by Sabrina Giaimo | Jan 13, 2021 | Home Care
Over the past few decades, trends in healthcare have shifted to promote healing to take place in a patient’s home. This is achieved in parts by advances in medicine, training families as care partners, and by earlier discharges. For instance in the 1990s when patients...
by Sabrina Giaimo | Dec 8, 2020 | Home Care
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12% of registered nurses in America are male. Fifty years ago, they comprised 2%. While the proportion is higher, the goal should be an equal representation of the population we serve. Men are invaluable when it comes...
by Sabrina Giaimo | Nov 10, 2020 | Disease, Home Care
Eleven years ago, I had both the honor and horror of being a highly skilled and experienced RN at the frontline of the swine flu pandemic. The winter of 2008-9 was the most difficult of my career. It moved me in the most profound way to become the ICU nurse I am...
by Sabrina Giaimo | Oct 23, 2020 | Home Care
Image Source: ifrc.org Cholera is a waterborne disease that affects between 1.3 million and 4 million people globally a year. Reporting is inaccurate due to the mostly underdeveloped regions that cholera affects. Cholera afflicts mainly warmer climates in summer...
