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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Everybody Luau!!!

The other day, some of the nursing staff at our Eisenberg Village campus planned something really fun for our residents: they organized a luau!

The residents who participated live either at the Goldenberg•Ziman Special Care Center, which cares for seniors with Alzheimer's disease or age-related dementia, or the Max Factor Family Foundation Nursing Building, which provides skilled nursing to seniors who need extra assistance.

When the residents saw their nurses — who are normally in scrubs — enter in hula skirts, their eyes lit up! The entire room was laughing, clapping, and singing along.

In addition to being a fun, entertaining afternoon, events like these serve a profound therapeutic purpose. Happiness is known to have incredible life-lengthening health benefits; and the positive atmosphere, the music, and the dancing promotes both physical and cognitive strength.

Labels: Aging, Alzheimer's, Around the Home, Dementia, Eisenberg Village, Elderly, Factor, Goldenberg-Ziman, Healthy Aging, Hula, Luau, Nursing, Seniors, Skilled Nursing, Staff, Video, YouTube

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Vital Signs (a Poem)

Sunday, May 8th, was National Student Nurses Day. To recognize nurses' hard work both at the Los Angeles Jewish Home and at hospitals around the country, a group of students at the Jewish Home's Annenberg School of Nursing got together and wrote an excellent poem summarizing how our nursing staff checks residents' vital signs.

By: Daniela Barzall-Sola, Debbie Nguyen, Mary Flittner, Nicole DeGuzman & Monique Leung

Vital signs are important to measure.

A patient's life is one to treasure.

The blood pressure can say a lot.

120/80 is your best shot.

140/90 is hypertension.

This blood pressure needs attention.

Temperature can be taken many ways.

Tympanic is all the clinic craze.

It can be taken under the arm, or in the mouth,

In the ear, or down south.

Pulse should be between 60 and 90 beats,

Apical, brachial, radial, and the one near the feets.

100 or more beat is tachycardia,

60 or below is bradycardia.

Respiration is second to last,

12 to 20 is neither slow nor fast.

Now it's time for the fifth vital sign,

Pail level should be checked every time.

It can be a reason vital signs aren't right,

So do not forget them or Mr. Cooper will put up a fight.

So that's all the info for today.

That's how you make sure the patients are okay.

Labels: Annenberg, Barzall-Sola, Blood Pressure, DeGuzman, Flittner, For the Body, Leung, Nguyen, Nursing, Nursing School, Nursing Students, Pail Level, Pulse, Staff, Temperature, Vital Signs

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
John Fruge on the Annenberg School of Nursing

Back in December, we interviewed John Fruge, one of the rising stars from the Annenberg School of Nursing (ASN). He graduated a few weeks ago, fully prepared to take his NCLEX© examination and become a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN). In the video below, John opens up about his experience at ASN — his professors, his peers, getting his education at the Los Angeles Jewish Home, etc.

If you, or someone you know, is interested in training to become an LVN at the Annenberg School of Nursing, visit www.jha.org/annenberg.

Labels: Annenberg, Fruge, Graduation, Licensed Vocational Nurse, LVN, Nursing, Nursing School, Staff, Video, YouTube

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
SFV Business Journal Covers Annenberg Graduation

The Los Angeles Jewish Home's Annenberg School of Nursing graduated its fourth class of Licensed Vocational Nurse candidates on January 27th. The San Fernando Valley Business Journal covered it in their most recent 'Valley Biz Seen' section.

Congratulations again to our new graduates, and thank you to the San Fernando Valley Business Journal!

Labels: Annenberg, Around the Home, Events, Graduation, Licensed Vocational Nurse, LVN, Media, Nursing, Nursing School, SFV Business Journal, Staff

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Be Bold at the Annenberg School of Nursing

Recently, we shot a video with Annenberg School of Nursing alumna Jennifer Imbag. In 2009, she graduated as her class's valedictorian and winner of the Florence Nightingale Award. One major theme she took out of her experience here: be bold.

Labels: Annenberg, Imbag, Licensed Vocational Nurse, LVN, Nursing, Nursing School, Staff, Video

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