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CMS Ramps Up Efforts to Root Out ‘Door Knocker’ Hospice Schemes

Hospice News

CMS’ Centers of Program Integrity has ramped up Medicare beneficiary education efforts designed to help identify fraudsters, according to Thomas Pryor, nurse consultant and program lead of CMS’ Hospice Survey and Certification. The agency anticipates more communication efforts to unfold on the horizon, he indicated.

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Norovirus, a Formidable and Underappreciated Hazard: What Nurses Need to Know

AJN Off the Charts

A symptomatic nurse or health care worker can unknowingly spread the virus to multiple patients through direct contact or via contaminated surfaces. Nursing considerations for prevention and response. Be aware of illness present in local communities.

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3 Ways Nurses Can Better Support Their Autistic Patients

Daily Nurse

Many nurses have expressed worry about navigating an experience assisting autistic patients because of these barriers. Nurses can also relay compassion and understanding to patients to make them feel as if they’re in a safe space. It also provides information on everything from adult transition to emotional regulation.

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Growing the nursing workforce in the United Kingdom: Aspiration and reality

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

The nursing workforce in the United Kingdom (UK) has been under capacity for a long time [1]. According to the latest published figures from NHS Digital (2024) [2], there are currently 34,709 qualified nursing vacancies in England. Introduction This week’s blog is by Rebecca Garcia and Irtiza Qureshi.

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VNS Health Develops AI Methodology for Palliative Care Patient Assessments

Hospice News

VNS Health staff, with lead researcher Rutgers University Assistant Professor Elizabeth Luth, presented their findings at the recent International Nurse Informatics Conference. ”We Bowles is also a professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Future-Proofing Healthcare: The Unexpected Tools Enhancing Nurse Efficiency

Daily Nurse

Healthcare faces growing demands, and nurses often manage the brunt of them. It’s common for nurses to have to juggle heavy workloads, complex patient needs, and time-intensive tasks every day they clock in. AI also supports nurses with decision-making by offering evidence-based recommendations tailored to individual patients.

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Fostering a culture of research: Lessons from advisory sessions with nursing students

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Through advisory sessions with nursing students from ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities, we gathered insights about the barriers and enablers to research participation to inform the planning of future research engagement activities, while also helping to build a stronger research culture within nursing education.

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