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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

Hospice News

They’ve found their clinical backgrounds gave them valuable perspective as they worked to strike a balance between their patients and their workforce. I became a registered nurse in 2012 and received my nurse practitioner degree in 2017. We’re starting small to be able to manage patients coming to us.

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Laura Cheng Discusses an Endocrine Nursing Career

Minority Nurse

In 2012, I received a diagnosis of a rare endocrine disorder known as Acromegaly and had to learn how to grapple with the complexities of a rare hormonal condition, in addition to caring for my twins who I had given birth to a year prior. How does technology help patient care in endocrine nursing and do you see advances?

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. Scott: You can’t say you, Alex Smith, are prohibited from getting palliative care. Panelists Kate Courtright and Scott Halpern have no relationships to disclose.