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Frontline Honors: Joseph Solien, PharmD, BCPP, BCGP, OnePoint Patient Care

Hospice News

Joseph Solien, PharmD, BCPP, BCGP, Vice President of Clinical Services at OnePoint Patient Care, has been named a 2024 Frontline Honors honoree by Hospice News. We even wrote up this case as a poster presentation for a national conference. Solien: Id like to make sure everyone knows about the benefits of hospice care!

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Awareness, Education Keys to Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

Hospice News

The third is moving away from a very medicalized approach and focusing on what conversations help us get informed on trauma in the past and present.” The impacts of trauma and abuse are important to include in staff training and education, as well as patient care delivery approaches and employee policies, Fisher stated.

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

Hospice News

Traumatized and abused hospice patients and providers often experience an array of lingering physical, emotional and psychological effects that can fall into a silent abyss of unmet needs. More than half (51.5%) of home care workers overall have experienced verbal aggression, while 24.7% Sexual harassment and aggression impacted 27.6%

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

AJN Off the Charts

Given this background about norovirus, there are specific actions that nurses can take to improve prevention and response: Promptly report gastrointestinal symptoms experienced by patients to the infection prevention and control department and partner to minimize risk to other patients and health care personnel.

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Growing Neuropalliative Care: Overcoming Barriers to Scale

Hospice News

“We had family care partner representatives who told us their stories and why it’s important to include them in our research. We were able to fund 13 junior investigators to come to Denver to present research into neuropalliative care.” To increase the number of specialists in the field, Daly said.

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Compassionate Care: 4 Ways Nurses Can Improve Patient Care

Daily Nurse

Compassion is more than being kind to patients or checking in regularly with folks with acute illnesses. Genuine compassion requires forward-thinking and careful planning. However, pursuing specialized credentials and further education is an excellent way for healthcare professionals to improve patient care quality.

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Why Practitioners Need to be More Informed About Infantile Spasms

Daily Nurse

Healthcare workers need to be informed on how to recognize the symptoms of infantile spasms and the necessary workup and treatment after an initial diagnosis. Staying Educated and Informed All healthcare workers are required to complete continuing medical education regularly.