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The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps

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Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Outcomes of prognostic disclosure: associations with prognostic understanding, distress, and relationship with physician among patients with advanced cancer. J Clin Oncol. 10.1200/JCO.2015.61.9239.

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Palliative Care Conference: A Discussion with nVoq

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In 2015, he was diagnosed with Crohn’s, had three surgeries pretty quickly within a year and was homebound for about nine months. I think we’re coming a long way. My story is that in addition to running a hospice and palliative care program, I have a child with a chronic disease. It needs to be a part of what we do.

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Mental Health Nursing Fast-Growing Field With Diverse Possibilities

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You can care for pediatric patients, students, adults, or geriatric patients. PMHNP programs have nearly doubled over the past eight years (with 208 programs in 2021, up from 114 programs in 2015). “We You might decide to specialize in a certain condition — addiction, trauma, disaster recovery, or mood disorders.

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Nurses With DNP Degree Are Sorely Needed in Health Care and Education

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They also can specialize in providing care for specific populations, from birth to geriatrics. master’s level nursing programs would change to DNP preparation by 2015, according to a paper published in Nursing Outlook in 2020. This 2015 goal wasn’t met, but DNP programs in the U.S. AACN went so far as to set a goal that U.S.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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By 2015 that number increased to 4% of US adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. Donovan Maust is a geriatric psychiatrist and health services researcher at the University of Michigan. Summary Transcript Summary Gabapentin is the 10th most prescribed drug in the United States and use is increasing. Oh, we should also plug your podcast.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

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She’s Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Krista Harrison, who is a Health Policy Researcher, an Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF Division of Geriatrics.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. Who do we have with us today? Katie, welcome back to GeriPal.