The bridge is here for your personal aging planning — cross it
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 28, 2013
A new poll* finds that two-thirds of people 40 years old and older have done little or no preparing for the challenging and expensive reality of aging. I think most people seem to have the mentality, “I’ll...
The oddest job interview questions
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 14, 2013
You know it is not going to go well when the person you’re interviewing starts off by asking, “How much work can I miss before I get fired?” You ever have one of those? Yet that’s...
Sequestration equals starvation
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 30, 2013
By now you’ve heard plenty about Medicare sequestration cuts. But you might not realize that some projects not only survived cuts, but they are getting money for projects while more important ones...
Granny caught in the cross-fire again
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 18, 2013
Once again the war on drugs catches frail elder patients in the crosshairs. Basically a “drive by” that shouldn’t happen.
Just ask Petraeus
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 12, 2013
Well, it wasn’t easy to get there, but we have a new CIA director sworn in. With John Brennan taking over the spy agency, now’s a good time to think back to what happened to his predecessor,...
If only these nursing books would be written
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 09, 2012
This past summer, Medscape had an article titled “The Top 15 books for Nurses.” They were “heavy” reads and not the self-help books I thought would have been on their summer “must-have”...
Why I love TV’s Nurse Jackie
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 02, 2012
So we all know that nurse have a love-hate relationship with “medical shows” on TV. The good news is there is at least one thing to love.
Nurse overload equals mistakes
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 24, 2012
Did you hear the one about the seasoned detective who finds a body in a field? Surrounded by young detectives, he immediately announces, “She was a nurse and worked in long term care!” Stunned,...
Nursing and stress
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 13, 2012
Nurses continue to experience stress at higher rates than most other groups, according to the American Holistic Nurses Association. OK, so we know nurses get stressed — just walk into any nursing home...
The nightstand is the window to the soul
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Feb 29, 2012
I think you can tell a lot about a person by what is in his or her nightstand.