by patriciagraham | Apr 24, 2015 | Healthcare Educator Resources, Healthcare Trends
In my years of being an educator, I have had the pleasure of working with the “second career nurse”. What make someone a second career nurse? The second career nurse is the nurse that has already earned a degree, life or family and has decided to change...
by patriciagraham | Feb 21, 2015 | Caregiver Education and Health, Healthcare Educator Resources
With the nursing shortage upon us, there is a lot of speculation about the causes. Research is showing several factors contributing to the decline in nurses, one of which is the nurse educator shortage. I’ve been working in nursing for over 20 years and in...
by patriciagraham | Feb 14, 2015 | Caregiver Education and Health, Healthcare Educator Resources, Healthcare Trends
Proper Body Mechanics- Is It Enough? One of the reasons we created our product was because of the staggering amount of back injuries that occur in nursing. All of the patient care videos I was showing to my students modeled poor body mechanics. Working in nursing for...
by patriciagraham | Oct 11, 2014 | Caregiver Education and Health, Healthcare Educator Resources, Healthcare Trends
If you work in health care, you have a pretty good idea what may be lurking on your shoes. Research tells us that some microorganisms may survive hospital cleaning. Guess where many of those germs are? That’s right, they’re on the floor. Guess what also spends most...
by patriciagraham | Oct 7, 2014 | Caregiver Education and Health, Healthcare Educator Resources
This video about end of life options and death with dignity ties in well with last weeks blog. The Death with Dignity National Center can provide more information about this issue. We will focus on this issue in a future post. Check out our blog about Hospice Care...
by James | Aug 19, 2014 | Caregiver Education and Health, Healthcare Educator Resources
Denture care is an important part of life for many people. Cleaning, inserting and removing dentures may happen several times a day for those utilizing dentures and taking proper care of them. Denture Care Dentures should be cleaned every day and, preferably, after...
