Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Understanding and supporting the well-being of interdisciplinary team members represents a “key concern” when it comes to the ability to provide quality end-of-life and serious illness care, according to researchers in a 2022 study published in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

I got a question then, because I see one in 12 nursing home patients with dementia are placed on thickened liquids. I think it’s around one in 12 nursing home patients But it’s a lot. And so yeah, it’s really like a call to action for people to start working on this. Eric: Oh yeah.

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Diversity Nursing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The median Nurse response time was 24 seconds. While further study is needed, I do believe there is an opportunity for these socks to be used in inpatient hospital settings, Nursing homes and rehab facilities," said Tammy Moore, PhD, RN, senior study author and Associate Chief Nurse of Ohio State’s Neurological Institute.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. We’ve had to adjust to employees working from home and what that meant for hospice. It’s all in how to handle different situations.

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Diversity Nursing

MAY 1, 2023

Nurses who work gig shifts have the flexibility to choose when and where they work, and they can often earn a higher hourly rate than they would in a traditional full-time position. Healthcare facilities can use gig shifts to fill staffing gaps or to cover unexpected absences, ensuring that patient care is not compromised.

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Top nurse work environments 1. Hospitals Nurses working in the hospital environment directly oversee and administer patient care plans. Typically, nurses spend time with and balance the care of several patients simultaneously.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Nurses always seem to show up where and when they’re needed. Of course, they staff emergency rooms, ICUs, home health care agencies, community health clinics, and nursing homes worldwide, but they show up elsewhere, too.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

What inspired you to become a nurse? When my siblings and I were younger, on the weekends, she would take us to visit the residents at the nursing home where she worked. This fueled a lifelong passion for caring for others and giving back at an early age. My healthcare journey was influenced early on by my mother.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 28, 2022

Lorraine Toderdash, Senior Product Manager at AlayaCare was invited to Home Care Pulse’s podcast, Vision: The Home Care Leaders Podcast, [ see the full episode here ] to discuss how to improve your care plans to increase engagement, accountability, and ultimately improve patient care.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 29, 2022

Lorraine Toderdash, Senior Product Manager at AlayaCare was invited to Home Care Pulse’s podcast, Vision: The Home Care Leaders Podcast, [ see full episode here ] to discuss how to improve your care plans to increase engagement, accountability, and ultimately improve patient care.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 18, 2023

Nurse charting’s growing role Overcoming documentation challenges is key in the acute care setting, where charting is taking an even more prominent role in patient care and safety , according to Natalia Cineas, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive at New York City (NYC) Health and Hospitals.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Nurse specialists and nurse generalists are both common within the nursing profession and 21st-century healthcare, and both serve important purposes in patient care as well as non-clinical settings. What are the repercussions for your nursing career? And how can one accomplish both?

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Nurses are leaving direct care — and dissatisfaction with outdated staffing models may be a big reason why. How can you provide safe, efficient patient care and meet the evolving needs of nurses? Innovative nurse staffing models can be the answer. Nurses are thriving with these novel staffing models.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

And three years ago, I entered Robert Morris University’s BSN-DNP program to become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. As a nurse, I have worked in an acute care setting caring for lung transplant patients. What is the most significant challenge facing nursing today?

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 18, 2022

You’ve expanded your nursing career to begin your own business. How did you decide to make the leap as a nurse entrepreneur? I can further elaborate… Bedside nurses still have problems with staging pressure injuries and implementing proper preventative measures.

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Nurse.com

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Once you’ve had your first job as a registered nurse (RN), clinical rotations and externships no longer need to be listed. If you’re already a licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse (LPN/LVN), certified nursing assistant (CNA), or patient care technician with recent experience, it’s not necessary to list clinical rotations.

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Traditions Health

JUNE 17, 2024

Generally, these professionals offer personal health care and support to patients in their homes. These services include providing a safe and clean environment and collaborating with patients in their care. Nursing assistants help care teams in hospitals, nursing homes, home health and hospice situations, and more.

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This, in turn, results in better patient care, improved clinical outcomes, higher patient and employee satisfaction, and enhanced retention rates, she added. Attire and presence are aspects of professional attitudes and behaviors and instrumental in building strong interdisciplinary relationships, according to Graves.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In some DNP programs, you can choose a clinical nurse specialist or educator track, or you can choose to focus on direct patient care as an expert clinician. Your DNP program will provide a much deeper dive into the theory and science driving evidence-based advanced nursing practice.

