Diversity Nursing
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Becoming a Nurse is a rewarding yet challenging career path. It’s a calling filled with moments of joy, frustration, and constant learning. While Nursing school does its best to prepare you, there are many things you can only learn through experience. If you’re considering a career in Nursing or are just starting out, here are some things I wish I had known before stepping into this field.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Balancing rising demand with recruitment and retention tops the list of palliative care providers’ concerns heading into next year. Nearly nearly 800 palliative care program leaders and interdisciplinary team members from across the country recently weighed in on a survey from the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). Respondents included both adult and pediatric palliative care providers who provided feedback on their 2025 outlook in the organization’s first iteration of its annual Palliati
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Diversity Nursing
OCTOBER 2, 2024
October 2, 2024 RALEIGH, N.C. – With recovery efforts just beginning in western North Carolina, the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) and the North Carolina Foundation for Nursing (NCFN) have launched a campaign to financially assist nurses impacted by Helene. The NCFN – Nurse Recovery Fund is designed to quickly distribute money directly to nurses suffering from loss or damages due to catastrophic flooding, wind, or landslides in the western parts of North Carolina.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Palliative care providers face a host of legal and regulatory challenges when seeking to expand patients’ access to certain controlled substances. Providing therapeutic- and medically-guided patient experiences involves a deep understanding of compliance with evolving laws and safe utilization. Drugs that fall into the realm of federally controlled substances include cannabis, ketamine, MDMA and psychedelics such as psilocybin and LSD, among others.
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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.
Adobe Hospice & Home Health
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Health Literacy Month: Partnering for Patient Care Excellence Understanding Home Health Care: A Vital Resource for Patient Well-being In the landscape of patient care, home health is an essential service that offers a seamless continuum of care, particularly for patients transitioning from acute care settings to their homes. As a home health care provider, we The post Partnering for Patient Care Excellence appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 2, 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]. Stephanie Skaggs, product lead for Medalogix, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News.
Home Care & Hospice Network brings together the best content for professionals in the home care and hospice care industries from the widest variety of thought leaders.
AT Home Care & Hospice
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Health Literacy Month: Partnering for Patient Care Excellence Understanding Home Health Care: A Vital Resource for Patient Well-being In the landscape of patient care, home health is an essential service that offers a seamless continuum of care, particularly for patients transitioning from acute care settings to their homes. As a home health care provider, we The post Partnering for Patient Care Excellence appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.
Changing Lives Podcast
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Join us on November 21 2024 from 7:00 pm for the Shining Star Society Casino Night at the National Air Force Museum in Trenton. Hospice Quinte is holding our first Shining Star Society event to raise funds to help support our mission. With the purchase of a ticket, attendees to this red-carpet event will receive chips to play several casino style games including roulette, craps, blackjack, and poker.
Adobe Hospice & Home Health
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Health Literacy and Hospice Care: Enhancing Understanding Among Healthcare Professionals Understanding Hospice Care: A Critical Component of Health Literacy Health literacy plays a vital role in ensuring that patients and caregivers can make informed decisions about hospice care. Despite advancements in healthcare, misconceptions about hospice persist, often leading to delayed referrals and missed opportunities for The post Health Literacy and Hospice appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home H
AT Home Care & Hospice
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Health Literacy and Hospice Care: Enhancing Understanding Among Healthcare Professionals Understanding Hospice Care: A Critical Component of Health Literacy Health literacy plays a vital role in ensuring that patients and caregivers can make informed decisions about hospice care. Despite advancements in healthcare, misconceptions about hospice persist, often leading to delayed referrals and missed opportunities for The post Health Literacy and Hospice appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice
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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.
Daily Nurse
OCTOBER 2, 2024
A third-generation nurse, Keegan Wells has always had nursing in his blood. His mother and grandmother paved the way in the field, and his grandmother’s intuition sparked his nursing career. Transitioning from a path in English to one in nursing, Wells found his calling in this caring profession. Now a telemetry nurse at the University of Iowa Health Care , Wells is following in his family’s footsteps and thriving in an environment that feels like a second family.
Hospice Promise
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Myth: Hospice means giving up. Truth: The hospice benefit empowers patients and families with choices. The hospice team serves as educators, guides, and supporters, focusing on palliative care and helping everyone prepare for the journey ahead. Let’s embrace the truth and the support that hospice truly offers. Together, we can ensure comfort, dignity, and quality of life for those in our care.
Healthcare Law Insights podcast
OCTOBER 2, 2024
UPIC activity is picking up, and the UPICs are reviving some old tactics. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki continue the discussion on these trends which include extrapolation, Medicaid nursing home room and board payments, patient interviews, and more. Meg and Bryan also describe some handouts they’ve developed to help hospices stay prepared for the inevitable audit.
Nurse Nacole
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Category: Critical Care Nursing After intubation, additional neuromuscular blocking agents should generally be used only when poor ventilator synchrony interferes with ventilation sedation and analgesia. This may be particularly true in patients with ARDS.
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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.
Palliverse
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Photo by Harry Quan on Unsplash She looked familiar but I couldn’t place her. Her dress was made of fabric which included all the colours of the rainbow. She said she wanted to tell us all a story and that she would try not to cry. My husband knew he was dying, we both did. He was trying to decide which song to have played at his funeral. Somewhere over the rainbow came to mind but he couldn’t decide.
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