There’s a thing or two new nurses can learn from us “veterans.” Those of us who make it to veteran status tend to share some common habits. Let me break them down for you.
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...
Think before you write
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 21, 2020
I have to ask: Does anyone read what they write before they sign off and lock their documentation anymore?
America’s finest people
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 26, 2016
Here we are again, with another record-breaking snowstorm … when the word SNOW is a four-letter word and just hearing it brings many of us to our knees (often to throw up in a panic in the bathroom!)
Wait, what did you just say, CMS?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Feb 15, 2022
Keeping up with the constantly changing guidance between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regulations would make even a rocket scientist’s...
Laughter — thoughts on truly the best medicine
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jun 04, 2024
We’ve all heard it: “Laughter is the best medicine.” And I tend to agree with that for the most part. I mean, after surgery, I prefer something a little stronger and, honestly, laughing right after...
The Bucket List
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Feb 04, 2020
As I sit here and write this blog, it’s my birthday, and I notice that every year my bucket list grows shorter. But I definitely have good ones I still want to do.
Holiday gift ideas
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 19, 2023
As I was looking online for ideas for holiday gifts, I was stunned to see so many bizarre ideas are out there. I mean truly bizarre. One I saw was a wool throw blanket that looks like a piece of...
Nursing documentation does it again
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 17, 2017
Let’s face it. Nursing documentation can get you in trouble with your supervisor, make a surveyor faint, make a lawyer rich or make blog readers laugh. I’m going for the last here. What follows...
Doesn’t anybody read emails anymore?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 11, 2022
Doesn’t anybody read emails anymore? Oh, you’re going to answer that of course you do. Of course you read emails. But do you really read your emails? Like read the entire email? If you’re like...