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3 Keys to Hospice Social Worker Recruitment and Retention

Hospice News

Moreover, data going back to 2006 show that hospices have lost more social workers than any other health care sector, according to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Albany. Nationally, medical social workers in the hospice space had an average caseload of 29.15

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Elaina Hall

Minority Nurse

Elaina Hall, DNP(c), MSN, RN, MBA, NEA-BC, FACHE, is the chief quality officer of SnapCare , formerly SnapNurse, and an experienced healthcare executive in the areas of healthcare system operations, performance improvement, nursing practice, and leadership consulting. Advocacy for patient-centered care and healthcare equity.

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Clinical Education – whose job is it anyway?

The Nurse Break

Numerous pieces of literature support the need for ongoing professional development and the positive impact that education has on quality, safety and culture (IOM, 1999; Walton & Elliot; 2006; Wu & Busch, 2019; Mlambo et al, 2021). There has been a shift towards quality and safety within healthcare in recent years. Wu, A.W. &

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Day in the life of a Vascular Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Break

Could you clarify the key responsibilities and contributions of Nurse Practitioners in the field of vascular nursing and healthcare in general? Case management involves first uncovering the underlying cause for a patient’s presenting illness (aetiology). Doctoral Research You’re currently a Ph.D.

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Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond

Home Care Pulse

Now to tackle this big subject, we are so lucky to be joined by Kristen Wheeler, and many of you probably know her in the healthcare industry since 1990 and in home care since 2006. So I was, I worked way back when, when I got into health in the healthcare industry itself. Kristen, thank you so much for joining us today.

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Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond

Home Care Pulse

Now to tackle this big subject, we are so lucky to be joined by Kristen Wheeler, and many of you probably know her in the healthcare industry since 1990 and in home care since 2006. So I was, I worked way back when, when I got into health in the healthcare industry itself. Kristen, thank you so much for joining us today.

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

GeriPal

And again, if you were to go to, you know, AIDS in terms of transmission is primarily a sexually transmitted disease of young adults, which is why it presented the way it did in the pre treatment era, really all over the world. Peter 14:48 So it’s completely shifted. But it just has a completely different dynamic now.