Health News Archives - Karen Sanders

August 29 2024 save the date Elder Nurse Corps Meeting #3

Elder Nurse Corps – Meeting #3 on August 29, 2024 – 5:00 p.m.

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on July 21, 2024. Posted in Advocacy, Articles by Karen Sanders, Asheville, Coaching for Nurses, Elder Nurse Corps, Health News, Karen Sanders, Self Care, Stress Management.

Save the Date to Join us on Thursday, August 29th The Elder Nurse Corps are meeting for the third time. Thursday, August 29, 2024 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Land of the Sky United Church of Christ, 15...

16 Patient Advocacy Strategies for a More Comfortable Hospital Stay for You or Your Loved One

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on June 27, 2024. Posted in Advocacy, Coaching for Nurses, Consumer Advocacy , Health News, Healthcare, Holistic RN Patient Advocacy Training Institute, Hospital, Karen Sanders, Medical Records.

Five years after the purchase of our 100+ year old, not-for-profit, Mission Health hospital system in Asheville, NC, this headline article appeared in the AVLWatchdog.org, an online newspaper, with...

RN Patient Advocacy Strategies for Hospitalized Patients at HCA Hospital, Asheville, NC

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on January 23, 2024. Posted in Articles by Karen Sanders, Asheville, Asheville Watchdogs, Health News, Healthcare, Holistic RN Patient Advocacy Training Institute, Holistic RN Private Practice, Hospital, Karen Sanders, Moral Inquiry, Patient Advocacy, Staffing.

January 23, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:30pm, AVL Watchdog Panel, AB Tech, Asheville, NC “HCA-Mission at Five Years: What Can We Do to Restore Better Healthcare in WNC?” Many thanks to co-panelists Peter Lewis,...

Patient Advocacy During a Hospital Stay

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on July 17, 2022. Posted in Advocacy, Articles by Karen Sanders, Health News, Holistic RN Private Practice, Hospital, Karen Sanders, Patient Advocacy.

When patients learn that they or their loved one needs to be admitted to a hospital, it can seem frightening and overwhelming to enter such unfamiliar territory, especially with a layman’s limited...

Using a Pulse Oximeter

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on August 17, 2021. Posted in COVID Testing, Health News, Karen Sanders, Patient Advocacy, RSV Virus.

When you are not feeling well and short of breath I was recently diagnosed with the RSV virus (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) after having many days of shortness of breath at home (CDC. (2020, December...

Wear A Face Mask

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on September 8, 2020. Posted in Articles by Karen Sanders, Health News.

Tell you community that you care, wear a face mask to minimize the spread of COVID 19. Face masks are effective as Karen Sander’s discusses an article from the Alaska Department of Health...

COVID and Job Hunting

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on June 6, 2020. Posted in Articles by Karen Sanders, COVID Testing, Health News, Patient Advocacy.

As a 50+ job applicant, are you prepared? RN Patient Advocacy has tips to prepare for you job interview with sensitivity to the COVID-19 environment. Referenced article – “The Risks-Know...

Becoming an Informed Advocate for Your Own Healthcare

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on November 1, 2019. Posted in Consumer Advocacy , Health News, Holistic RN Patient Advocacy Training Institute, Medical Records, OLLI, Patient Advocacy, Physicians, Stress Management.

OLLI at UNCA Fabulous Friday Presentation On November 1, 2019, Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC- BC, RN Patient Advocate, presented “Becoming an Informed Consumer Advocate for your Own Healthcare,”...

Opportunities to practice Holistic RN Patient Advocacy in North Carolina

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on August 26, 2019. Posted in Articles by Karen Sanders, Health News, Holistic RN Patient Advocacy Training Institute.

North Carolina Today In North Carolina, there are more than 2 million people over the age of 60 right now. This number will only increase in the next several years – a 50% increase in just the...

Geriatric Case Management – Givens Estates

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on April 24, 2019. Posted in Articles by Karen Sanders, Coaching for Nurses, Health News, Patient Advocacy, Physicians.

Givens Estates Presentation Givens Estates in Asheville, North Carolina is a non-profit retirement community on a large 200+ acre campus that provides a diversity of programs and services. Karen Sanders,...

Coming soon: “Becoming an Informed Consumer Advocate When Using the Healthcare System” at OLLI, UNCA, Asheville, NC

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on November 9, 2018. Posted in Articles by Karen Sanders, Health News, Patient Advocacy.

I will be teaching this eight week course, “Becoming an Informed Consumer Advocate When Using the Healthcare System” to seniors at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNCA in...

Coaching Nurses Who Make Serious Mistakes

Written by Karen Sanders, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC on June 22, 2018. Posted in American Holistic Nurses Association, Coaching for Nurses, Health News, Patient Advocacy.

Sometimes nurses make serious mistakes. As a result of their mistakes, they lose their jobs, financial capabilities, and identities as a nurse. Click here to see our video and learn more. Karen Sanders...