It was 55 degrees in Sochi while we were expecting Snowmageddon
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Feb 18, 2014
This one is subtitled “Nursing facility personnel are essential and other things the world wasn’t anticipating.” Yes, while the temperature unexpectedly rose in Sochi, Russia, making...
Caring means remembering the ‘who’
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jul 09, 2013
I have read two things that really got me thinking how it’s imperative we have to know “who” our residents are. Not by disease or condition, but by their history.
If you want it, YOU have to make it happen!
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 19, 2014
A recent article on Medline Nursing alleged that the average registered nurse (RN) wants more sleep, authority respect and work-life balance. We can get what we want. We just have to learn to “ask”...
Transparently not transparent — it has to stop
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 20, 2019
In healthcare, things are about as transparent as an iron door, and we ought to be hopping mad about it.