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It’s Almost Summer!
A dash of spring flowers, a cup of summer breezes, the smell of late evening showers, all add up to a recipe for lots of smiles and happy thoughts. As we turn our thoughts to a little “me time,” let’s contemplate on the finer values in our lives. Make time “to be” with your family, take overdue naps and late evening walks. RESURRECT your “free spirit.” As we look forward to summer and then fall, recall how each new season refreshes, uplifts and motivates us to yet again be the BEST that WE CAN BE! Nursing is our profession! It’s a part of us that is always there to fill our days with the ability to provide a need that only a true professional can give. So, as you look forward to great summer days and some “me time,” take time to CONTEMPLATE on the PASSION that first bought YOU to NURSING. Relive the JOY, the PRIDE, the EAGERNESS you felt when you received your nursing pen, 1st “professional” stethoscope or 1st paying RN job! Refresh yourself this summer and “Raise the Bar!” Take pride,! Have joy! Regain your eagerness for Patient Care!
Joyce
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Webcast: A New Look at the Old |
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Discharge to home from any setting is a time fraught with a sense of urgency for staff and excitement and anxiety for patients and those who are or, will be, their caregivers. For staff there is copious information and instructions to impart. For the patient and caregivers, there is much to absorb. But there’s also a great deal more surrounding this transfer of care that healthcare providers don’t always know or consider.
View this 30-min webcast video and expereince a unique perspective – experience and advice from caregivers and recipients about what you need to know in order to maximize their outcomes after discharge. Assessing and understanding the capacity of caregivers to provide necessary care, as well as helping them to establish a network of resources and support to maximize their effectiveness, is as important as teaching about medications and physical care of their loved one.
The video guides the viewer to national and state-based resources that support the caregivers and care recipients, as well as providing a fuller perspective about considerations to include in planning for discharge.
American Journal of Nursing, the Gerontological Society of America, and Trinity Healthforce Learning present:
A New Look at the Old
Family Caregivers: Considerations, Assessment, and Support
Check here to view the Webcast. (30 minutes)
This program will remain available, on demand, through 2007.
This 30-minute program is based on the American Journal of Nursing’s August 2006 New Look at the Old article by Karen Schumacher PhD, RN, et al, titled: Caring for older adults, working with their families.
This is the thirteenth in a series of 18 Webcasts and is a collaborative effort among the American Journal of Nursing, the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and Trinity Healthforce Learning, sponsored in part through a grant from Atlantic Philanthropies. The broadcast series is designed to provide information and skills to improve the care and well-being of older adults. If you have any questions about the broadcast (or the associated print series), please contact Katherine Kany, Project Manager, at 703-729-6050 or
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About Trinity Healthforce Learning:
Trinity Healthforce Learning enables quality care through the continuum of education. Healthcare organizations receive training via an online learning management system, CD-ROM, DVD, videotape, or satellite from the company's renowned products and services: Health & Sciences Television Network (HSTN), Joint Commission Satellite Network (JCSN), Long Term Care Network (LTCN), PRIMEnet, and Safestart Healthcare. Trinity Healthforce Learning is a division of Trinity Workplace Learning, a subsidiary of Trinity Learning Corporation, which develops integrated learning solutions for millions of professionals in the healthcare, industrial, fire and emergency, government, law enforcement and private security markets. More information about Trinity Healthforce Learning can be found at www.trinityhealthforcelearning.com. To receive continuing education credit for the webcasts, your facility must be a Trinity Healthforce Learning subscriber. To find out if your facility is currently a subscriber, call 1.800.688.4999 |
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