Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Tightened regulation in the hospice space has led to longer, more stringent diligence processes when it comes to buying and selling provider companies. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has honed in on hospice program integrity through a number of new regulations, including some in the agency’s 2024 hospice final rule. The regulations focused on Medicare enrollment in an effort to stifle unethical or illegal activity in the space.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 8, 2024

In the setting of acute care, immediate intervention is essential when critically ill patients decompensate. These situations require highly trained experts who can do the job while remaining calm under pressure. Enter the rapid response nurse. Rapid Response Nursing “Contrary to common misconceptions, rapid response nursing isn’t solely about dashing from one Code Blue to another,” says Sarah Lorenzini, MSN-ED, RN, CCRN, CEN , a rapid response nurse, educator, and host of the Rapid Response

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Variations in hospice certificate of need (CON) state laws are raising program integrity concerns. However, this coin has two sides. CONs have a big role to play when it comes to quality and utilization, according to Susan Ponder-Stansel, president and CEO of Florida-based Alivia Care. “What ends up happening in states without CON is actually lower hospice utilization with way too many hospices in one service area, and often fragmented care without all four levels of hospice offered,” Ponder-Sta

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Diversity Nursing

MARCH 8, 2024

It takes a special person with specific attributes to be a great Nurse. Great Nurses bring their best qualities into the profession to enhance the healthcare team and promote positive patient outcomes. Here are 10 attributes needed to be a great Nurse! High-Quality Communication Skills: A great Nurse must be proficient in effective communication. Nurses are often the liaison between doctors, patients, and families, so they must be able to convey information clearly to avoid errors or miscommunic

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Arizona-based Phoenix Children’s Hospital has developed a pediatric hospice and palliative care fellowship program that is positively impacting access to these services. An important piece of pediatric palliative clinical education involves developing a deep level of communication skills to help families navigate complicated decision making around serious illness care, according to Dr.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

MARCH 8, 2024

We are sorry to inform you that the upcoming 13 th World Research Congress of the EAPC, 16 – 18 May 2024, in Barcelona, Spain has now reached full capacity, and the registration process is now closed. Unfortunately, we are restricted on the number of participants by the capacity of the venue. We are very sorry to disappoint those who wished to attend but have not yet registered for the event.

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Palliverse

MARCH 8, 2024

Photo by Dorrell Tibbs on Unsplash In a conversation with a grief counselling provider the other week we talked about the grief process not just occurring after a person has died but occurring during their final illness. The person themselves will grieve over the losses they experience as they become sicker. The parts of their self that die as worsening health takes its toll on a person and their loved ones.

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Nurse Nacole

MARCH 8, 2024

Category: Fundamentals A tension pneumothorax occurs when an injury creates a one-way “flap valve” mechanism that allows air into the pleural space with inspiration but then closes with expiration and traps the air.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Evolutions in reproductive health laws may have reverberating impacts on the demand and delivery of perinatal hospice care. Perinatal hospice care is provided to families choosing to continue a pregnancy following a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis indicating a high risk of mortality before or shortly after birth. This care includes emotional, spiritual and medical support to families navigating the complexities of a terminal illness.

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