How We Decreased the Costs of Wound Care Supplies at a Hospital and Long‑term‑care Home
Author(s): C Ott, L Jones-Lim, A Bandali, and S Calabrese
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- Session 01: Dementia
- Session 02: Responsive Behaviours
- Session 03: Preventing Acute Changes
- Session 04: Engaging Families in Care
- Session 05: Pressure Injuries
- Session 06: Fracture Prevention
- Session 07: Movement Disorders
- Session 08: Nutrition & Weight Loss
- Session 09: Polypharmacy
- Session 10: Sleep Disorders
- Session 11: Palliative Care
- Session 12: Heart Failure
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- Session 1 - Responsive Behaviours
- Session 10 - Polypharmacy
- Session 2 - Pressure Injuries
- Session 3 - Acute Changes
- Session 4 - Dementia
- Session 5 - Congestive Heart Failure
- Session 6 - Palliative Care/End of Life
- Session 7 - Fracture Prevention
- Session 8 - Engaging Families
- Session 9 - Movement Disorders
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