When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, peacefully in her sleep … not like the three passengers screaming in the back seat of her Buick! (OK, old joke). But what isn’t a joke is elders...
What I wish I knew back then
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 08, 2016
I saw a question on LinkedIn asking you to think back to your first job and what you wish you knew back then that you know now. It really got me thinking. After pondering on it for a while, my answer is...
‘Twas the week after Christmas …
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 29, 2015
‘Twas the week after Christmas, just leaving the home. I steered for my latte, light on the foam. The traffic was tough, so I drove with great care — in hopes my caffeine-fix soon would be there.
The ‘Icky’ Dickey Amendment — our problem with gun nuts
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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....
A picture (or a sign) says a thousand words
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 14, 2015
We always have a lot of signs in our facilities, right? Well, yesterday I came across a new one that blew my mind. I asked the driver of the car I was in to stop so I could take a picture of it.
Preparing nurses to respond to disaster — including some you’ve never thought of
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jun 16, 2015
Nurses are trained in so many ways to prepare for disasters. But there are some “disasters” we haven’t planned for. Take, for instance, when the registered dietician decides to create...
Hacking goes to new and deadly limits
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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...
10 things a boss shouldn’t say
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 05, 2015
I recently read an article that discussed the Top 10 sentences a manager or boss should never let past their lips. You should think, “Run for the hills!” if they say any of these things. And...
Clean your own house
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 07, 2015
It was recently announced that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents allegedly had repeated “sex parties” with prostitutes at events sponsored by none other than drug cartels themselves....
Oh no, they didn’t! More document nightmares
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 11, 2015
As I’ve mentioned before, I believe nursing documentation is the bane of any nursing director’s existence. Frankly, I think the look on my face when opening a medical record to the nurse’s...