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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Kendra Coles

Minority Nurse

Kendra Coles, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM, NEA-BC, is a seasoned nursing leader with over 20 years of experience in the field. Coles is responsible for strategic planning, equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives and developing nurse leaders. Talk about your role in nursing. How long have you worked in the nursing field?

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Hospices Leverage Technology to Improve Patient, Employee Satisfaction, Reduce Turnover 

Hospice News

Hospice nurses pointed to this issue as their number-one concern about their jobs in a recent survey by The Amity Group. Nurses are saying, ‘I love being a hospice nurse. ’ I think we’re losing a lot of nurses because of this because their family is so unhappy.”

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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice News

Established in 2009, St. Our findings showed improvement in HCI measures which drive quality, including increased nursing and social work visits and time spent in the home to support patients and their loved ones and caregivers in the last seven days of life,” Nangle said. Even more importantly, it’s helping with staff satisfaction.

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Care Synergy Becomes National Center for Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program

Hospice News

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing launched CAPABLE in 2009 and since then has overseen the program nationally. Its affiliates include the Colorado Visiting Nurse Association (CVNA), The Denver Hospice, Pathways, and Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care, among others. .

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CommuniCare Health Services Acquires Transitional Care Company Stonerise

Hospice News

Founded in 1984, CommuniCare Health Services is a family-owned company that provides post-acute services including skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, behavioral health and long-term care. The company was established in 2009.

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Sangre de Cristo Taps New CEO, YoloCares Names Palliative Care Director

Hospice News

She served as director of compliance for Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care from 2001 to 2009. Egging has served as president of The Denver Hospice since 2009, where she led health information management, quality and compliance departments. This marks her return to the organization.

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BCEN’s Critical Care Ground Transport Nursing Certification Earns Accreditation 

Daily Nurse

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing’s (BCEN) Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) national board certification program for critical care ground transport nurses is now accredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC). Today, over 500 nurses hold the CTRN.

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