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Finding the Right Clinical Rotations: A Guide for NP Students

Daily Nurse

Clinical rotations are a crucial bridge between classroom theory and real-world practice for NP students. These experiences are far more than educational checkpointsthey’re the foundation upon which your entire advanced practice nursing career will be built. According to a 2023 cross-sectional study published in Nursing Reports, 93.7% of advanced practice nurses agreed that clinical experience significantly contributes to the development of professional competence and nursing identity.

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Value-Based Palliative Care Moving Toward Risk-Based Models

Hospice News

Risk-based contracts may be the future of palliative care reimbursement as Medicare Advantage continues to ascend. The simple term value-based care belies its complexity. The term can refer to any number of payment models that are designed to reduce total cost of care and improve outcomes. While most palliative care remains locked in the fee-for-service realm, most value-based organizations like MA plans are moving towards it, according to Dr.

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Avoid the Nursing School Freefall: How to Build Your Safety Net Early

Minority Nurse

I believed I could handle it all when I started nursing school as an adult student. I had managed work, kids, and prerequisite classes beforeso nursing school would be no different, right? I quickly learned I was wrong. Nursing school requires a completely different mindset. It is not just about memorizing factsit is about developing critical thinking, managing your time, and knowing when to ask for help.

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Back in My Day: Wild Nursing Practices That Actually Happened in Australia

The Nurse Break

Nursing practices in Australia have come a long way. And depending on whether you trained in the country, in a major city, or somewhere in between, you likely had a very different experience. Nurses from rural outposts to inner-city hospitals have shared their jaw-dropping, hilarious, and at times shocking memories from a time before digital obs, before disposable everything, and long before OH&S was a household phrase.

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The Essential Guide to Secure Messaging in Healthcare

Discover everything healthcare providers need to know about secure messaging. Covering essential topics like HIPAA compliance, communication efficiency, and patient privacy protection, this resource is indispensable for professionals, caregivers, and administrative staff alike.📱 💬 Whether managing sensitive patient data, coordinating care teams, or streamlining workflows, discover actionable insights to implement secure messaging solutions effectively.

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Celebrating Patient Experience Week

AT Home Care & Hospice

Every April, Patient Experience Week gives us the opportunity to recognize the vital role that medical professionals and healthcare partners play in ensuring a smooth, compassionate, and high-quality experience for patients during critical times of need. As a trusted home health care provider, we deeply value our partnership with referral sources like you– because together, The post Celebrating Patient Experience Week appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Celebrating Patient Experience Week

Adobe Hospice & Home Health

Every April, Patient Experience Week gives us the opportunity to recognize the vital role that medical professionals and healthcare partners play in ensuring a smooth, compassionate, and high-quality experience for patients during critical times of need. As a trusted home health care provider, we deeply value our partnership with referral sources like you– because together, The post Celebrating Patient Experience Week appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Critical Care Nursing

Nurse Nacole

Category: Critical Care Nursing The term hypertensive urgency has been historically used to describe critically elevated blood pressure (>180/110 mm Hg) without evidence for acute and progressive dysfunction of target organs.

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In Grief: When Partners Are Mourning Separate Losses

Grief Healing Blog

If you want to support others you have to stay upright yourself. ~ Peter Hoeg A reader writes: I am at a loss with things right now and I really need some help. My partner's dad is dying and on the advice of his doctor he has been placed in hospice care. My mom passed 4 months ago today and I am still numb from that. I'm still not knowing how to handle my own grief, and now here I am with my partner and his family going thru this themselves.

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Hospice Owner Facing Imprisonment for Wage Fixing, Wire Fraud

Hospice News

A federal jury has convicted Eduardo Lopez, a former Nevada hospice executive, for his involvement in a wage-fixing conspiracy, as well as five counts of wire fraud. Potential sentencing includes several years of imprisonment and millions in criminal fees. Lopez in 2023 was charged with agreeing to suppress and eliminate competition for home health and hospice nursing services between March 2016 and May 2019.

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