Gary Kelso, CEO, Mission Health Services and Community Nursing Services
‘Clear’ vision helps him find joy daily
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2024
Mick Vujanović believes that a lesson in company priorities should include a bit of fun. To that end, the CEO of ClearView Healthcare Management recently planned an important visit at one of the company’s...
Things I Think: Anxiety-busting ways, Shavasana in a closet
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 07, 2019
Seeking an antidote for the stresses of life and long-term care, I’ve been attending yoga lately, slipping out of the office at lunchtime in my sleek yoga garb to writhe and gasp on a rubber mat. I’ll...
Profile: Going to bat for seniors
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 06, 2019
For Nick Vizzoca, nothing beats a summer evening spent at PNC Park eating a hot dog while watching the Pittsburgh Pirates. But a close second is seeing the residents of Terrace Place at Vincentian,...
60 Seconds with April Doremus
By
Mallory Hackett
Jul 17, 2019
Q: How have you increased employee engagement at Villa Healthcare? A:I helped start a service excellence program called B.E.T.T.E.R. that holds both residents and employees as equals to help foster a better...
Gender pay, education gap for nurses remains: survey
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Amy Novotney
Oct 01, 2020
Male registered nurses continue to earn more than their female counterparts, despite males often having less education and being less likely to be certified. That’s according to the latest “Nurse Salary...
Ask the nursing expert … about work-life balance
By
Amy Stewart
Feb 01, 2024
I am struggling as the DNS, knowing I am on call 24/7. What are some tips for work-life balance?
DocNow raises cash to expand LTC EHR
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 12, 2024
Bellevue, WA-based DocNow, an electronic health record and wound care management solution provider, has closed a seed funding round led by Waterline Ventures. The company plans on using the capital to...
There’s no time to cry
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 01, 2021
If you’re close to my aging vintage, you remember those adorable pioneers on the TV show “Little House on the Prairie.” Now we’re living in their world. Menaced by fires, floods, climate change...
Ask the treatment expert: Is it necessary to provide compression therapy to heal a venous stasis ulcer?
By
Jeri Lundgren
Jan 05, 2020
Is it necessary to provide compression therapy to heal a venous stasis ulcer?