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Hospices Leverage Technology to Improve Patient, Employee Satisfaction, Reduce Turnover 

Hospice News

Though complete and accurate documentation is essential to regulatory compliance, patient safety and securing payment, the sheer amount of it is taxing for staff. Hospice nurses pointed to this issue as their number-one concern about their jobs in a recent survey by The Amity Group. Nurses are saying, ‘I love being a hospice nurse.

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Sangre de Cristo Taps New CEO, YoloCares Names Palliative Care Director

Hospice News

Egging will oversee operations of the hospice, home health and palliative care organization. She served as director of compliance for Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care from 2001 to 2009. This marks her return to the organization.

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New Directors at Iowa River, Home Health of the Ozarks; C-Suite Shifts at Elara Caring, VIA Health

Hospice News

Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care Names New Director Missouri-based Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH) has appointed Cheryl Maley, registered nurse, as new director of Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care. Callaway previously worked as a nurse manager of UnityPoint Health.

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Closure of Pennsylvania Hospice House Ignites Community Protests

Hospice News

The 10-bed In Touch Hospice facility opened in 2009, seeing declining patient admissions during the past seven years, according to local news. Hospice patients will now receive inpatient care at the Somerset Hospital and also in the home. However, financial reasons were not part of the mix, according to the company.

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Agape Care’s New M&A VP, New CEO Takes Helm at Community Hospice

Hospice News

For more than 40 years, Community Hospice has grown from an inspired idea by two registered nurses to a respected and leading provider of vital service for those with serious and life-limiting illness in the Central Valley area. The care is pretty unique for those people younger than 18. Trustbridge Names New Hospice CMO.

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Bedside Handovers: An efficient, reliable, and inclusive Nursing handover process

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Registered Nurse Adults, Patient Safety Support Nurse, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Florence Nightingale Travel Scholar; Twitter: @Mandeep_Lally @FNightingaleF Nursing shift handovers may seem like such a basic and simple task which is embedded in the skills of every nurse.

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The reality of research: Seeking ethical approval

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

We have all been taught about the need to obtain ethical approval before conducting research as it ensures that studies are undertaken with “due care and regard towards all those who are involved” (Heath et al., Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 21), this includes participants as well as the researchers themselves. 27(1) 21 – 25.

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