It’s catch-up Friday again. Here are some great new products, apps, and links from our nurse colleagues. Check them out! Be inspired. Find great products and resources. Many Thanks to Horizon Healthcare Staffing for listing TheNursingSiteBlog as one of the Top 10 Nursing Blogs for 2015! Drink More Water The AquaTally cup was invented by a nurse (Julie Bischoff, RN, PHN) to help us all keep better track of our liquid intake of anything from water to coffee (hot to cold). Check out this great video to show you how it works. It’s a nice design and the bands move easily even if your hands don’t work too well anymore!…
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Renewed Interest in Patient-Centered Care
Patient-centered care is not a new idea. It was quite popular when I was in nursing school in the mid 1970’s. It’s what drove me out of hospital-based care and into home health care within three years of graduation. I wasn’t able to make the difference I wanted to make because we couldn’t achieve patient-centered care. Reemergence of Patient-Centered Care Now as we are mandated to cut and manage the soaring costs of healthcare and improve outcomes all at the same time, the importance of patient-centered care is reemerging. To a new generation of nurses and health care professionals it is new and exciting, and to those of us familiar…
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Home Health Aide Information
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Nurses Week 2015 Theme: Ethical Practice Quality Care
From May 6-12, 2015, we will celebrate National Nurses Week and honor the excellent quality care nurses deliver to patients every day. Nurses have once again been voted as the most honest and ethical professionals by the Gallup Poll. This event provides nurses the opportunity to pat themselves on the back and take a bow for all the great work and care provided on a daily basis 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. According to the American Nurses Association, “the 2015 National Nurses Week theme “Ethical Practice. Quality Care.” recognizes the importance of ethics in nursing and acknowledges the strong commitment, compassion and care nurses display in their…