioning in older nursing home residents: a single-blinded pilot randomised controlled trial - Sadaqa M, Debes WA, N émeth Z, Bera-Baka Z, Vachtler-Szepesi M, Nácziné Földes L, Prémusz V, Hock M.
BACKGROUND: Older nursing home residents are at a greater risk of falling due to frailty. Exercise is effective at hampering frailty and related adverse events, including falls. OBJECTIVES: Our purpose was to evaluate the effect of a 12-week modera... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
