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Hospices Leverage Technology to Improve Patient, Employee Satisfaction, Reduce Turnover 

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Hospice nurses pointed to this issue as their number-one concern about their jobs in a recent survey by The Amity Group. Nurses are saying, ‘I love being a hospice nurse. A frequent goal is reducing the amount of time spent on documentation. But my family doesn’t love it because I’m never there.

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Guaranteed Taps SVP of Strategic Growth; Nurses Step Into C-Suite at Hospice of the Piedmont, Hudson Valley Hospice

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Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff. Additional services include medical equipment assistance, a telehospice program, and music, reiki and pet therapies, among others.

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Adventist Health Expands Hospice Footprint, Services in California

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AHHMC offers services exclusively in the home setting, but plans to provide care in local nursing facilities and among inpatients at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital, according to Miller. The program now is staffed by one full-time and one part-time hospice nurse, as well as a chaplain, home health aides, and a medical social worker.

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Hospices Struggle to Balance Costs, Patient Needs in Medication Deprescribing

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“We have a patient on a heart medicine that we’ll bring to hospice, but they have to come off of that heart medicine in two weeks. is too expensive for the hospice to pay for. Reinvesting cost savings CMS has a role to play in addressing this issue, according to Dr. Monisha Pujari, medical director for Longleaf Hospice.

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5 Tips to Stop Feeling Incompetent for New Hospice Nurses

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If you’re a new hospice nurse, you might feel overwhelmed. You may also wonder if your prior nursing experience is enough. Before you settle into those feelings too much, you might want to explore these 5 tips to help you stop feeling incompetent as a new hospice nurse. Common Feelings of New Hospice Nurses.

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Two CEOs Retire, Three Hospice Leadership Teams Grow

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She became a hospice nurse for By the Bay Health in 1996, then named Hospice of Marin, taking on various roles in clinical leadership throughout her more than 27-year tenure. “It Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp. Comfort has been Calvary Hospital’s COO since 2019.

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Stoneridge Hospice Owner Rollie Seebert: Hospices Help Address the ‘Demographic Tsunami’

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My wife was a nurse in emergency medicine for several years, and my niece was a long-time hospice nurse. We set out to provide patients in the greater Phoenix area with the best possible hospice care that they can get. It comes with hiring the right medical directors and clinicians to make sure patients are eligible.

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