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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

Hospice News

I became a registered nurse in 2012 and received my nurse practitioner degree in 2017. We also have a home health aide, a chaplain, a social worker, a patient intake coordinator and a medical director. As a nurse practitioner, what led you to begin a hospice program? Luckily, we have been able to stay fully staffed.

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Laura Cheng Discusses an Endocrine Nursing Career

Minority Nurse

In 2012, I received a diagnosis of a rare endocrine disorder known as Acromegaly and had to learn how to grapple with the complexities of a rare hormonal condition, in addition to caring for my twins who I had given birth to a year prior. I also hold the viewpoint that life is perfectly imperfect, in the most beautiful way because of this!

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Preventable and Aggressive Care for Cancer Patients: To the Bitter End

AJN Off the Charts

The study found that more than half of ED visits among patients with cancer, 51.6%, were identified as potentially preventable, with the absolute number of potentially preventable ED visits increasing substantially between 2012 and 2019.

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How To Boost Your Home Health Nursing Orientation For Free

The Productive Home Health Nurse

Just to give you an idea of the volume involved, In 2007 there were 9,024 Medicare home health agencies , and by 2017 that number had increased to 11, 593 agencies. This shows that approximately 257 new home health agencies were opening and becoming Medicare certified each year from 2007-2017. billion in 2012.

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A Strategic and Thoughtful Approach to Transitions in Life and Career

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

This framework for examining the phenomenon of transition can be a useful tool in our own lives, as well as in a number of professional and non-professional roles in which we find ourselves supporting others (as clergy, healthcare provider, counselor/therapist, social worker, friend, supervisor, colleague, family member, or mentor).

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