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Black Communities Face Barriers to Advance Care Planning

Hospice News

Advance directives (AD) and other goals-of-care documentation often lack information related to cultural, religious and spiritual affiliations, as well as personal health values, the 2016 research indicated. Fewer than 24% of Black participants had completed an advance directive, compared to 44% of caucasians who had.

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Burn Care for Underserved Communities: A Certified Burn Nurse’s Perspective

Minority Nurse

As burn injuries are often associated with several social determinants of health, including poverty (Patel, 2018), food insecurity (Elsey, 2016), and living in under-resourced neighborhoods (Alnabantah, 2016), burn nurses play a crucial role in caring for some of the patients most in need of care. Soc Sci Med. 2018 Apr;202:38-42.

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Texas Jury Renders $10 Million Verdict in Novel Corporate Practice of Medicine Case

Healthcare Law Insights blog

The case is featured this month in Texas Medicine Magazine. 2016) (listing cases). [2] The case also serves as a reminder that breaching a contractual promise to follow applicable state laws (even those to be enforced by regulators and that do not provide for a private right of action) can carry real risk. See, e.g., McCoy v.

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Nurses, The Holidays, and Work-Life Balance

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Stay present, nurses; enjoy the holidays; take care of yourselves; make self-care a priority; and give yourselves a pat on the back for a job well done in 2016. __ Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BC, is the Board Certified Nurse Coach behind NurseKeith.com and the well-known nursing blog, Digital Doorway.

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What Will It Take? When Will We Act?

AJN Off the Charts

In 2016, I wrote an editorial after another slew of mass shootings. What I don’t get is readily available assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, the lack of a waiting period and background checks to ensure a gun purchaser is without a mental health or criminal history. Their refusal to act on gun safety laws is killing us.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

The number of people who have used MAID in Canada since it was legalized in 2016 has increased year on year from about 1,000 people in the first year to over 13,000 people in 2022. In 2016 there were about a thousand MAID deaths, in 2021 there were about 10,000. Four percent. Eric: Yeah. Eric: Please.

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Nursing outside of the box: the work of British Sikh Nurses

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

In 2016, British Sikh Nurses (BSN) was set up by its founder and director – Rohit Sagoo. Royal College of Nursing (2021) Bulletin: Becoming a trusted voice, RCN magazines [link]. The organisation aimed to bridge the gap between the NHS and the hard-to-reach South Asian communities in promoting healthy lifestyles and well-being.

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