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 ‘Icky’ Dickey Amendment — our problem with gun nuts
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 15, 2015
I have a riddle for you. How many young adults are in long-term care facilities because of gun violence? The answer: No one knows because there is a ban restricting federal funding for gun violence research....
Wishes for a Happy New Year — in their words and mine
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 07, 2014
Surfing the Internet around New Year’s Day, I saw many quotes, both famous and anonymous, spreading wishes and advice for the year ahead. I thought of how, with some minor adjustments, they could...
At home from minute one
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jul 11, 2017
Let’s face it: While some of us may be great at welcoming new residents, most of us are checking off our regulatory boxes and inventories and documenting.
Hacking goes to new and deadly limits
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jun 02, 2015
Everyone with a pulse is aware of hacking vulnerability. From insurance companies to major big box stores and even banks, we’d have to be dead if we didn’t realize how unsafe our secure information...
Don’t let them down
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 17, 2018
The next time you feel like pulling out your hair if “just one more person puts on that call light,” remember that, as nurses, we’re No. 1 in the hearts and minds of the public out there.
Ahhh, it’s summer… (Run for your life!)
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jun 10, 2014
The birds are singing, everything is green, people are planning vacations and you are shaking in your boots. Because you know, unlike the rest of the world, that with your job, you’re gonna have...
Remembering Momma
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 17, 2012
Some of us are blessed to still have our moms; some of us are blessed with memories.
Wheezes and crackles and rhonchi, oh my!
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 31, 2017
Come on, people. We work in healthcare with the oath to protect the people we CARE for. So stop that whining and do what’s right.
You can’t keep a good nurse down
Jul 26, 2016
Alice Graber started during World War II and kept at it until last month. Now, the retired nurse is going to volunteer at … well, you’re not going to believe it.