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Executive Shifts at Amedisys, AMOREM, VITAS; Compassus, Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoint New Clinical Leaders

Hospice News

Prior to Hospice of the Chesapeake, Sherman in 2018 launched Maryland Concierge Primary Care LLC, an adult primary care and medical weight management company. He has more than 25 years of health care experience, including a role as assistant medical director at Compassus from 2010 to 2017.

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Culture, Compensation, Education Are Keys to Hospice Chaplain Turnover

Hospice News

“When someone is overwhelmed, it is impossible for them to provide quality care.”. On average, the tenures of more than a third of hospice chaplains in the United States lasted only one to two years between 2010 and 2019, according to research from Zippia. A shrinking labor pool.

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Hospice of the Panhandle Taps New CEO; New Strategy Director Appointed at Unity Hospice

Hospice News

She began as a nurse at the hospice in 2010, and started her career at Berkeley Medical Center in 2008 as a primary nurse and charge nurse in the progressive care unit. She has more than 26 years of nursing experience, working in surgical and cardiac intensive care units in hospital settings for a decade before turning to hospice.

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Bedside Handovers: An efficient, reliable, and inclusive Nursing handover process

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

My observations made from the nursing handovers I witnessed, were that they followed a structured approach, and the content of handover provided were inclusive of the patient, when happening at the bedside. and to do a safety scan at the bedside if the patient has any other equipment or attachments that needed checking.

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2023 Hike for Hope Results

Hope Hospice

2023 Hike for Hope Exceeds Goal With $153k Raised Fundraiser benefits Hope Hospice patient care and community programs DUBLIN, CA – Despite drizzly weather, nearly 850 supporters of Hope Hospice gathered at Del Valle Regional Park on May 6 for the nonprofit organization’s signature Hike for Hope.

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SCAN Group CEO Sachin Jain: Medicare Could Use a Major Facelift

Hospice News

This year, the company announced plans to combine with Care Oregon, a Medicaid-focused payer organization, and earlier this year it began participating in the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model demo in early 2023. ​​In In 2010 and 2011, he was a special advisor to then U.S.

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Should You Become a Nurse Practitioner?

Nurse.com

For Kapu, a holistic approach to patient care is basic to nursing practice at all levels, “taking into consideration…where [patients] live, where they work, their transportation, their access.” According to Kapu, 89% of new NPs are certified in primary care. This same holistic lens shapes the NP role.

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