Hospice News
APRIL 26, 2022
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.
Hospice News
MARCH 25, 2024
We had several things offered virtually, some of our chaplain services, patient visits and volunteer care. I worked in Phoenix at the sheriff’s office from 1976 to 2012. So that distance was our biggest issue, that we couldn’t have a direct, more personal touch with patients. It was challenging, but not insurmountable.
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Hospice News
APRIL 9, 2025
The nonprofit was developed by co-founders of the Sarah Zepernick Foundation, Marcum and Amy Simpson Bennethum, staff chaplain at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center. Sarahs Law passed in 2012 as part of Ohios state operating budget and established billing codes for facilities operated by a licensed pediatric respite care program.
AJN Off the Charts
APRIL 7, 2023
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.
Minority Nurse
JULY 12, 2023
Flores, RN, CHPN, BS, a hospice nurse in Colorado since 2012. Besides regularly visiting my patients, I coordinate care between other disciplines, including CNAs, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers. Nursing is a second career for Derek J. He’s also written two books to increase knowledge of end-of-life care.
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