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Longleaf Medical Director: Hospice Care Needs a ‘Revolution’ 

Hospice News

In 2014, I made the jump fully to hospice. If I need to do a ventilator on someone, if we need to have a BiPAP, or non-invasive ventilation, or if we need different modalities, those will be done. In 2014, I made the jump fully to hospice. That’s the bare bones of it. There are different ways to manage things.

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How Family Tragedy Led To Perispinal Etanercept Treatment Research

The Nurse Break

Joel was diagnosed with a catastrophic brain injury and after 2 weeks in ICU on a ventilator, he was moved in a comatose state to the same Children’s ward where I had worked as an RN, 10 years previously. Joel had three PSE treatments in the US in 2014. Broncos supporters Coralie and Joel.

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Meet Nicole Reid, Poison Control Nurse

Minority Nurse

With the support of my colleagues at NCPC, I was able to qualify and I passed the exam in 2014 on my first attempt. I developed bilateral pneumonia and was hospitalized but thankfully not put on a ventilator. It usually requires 5-10 years of study and portfolio-building to qualify.

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