Prescription for Admission
Prescription for Admission
Podcast Description
Permission for Admission is your insider’s guide to navigating the hospital experience with confidence. Hosted by Dr. Monique Nugent, a hospitalist and healthcare expert, this podcast pulls back the curtain on what really happens inside hospital walls. From breaking down medical mysteries to helping you advocate for yourself or your loved ones, we bring you real talk, expert insights, and candid conversations with healthcare professionals. Whether you're a patient, caregiver, or medical professional, you'll walk away informed, empowered, and ready to take control of your hospital journey.
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Content Themes
Focuses on various aspects of hospital care with specific episodes like the role of hospitalists, patient empowerment strategies, and the challenges of discharge planning. The series highlights the importance of family involvement, integrated healthcare systems, and the real-life implications of hospital medicine in the patient journey.
Are you struggling to care for your parents’ medical needs and find their hospital admissions end in more frustration than help?
If you’re tired of managing hospital admissions alone. Dr. Nugent will guide you through each stage of a hospitalization so you can plan ahead and advocate for your parents to get the best care possible.
Tune in to discover how to get the best possible care for your parents while navigating the hospital admission and discharge process.
If you’re ready to feel less overwhelmed during a hospitalization. Hit play on the most recent episode NOW.
Are hospital stays quietly causing long-term damage to brain health in older adults?
If you’ve ever noticed a loved one seem more confused, forgetful, or “not quite the same” after a hospital stay, you’re not imagining it. Hospital-associated cognitive decline is more common than people realize, and it’s often misunderstood or mistaken for dementia or delirium in older adults.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- How to recognize the early signs of hospital-associated cognitive decline and distinguish it from delirium and dementia
- Practical, hospital-tested strategies to protect brain health during and after a hospital stay
- What to ask healthcare providers to reduce risk and support a stronger cognitive recovery
Tune in now to learn how to safeguard brain health and help your loved ones recover stronger after hospitalization.
Prescription for Admission is a podcast for Gen X and Millennial family caregivers navigating the healthcare system and medical system for loved ones living with conditions like diabetes, dementia, cancer, heart disease, and cognitive decline, helping them understand hospital care, navigate hospital stays, work effectively with doctors and specialists, organize medical records, connect with a case manager, seek a second opinion, become an effective medical advocate, and improve care coordination and discharge planning.
Visit my website: www.drmoniquenugent.com
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