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6 Reasons Why Hospice Nursing May Be the Perfect Career Choice for You: Exploring the Benefits of a Career in Hospice Nursing

Hospice of the North Coast

Hospice nurses help bring dignity and compassion to those who are suffering from a terminal illness. They provide comfort and care during a difficult time, helping patients manage their pain and preserve their quality of life. Patient Focus: As a hospice nurse, your primary focus is on the patient and their family.

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Frontline Honors: Richard Honzel, Angels Grace Hospice, LCC

Hospice News

Hospice News caught up with Honzel to discuss their time in the hospice care industry. HSPN: What drew you to the Hospice Care industry? She skillfully and gracefully led them into uncharted territory.

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The Power of Hospice Nursing

Daily Nurse

Palliative care can be provided along with curative treatment and may begin at the time of diagnosis. Over time, if the doctor or the palliative care team believes ongoing treatment is no longer helping, there are two possibilities. 99% of all hospice deaths occur outside of an inpatient unit,” Dibben states.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

GeriPal

What do we know about the differences between the two types of organizations when we’re thinking about hospice care? One is the patient population and a targeting of for-profit hospices around patients who are going to be potentially less costly and more profitable. People across all diagnoses want hospice care.

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Ep.4: Alzheimer’s Awareness: How to Support Clients, Caregivers, and Family Members

Home Care Pulse

Wendie Colvin is an amazing nurse author and community nursing subject matter in both acute and post-acute care. She is practiced at the bedside in multiple settings and has extensive experience as a manager and educator in both home health and hospice settings. So it was just very pointedly. Wendie Colvin: ( 22:21 ).

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Ep.18: BK Books with Barbara Karnes: Why Approaching Hospice Holistically is Necessary to the Success of the Care Continuum

Home Care Pulse

Hospital residential care assisted living, nursing facilities resident. Doulas, When, when, when I look back at my career, the first five years of my nursing was patient care. At end of life, it was a hospice nurse, but no one had any idea of what dying was like. What do you think about that?

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