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***The New Jersey Nursing Summer Open House has been postponed. Please check back for a later date.

When you or your loved one is ready to come home from the hospital following an illness or injury, having a Registered Nurse, Private Duty Nurse or Home Health Aide can offer both the level of care required and greater peace of mind.  Hiring a stranger to come stay in your home and entrusting them with the care for your loved one can be a stressful and confusing task. What type of professional do you need? Where do you go to find the best and most experienced person? Where can you find someone who is trustworthy, has a proven record of experience and is pre-screened?

Who is Best for You, Your Family and your Home?

Registered Nurse (RN)
A Registered Nurse (RN) is often necessary when caring for patients who are very ill. They are certified and trained to take the lead regarding medical care at home and often oversee the work of LPNs and Home Care Aides, as well as ensure that the care coordination process runs smoothly.   The care provided by RNs includes administering medication, treating and managing illnesses and working with other care providers to coordinate the best care management plan. In addition, an RN can perform diagnostics and analyze test results. 

Everyone deserves a summer vacation – even a doctor, who is relied upon by so many for their consistent care and medications. Whether you are a patient or a physician, a doctor’s vacation needs to be planned for well in advance. Taking a week or two off for any physician or specialist can be extremely complicated for everyone involved.

Follow These Tips to Keep Your Elderly Loved One Healthy and Safe

This summer’s hot, steamy temperatures creates more than simple discomfort for many people — especially for those who are sick and especially, for the elderly, who are far more susceptible to heat-related ailments and consequent hospital stays.  In fact, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), people aged 65 and over accounted for more heat-related hospitalizations than any other age group, with males being hospitalized for heat-related illnesses more than twice as often as females.

When a woman takes a career break in order to spend time raising a family, it’s often seen as an either-or choice -- a tradeoff in which she accepts professional setbacks in exchange for the personal rewards that come with staying home to be a mom.

Great networking and takeaways from Meeting of the Minds Fourth Annual Hudson Valley Regional Dementia Conference. Big challenge caring for someone with Dementia, “keeping connected.” "This is not the end of road but a bend in the road, there is still lots of life left to live. It just may take a bigger village to live life -friends and family support is necessary." It's important to remember as caregivers we must be a friend, a coach and listener. It is imperative to build our patients up, help them help others and offer encouragement. Remember to slow it down, engage in eye contact and reduce the complexity of questions. Reminisce with your patients, play music and exercise with them, help to keep them active and engaged, it makes a world of difference!

National nursing and healthcare service company embraces new technology and advocates for top-down change to improve the lives of nurses

We had a great time celebrating National Nurses Week! Access Nursing Services is so honored to have so many wonderful nurses on our team and we were so happy to show our appreciation to all of you! We had a great time showing our appreciation through the giveaways of Amazon Gift Certificates, iPad, iPhone/Samsung 8 and Hamilton Tickets.

We received great feedback about our My Care GPS intro and demos at New York Organization for Nurse Executives and Leaders (NYONEL). Schedule a free demo and find out more: visit our website https://hubs.ly/H0byLXd0.