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Agrace Takes 3-Pronged Approach to Widening Midwest Footprint

Hospice News

Our expansion is a means of ensuring that Agrace meets the growing demand for patient-centered end-of-life care to underserved communities and residents throughout Wisconsin, Kirkland told Hospice News in an email. The Wauwatosa office is home base for our interdisciplinary care team. Established in 1978 as HospiceCare Inc.,

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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

Hospice News

This includes systems designed to speed and automate aspects of clinical documentation to allow clinicians to focus on patient care. Whereas maybe a nurse thought their future path could only really get to a director of nursing or director of patient care services, which is a great role,” McGlory said.

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The Fastest Growing US Hospice Companies

Hospice News

Tradition’s footprint has ballooned from a single location to more than 75 nationwide since Dorilton started backing the company in 2011, with acquisitions as a key driver. 5,000 again is a testament to our team’s relentless focus on providing exceptional patient care and superior clinical outcomes.”. . The company reached No.

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10 Strategic Steps to Eradicating Racism in Nursing Education

Daily Nurse

According to the Campaign for College Opportunity , 50% of California RN faculty were white in 2020-21 (down from 65% in 2011-12), while diversity among newly enrolled nursing students is increasingly diverse, with white nursing students representing only 30% of all students.

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Emergency Nurses Association Launches Crucial Study on Workplace Violence

Daily Nurse

The last time ENA researchers conducted a large-scale survey was in 2010; the report was published in 2011. To qualify, participants must be emergency department nurses engaged in direct patient care for at least 50% of their work time, be over 21 years old, and speak English.

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SCAN Group CEO Sachin Jain: Medicare Could Use a Major Facelift

Hospice News

This year, the company announced plans to combine with Care Oregon, a Medicaid-focused payer organization, and earlier this year it began participating in the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model demo in early 2023. ​​In In 2010 and 2011, he was a special advisor to then U.S.

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Clinical Education – but I don’t have time…

The Nurse Break

This can be related to clinical knowledge and skills; professional behaviour such as accessing policy and procedure or respectful interdisciplinary relationships; or the more humanistic skills required within patient care. I can still remember witnessing my first resuscitation as a student nurse. Ramani, S & Leinster, S.

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