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Flying Soon? Here’s the Covid Safety Gear You Do—and Don’t—Need.

October 13, 2020 by HCA Dev 1926 0 0

Online retailers are touting all kinds of protective gear for germaphobic travelers. While fliers really need to wear some of them, others just constitute overkill. Other than the obligatory face covering, does any of this paraphernalia make you...

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Action Plan: How to Deal with Difficult Patients & Families

August 31, 2020 by HCA Dev 3297 0 0

When you entered nursing school you were probably warned that you’d have a few difficult patients. Maybe you even went as far as to mentally prepare yourself for the day you’d save someone’s life and they’d scream and yell at you for something...

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‘We’re surging again.’ Doctors, nurses angry as coronavirus strains California hospitals

June 30, 2020 by HCA Dev 3238 0 0

For a brief moment, California returned to bars, beaches and Botox. But after a few days, much of the state is reversing course as hospitals see an alarming spike in people sick with COVID-19, raising the specter of an overwhelmed medical system...

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What is elder abuse?

February 12, 2020 by HCA Dev 2684 0 0

According to the CDC, “Elder abuse is an intentional act, or failure to act, by a caregiver or another person in a relationship involving an expectation of trust that causes or creates a risk of harm to an older adult. (An older adult is defined...

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