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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

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Organized in 1971 and incorporated in 1972, NBNA represents about 200,000 African American nurses. The association’s mission includes providing a forum for black nurses to advocate for and implement strategies to ensure access to the highest quality of healthcare for persons of color. Chinese American Nurses Association (CANA).

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

Hospice News

These include providers such as the Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) subsidiary Contessa, Compassus, Chemed Corp (NYSE: CHE) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare and Trinity Health, among many others. This presents a challenge for hospices as rampant inflation drives many clinicians to take jobs that can offer them higher compensation.

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Breaking the Silence: The Mounting Need for Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

Hospice News

These statistics point to a staggering level of trauma, said Carole Fisher, president of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). Carole Fisher, president, National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation Experiencing violence, trauma or abuse at any point in a lifespan can come with long-term effects.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

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Heather Coats is hard at work establishing the evidence base for the power of capturing patient stories in healthcare settings, for those health systems that need a little more convincing. . Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. Wonderful work. Every Veteran has a story.

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

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Alex Smith Links Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care , Michael Kearney as initial presenter, and registration for future events. Palliative Medicine – Just Another Specialty? You’re talking about a paradigm shift in healthcare. Is that how we presented ourselves?

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Hospices’ 2024 Public Policy Priorities 

Hospice News

The bill’s language has since been bundled into a larger piece of legislation, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. Due to the manner in which the data is captured (or excluded in particular), we believe that the current proposed system will not present a clear picture of quality.”

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Plenary Abstracts at AAHPM/HPNA: Yael Schenker, Na Ouyang, Marie Bakitas

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Summary Transcript CME Summary In todays podcast we were delighted to be joined by the presenters of the top scientific abstracts for the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine ( AAHPM ) and the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Nurses Association ( HPNA ). Eric 00:42 Great.