The Real Nurse Jackie by Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Ode to Antibiotic Stewardship
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 02, 2017
Oh, Ab Stewardship, some fear you so. The way we did things, Is hard to let go.
Ignoring the old impulses
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 18, 2017
So, I have this song from Disney’s animated film “Frozen” stuck in my head. The part of the song that goes, “Let it go, let it go …” See, that’s how I feel about...
You can’t build a faster horse
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 04, 2017
I was taking with someone about innovation. They told me about a famous quote from Henry Ford. Supposedly he said, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses.'”
Trimming meal support for elders will cost us more, not less
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 21, 2017
I’ve always talked about growing old gracefully. I never thought about being scared to grow old. Until now.
A heart for learning
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 07, 2017
I was thinking about obstructions to learning while recently working on some educational initiatives. It occurred to me that one of the largest obstacles is a closed heart.
Learning by doing
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Feb 21, 2017
OK, so here is something I totally don’t understand. It has to do with how a lot of nursing staff think about new hires. (Probably Chapter 2 in my imaginary book, “Eating their young / a nurse’s...
Fear of intimacy
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Feb 07, 2017
Intimacy … I’m not writing about where one partner is hounding the other about fear of opening up and getting close. What do they say — “It’s me, not you”? What I am writing...
C’mon, give me a hug!
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 24, 2017
With so many obscure holidays out there, I notice there is no “National Appreciate a Nurse Day.” Nursing Home Week and Nurses’ Week do not count. I want a day to put on my tiara and not...
Let them eat cake!
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 10, 2017
As our long-stay residents age in place, often we see them get to a point where we begin to notice that they are reducing their intake. Often, they are prescribed less-than-desirable-tasting supplements....
Dreaming of a Quiet Christmas
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 27, 2016
Next year, I’m going to have a new year-end holidays theme song. Using the melody of that Bing Crosby chestnut that sold millions and millions of copies, it goes something like this (hum along with...