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New Inpatient Centers Unveiled as Other Hospice Programs Consider Closure

Hospice News

VITAS Opens 2 New Locations VITAS Healthcare on Wednesday announced the opening of its new inpatient hospice unit in Fort Worth, Texas. The hospice provider anticipates serving more than 500 patients annually at the new center, the VITAS Healthcare Inpatient Hospice Unit (IPU). Florida-based VITAS is a Chemed Corp.

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The Time for Action Is Now: We Must Take Bold Steps to Transform the Nursing Profession

Daily Nurse

The healthcare profession is at a pivotal moment. A growing crisis is evident across various sectors, driven by healthcare workforce shortages and a lack of skilled professionals prepared to thrive in high-stress environments.

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Save Our Rural Hospitals Act Eliminates CRNA Supervision and Supports Rural Healthcare

Daily Nurse

CRNAs have practiced without this regulation for nearly three years under healthcare flexibilities issued during the public health emergency. This forces patients to travel further to get the care they need and leaves others to put off necessary healthcare. The “Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act” ( H.R.

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Happy Canada Day to Our Home Healthcare Community!

AlayaCare

In 2005, the Canadian Institute for Health Information introduces a home care reporting system to track and measure the quality and cost of publicly-funded home care. The post Happy Canada Day to Our Home Healthcare Community! Home care reporting system launches. Coverage for home care services. Happy Canada Day to all!

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New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

Hospice News

Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. Balu Natarajan has become AccentCare’s new executive vice president and chief medical officer. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine.

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Just Released: AACN Standards for Adult Critical Care Nurse Staffing

Daily Nurse

Appropriate staffing has long been one of the “AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments” (HWE standards), first published in 2005. healthcare system’s ability to meet patients’ needs.” It has also been one of the most complex areas to address.

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Facilitating a knowledge mobilisation approach using critically appraised topics to further evidence- based practice  

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

In addition, strategies to minimise the ‘evidence to practice gap’, known as knowledge mobilisation, utilises any activity which aim to “create and communicate” research-based knowledge within the healthcare setting (Stevenson et al, 2021). Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare: A guide to best practice 3rd ed. Melnyk, B.

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