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Specialized SNF Clinicians Can Help Improve Care Quality at End of Life

Hospice News

Specialized nursing facility clinicians, or SNFists, have a strong potential to reduce hospitalizations and improve quality of care at the end of life, including access to hospice. The work of SNFists uniquely impacted the care of nursing home residents during their last 90 days of life, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

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Supporting parents to communicate with their premature baby – why do we need to explore this?

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Lisa Whiting from the University of Hertfordshire and Professor Celia Harding from City University of London, who are sharing thoughts on how nurses can support parents to communicate with their premature babies.  Journal of Neonatal Nursing.  Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 25(4), 177-188. 27(1), 21 – 25. Harding, C.,

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The Quixotic Nurse

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

As a nurse writer and blogger, I often use metaphor as a way to express deeper ideas about nursing and healthcare. In the past, I've explored the myths of Sisyphus and Hercules as they relate to nurses and the nursing profession, and my nature continues to point me towards metaphor as a tool for understanding.

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The broken foot that led to an amazing Infection Control Nurse

The Nurse Break

Jenna Ricciardi MACN graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing from The University of Notre Dame Australia in 2019 and commenced a graduate program at a major tertiary teaching hospital in 2020. She currently works full–time as an Infection control nurse. I loved anything medical.

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Hospice Nurses Take a Holistic Approach to Dementia Care

Nurse.com

This can only be achieved if care teams, including hospice nurses, know the latest evidence-based strategies for dementia care. But hospice nurses also recognize the challenges these patients and their families face every day and are ready to help ease their distress and fear. million cases in 2019 to 152.8

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Learning from women’s sport, an open goal for healthcare workplaces?

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Research in nurses has shown that menstrual health can be impacted by night shift working and workplace stress [9]. Undoubtedly there will be a lot to cheer on and champion and hopefully a continued legacy that will feed into further discussion, debate and improvements in women’s health. Could this also extend into healthcare uniforms?

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How Can Emotional Support Animals Help Hospice Patients?

Seasons Hospice

According to the 2019-20 National Pet Owners survey , sixty-seven percent of U.S. Other parts of AAT can include feeding, grooming and speaking to the animal. . One of our very own Seasons Hospice Registered Nurses brings in her therapy mastiff to help patients deal with end-of-life emotional distresses. households own a pet.

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