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Care Leavers – a hidden health inequality

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Health inequalities is not a new problem, as outlined in the Marmot Review 2010 (7). The Marmot Review in 2010 (7) identified six policy objectives to reduce heath inequalities, which included that a child deserves “the best start in life” and enabled to “maximise their capabilities and have control over their lives”.

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

Hospice News

She has also presented and published literature on the different types of supportive services, including palliative, hospice, acute and post-acute care. He served in the same role prior to that at Optum Hospice since 2010. Howe has more than 14 years of experience in hospice. He was previously medical director at Compassus since 2017.

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False Claims Act Update: A Mid-Year Review (2023)

Healthcare Law Insights blog

The Court explained that if the Government offers a reasonable argument for why the burdens of continued litigation outweigh the benefits, the court should grant the motion, even if the relator presents a credible assessment to the contrary. Oncology, Inc. ,

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Hospitals with the Most Vulnerable Maternity Patients Understaffed with Nurses

Minority Nurse

Adherence to guidelines was particularly high for specific stages of labor, including a nurse being continuously present at the bedside during second-stage labor (93.3%) and one-on-one care during epidural initiation (84.1%). Nurses play a central role in the 3.6 million births in U.S. hospitals each year.

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Setting up a National Community of Practice for Internationally Educated Professional Nurse Advocates

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Research has highlighted that regular restorative clinical supervision (RCS) offers significant health benefits to healthcare professionals and supports retention ( Davenport, 2013 ; Wallbank, 2010 ). Group members collectively agreed the definition of IEN to be culturally and linguistically diverse nurses who trained overseas or in the UK.

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“Don’t talk your business”: Big and small actions to promote Black Women’s engagement with healthcare.

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Each issue presents, and is perpetuated, in everyday healthcare encounters. Edge, D & MacKian, S 2010, ‘Ethnicity and mental health encounters in primary care: help-seeking and help-giving for perinatal depression among Black Caribbean women in the UK’, Ethnicity & health, vol.

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SCM – Life-long Learning

Palliverse

Time for reflection was provided when I presented my findings to tutors and this also involved review of video footage of assessments. They would all come back together to present their information to each other. One or more members of the team could be present either in person or virtually in a more collaborative approach.

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