Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2024

In a time of workforce shortages, hospices are seeking the “secret sauce” that will help keep employees on board and bring new people into their fold. To find the right mix, hospice providers that have achieved national recognition for employer best practices point to a particular secret ingredient — a supportive culture with open lines of communication, a career path with room to grow and competitive compensation.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

AUGUST 30, 2024

In this week’s blog, the first in the Children and Young People’s (CYP) Series for September, CYP Nursing Lecturers from Birmingham City University @MyBCU: Laura Maguire @Laurama37358999, Kathryn Sethi @katsethi, Emma Tonks @EmmaT31, Waheeda Zaman discuss Cultural humility in CYP nurses As patient populations become more diverse, the intersection of multiple identities increasingly requires nurses to develop personal attributes of cultural humility and incorporate cultural competence

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2024

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Lindsay Nixon, administrator at Arbor Hospice, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Nurse Nacole

AUGUST 30, 2024

Category: Fundamentals Contraindications to amiodarone are severe sinus node dysfunction with marked sinus bradycardia or syncope, second- or third-degree heart block, known hypersensitivity, cardiogenic shock and severe chronic lung disease.

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Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2024

Arkansas-based Hospice of the Ozarks has launched a non-medical care training program to improve caregiving support. The hospice’s new Care Coaching program is being offered at no cost to family caregivers. Through the program, interdisciplinary staff use phone calls and in-person visits and assessments to assist caregivers who are navigating the needs of serious and terminally ill patients in the home.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2024

For many medical providers across the country, palliative care services can be an unknown option for several patients and their families. A few reasons for that are a lack of awareness surrounding the benefits of palliative care, as well as the misconceptions about what this type of care offers for patients. As such, the model can go underutilized for those who could benefit from it the most.

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