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Diversity Nursing

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Depending on the size of the camp, Nurses could be required to work alone or as part of a team, making critical decisions on patient care. Dialysis Nurse. Dialysis Nurses work with patients suffering from kidney diseases and illnesses.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 19, 2023

I was unsure if I would be an effective nurse,” she says. “ I shared my concerns with my mother, an ICU nurse at the VA then. Nurses are needed to help guide policy, and the information is particularly validating to listeners when it comes from a nurse with a disability.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 6, 2024

They can prescribe medication and provide psychotherapy to their patients. Psychiatrists often work in hospitals, clinics, private practice, nursing homes, government agencies, and correctional facilities. They may collaborate with other healthcare professionals, such as psychiatric nurses , psychologists, and social workers.

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Nurse.com

MAY 18, 2022

When a nurse licensee challenges a board of nursing discipline, the licensee often bases the case on a violation of his or her due process rights. In the following case, an LPN fought a board of nursing order revoking her license. Expired Medications Discovered by ED Nurse. Jenny, an LPN, worked for a nursing home.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 10, 2023

After a hospitalization, home healthcare enables patients to recover where they feel most comfortable: in their homes. Nurses visit patients to provide care to keep them at home, given that hospital readmissions cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $41 billion each year.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 26, 2022

First, like all nurses, hospice nurses are required to document ALL patient care. Inaccurate and inconsistent documentation is a red flag and could have a negative impact on your patients, your license, and your agency. Related Article: 3 Common Mistakes Hospice Nurses Make and How to Avoid Them. Conclusion.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As background, we discuss Manju Kurella Tamura’s landmark NEJM paper that found, contrary to expectations, that function declines precipitously for nursing home residents who initiate dialysis. If the purpose of initiating dialysis is improving function – our complex, frail, older patients are likely to be disappointed.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

At such a vulnerable time, it is important for families to have a resource like a patient care unit right in their backyard. AMOREM provides comfort and understanding in ensuring that their compassionate and incredibly skilled nurses are there to support patients and families. Is this [facility] ever going to happen?

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Yael Shenkers negative study of primary palliative care for cancer , Randy Curtiss negative study of a Vital Talk-ish intervention , Lieve Van den Blocks negative study of primary PC in nursing homes. The patients coming in changed, admission rate changed, the resources in the community changed. Corita 18:47 I know.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The inpatient cap limits the number of days of inpatient care for which Medicare will pay to 20% of a hospice’s total Medicare patient care days, according to OIG. GIP is used for acute symptom management that cannot be addressed in the home or other setting, according to Hold-Weiss.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes. Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Karl Steinberg, he’s a palliative care doc and a geriatrician. He’s been a hospice and nursing home director.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

Ultimately, it comes down to our commitment to providing incredible patient care, introducing new ways for family members and caregivers to receive support, and developing our partnerships to ensure we live up to our name.” ” St. Croix Hospice : Regional powerhouse with local roots Minnesota-based St. Croix Hospice St.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2023

While working in family medicine, hospitals and nursing homes, he started “moonlighting” in hospice, which ultimately took his career in a new direction. When I saw what hospice does in that team approach to care, I really drew that correlation between what my ancestors had done in starting the Mayo Clinic,” Mayo told Hospice News.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Eric: Just for the aging population, what about long-term care? Eric: Who manages, once a day, methadone once they’re admitted to a nursing home? Katie: Well, I think you’re assuming that they’re accepting them to nursing homes, which is usually the first stop sign. Katie: Yep. Jessie: Yep.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2022

About 30% to 50% of home health and hospice transactions in 2021 involved private equity, according to the M&A advisory firm The Braff Group. With this growing influence comes renewed scrutiny about their impact on patient care, federal policymakers have indicated. That ends on my watch,” Biden said. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.)

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

And typically, in the education around facilitating those conversations, we’re focused on eliciting goals and what are that individual’s goals of care and how does that direct the plan right now, knowing that some of those decisions, even if you make a choice now aren’t actually going to come into play for days, weeks, months.

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