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Georgia Hospital Improves Organ Donation Process

Daily Nurse

A series of organ donation presentations in 2018 and 2019 provided staff education. The number of organ referrals doubled, from 169 in 2015 to 320 in 2021. The number of organ donors in 2021 was 31, with more than 22 donors in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

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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. Worswick took a similar circuitous route at Paradigm Health since she joined the company in 2015, holding roles such as physical therapist and administrator.

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

In the United States, about 177,360 children have conditions that warrant palliative care on an annual basis, according to the 2015 report “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” published by the National Academies Press.

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A Non-Expert with Expertise: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Testimony from Highly Sophisticated Professional Employees in Federal Court

Healthcare Law Insights blog

And either designation presents potentially significant risks. Courts must consider whether the testimony relies on expertise or specialized knowledge, and whether the facts presented are a result of mere tabulation versus extensive calculations. 13-1664 (JRT/JSM), 2015 WL 5521751, at *12 (D. Burlington N.

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Dr. Michaela Lewis: A Career in Pediatric Nursing

Minority Nurse

I completed my undergraduate nursing studies at Gardner-Webb University in 2008 and earned my Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2015. Every challenge, however, presents an opportunity for growth. What would you like readers to know about pediatric nursing?

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Achieving the research pillar: a research toolkit for Advanced Practitioners

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

There is growing recognition that research active hospitals can save lives, enhance health care, and improve patient outcomes (Jonker & Fischer 2018; Ozdemir et al 2015). 2015 Feb 26;10(2):e0118253. Research activity and the association with mortality. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118253. PMID: 25719608; PMCID: PMC4342017.

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Polly Sheppard Delivers Some Home Truths About Hate in Video Address

Minority Nurse

Polly Sheppard has been on a mission since surviving the 2015 Emmanuel AME church massacre in South Carolina. At present eight SC senators are determined to see it expire… which is a painful irony as Emmanuel pastor Clementa Pinckney, a victim of the massacre, had been a senator himself.

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