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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

Hospice News

“About a year ago, we did a kind of a deep dive into some of our challenges, and we realized that we needed to do a new staffing model, one that would attract dedicated, experienced hospice nurses,” Kalvaitis said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “So We were able to hire nurses.

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

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Registered Nurse Adults, Patient Safety Support Nurse, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Florence Nightingale Travel Scholar; Twitter: @Mandeep_Lally @FNightingaleF Nursing shift handovers may seem like such a basic and simple task which is embedded in the skills of every nurse.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Elodia Mercier

Minority Nurse

For almost 40 years as the Director of Nursing for Throughput Operations at Montefiore Health System in New York, Elodia Mercier, RNC, MS, has been advancing patient care and creating and defining new roles for fellow nurses and other providers. Talk about your role in nursing. How long have you worked in nursing?

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Developing the future workforce through a fast – track process of entry into year two of BSc Mental health and Learning Disability Nursing; The ASPIRE project

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

The level 4 Care Certificate 3 aided the “grow your own” concept by providing a mandatory qualification that standardised practice of healthcare support staff. The level 4 Care Certificate 3 aided the “grow your own” concept by providing a mandatory qualification that standardised practice of healthcare support staff.

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Holistic Healers: The Value of Wound Care Nurses

Nurse.com

To some, wound care nursing may evoke discomfort. Currently, there are 8,627 nurses certified in wound care through the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB). The role of a wound care nurse is critical. Wound care nurses educate on holistic perspectives too.

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Violence and Danger in the Healthcare Workplace

Daily Nurse

It’s no secret that nurses and other healthcare professionals face the daily danger of infection, back injuries, falls, needlesticks, and other on-the-job hazards. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers put themselves at grave risk to care for critically ill patients, and some paid with their lives.

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Healthy Workforce Top Articles and Podcasts from 2023

Healthy Workforce Institute

Healthy Workforce’s Top Articles in 2023 I’ve been blogging and writing articles since I started this company in 2011. You’ll learn 3 strategies to help you acknowledge the frustrations of your experienced nurses while also creating a learning culture – not a blaming one.

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