I don’t know about you, but for me, 2019 was a year I couldn’t wait to see end. It was indeed one of the worst of my life. Getting past some of the dates of those worst days has been difficult too so far. Lots of PTSD. And to boot, 2020 hasn’t been exactly easy so far. Today was an emotional roller coaster with the Celebration of Life for Kobe Bryant. Living in southern CA and being a sports fan, Kobe found a soft spot in my heart. I’ve seen him on the court and in the community. One of the things that hit me today was a quote from…
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Honored to be Included – 40 Top Nursing Blogs of 2020
Recently Carson-Newman University Online notified me that TheNursingSite.com has been included in their list of 40 Top Nursing Blogs of 2020. I was thrilled. You can find the blog at number 3 under General Nursing Blogs. It’s always humbling and an honor to be in the company of so many great nurse bloggers and to be recommended to students by their university. As stated in the introduction if you Gooogle “nursing blog” you get an answer of over 500 million choices to investigate. The count I got today exceeded 608 million. If you drill down to nursing blogs in 2019, you will still find over 68 million entries. To break…
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Setting Intentions for the New Year
I hope everyone had a great holiday season! Admittedly, it was a little rough around the edges for me and my family. We had some losses of family and friends. It’s probably the main reason I haven’t posted in a while, but now it’s time to move forward with the new year and focus on setting intentions. While others are making and even breaking resolutions already, I choose to set Intentions. Resolutions have a connotation for something that needs to be fixed or resolved and in a quick time frame. Resolutions can be too easily rejected or cast aside when it becomes too much to carry them out. Usually, a…
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BLACK FRIDAY – CYBER MONDAY SALES
Announcing BLACK FRIDAY – CYBER MONDAY SALES for my book Exploring the Home Health Experience and my Teachable.com courses. Hurry and take advantage of these reduced prices!!! Prices are Reduced NOW at Teachable.com for: Caring for Your Aging Parents Now $12 https://kathy-quan.teachable.com/p/caring-for-your-aging-parents/ Documentation Basics for Skilled Home Health Care Individual license only is $25 for a limited time and the Agency or Multi-User license is $250 for a limited time only! http://kathy-quan.teachable.com/courses/enrolled/documentation-bascis-for-skilled-home-health-care Exploring the Home Health Experience prices will be reduced 11/28 through 12/2/19 ($9.99 for the print copy and $5.99 for Kindle version) Regular price is $14.99 for the print version and $9.99 for the Kindle version. NOTE: The…
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New Edition: Home Health Aide Instructor Manual
I was privileged to receive a review copy of the Home Health Aide: Guidelines for Care, Instructor Manual Third Edition, ©2020. I can’t say enough about this manual, I love every aspect of it! The manual is comprehensive and lives up to high standards typically associated with Tina Marrelli. Tina is often referred to as the guru of home health and hospice care. This manual should help you provide the best practice evidence for on-boarding, orientation, ongoing education and evaluations of your home health aides. It offers great suggestions for job descriptions, competencies, compliance, care planning, communication and expectations for safe, effective, quality patient care and outcomes. As the population…