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How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle

Hospice News

These results appeared in a 2019 New England Journal of Medicine study titled “Rehabbed to Death.” Additionally, among beneficiaries who died between 2006 and 2011, one in eight toggled between a hospital and an SNF during their final year of life, the study found.

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Advocating for Critical Care Transport Nurses

Minority Nurse

Ground transport nurses began taking the Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) certification when it was introduced in 2006. This July will mark the 30th anniversary of the Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN). Today, there are more than 5,500 CFRNs and more than 450 CTRNs in the United States.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

J Am Geriatr Soc. AFP 2019 Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain in adults. 2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Donovan Maust is a geriatric psychiatrist and health services researcher at the University of Michigan. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Review. Annals of IM. This is Eric Widera.