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Voices: Deanna Heath, VP of Hospice and Palliative Care Services, KanTime

Hospice News

Deanna Heath: I have worked in the post-acute space since 2003 with a focus in hospice. The ability to present customer satisfaction scores, attention to HQRP measures and a means for providing quality hospice services in a cost-effective manner directly impacts those plans.

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The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps

1-800-HOSPICE

Doctors Isaac and Curtis presented this approach as a remedy for challenges in patient care being revealed by current research: The majority of patients in advanced disease states want to know their life expectancy, but only a minority of patients recall having such conversations with their doctors. 2003; 51 (10): 1398-1403.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

Pallimed

In November 2003, the Orlando Sentinel published a series of articles on OxyContin, exemplifying the media’s moral panic about opioids (12). Although this reduced Washington state’s Medicaid costs, it contributed “to the deaths of at least 2,173 people between 2003 and late 2011 (23, 25).”

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18 best books for nurses about grief, death and loss

The Nurse Break

Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion. At first they thought it was flu, then pneumonia, then complete sceptic shock.

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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

Nurse.com

Created in 2003, NAANA serves as a voice, network and resource for Arab American men and women in their pursuit of employment and advancement within the nursing profession. The association also provides awards to recognize fellow members as well as a scholarship program and grant opportunities. n-aana.org. Palliative Care. napnap.org.

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

Pallimed

Lewis PhD, Beverly Schechtman and Carrie Judy “I'm present. Their reporting prompted the state of Washington to “issue a public health advisory that singles out the unique risks of methadone” as contributing to the deaths of at least 2,173 people between 2003 and late 2011 (14). Kollas MD, Terri A. Uh … I do have a conflict.

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100 Men in Nursing – amazing male nurses, midwives and students

The Nurse Break

I was a Civil Engineer for six years but made the move to nursing for the many pathways and opportunities it presents, as well as a better work/life balance. I have been an RN since 2003. All men should consider Nursing as a career because of the flexibility, and opportunities that the career presents. Mental Health Nursing.

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