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Building Mental Health Supports for Palliative Care Teams

Hospice News

Nearly a quarter (24%) of palliative care nurses say they have experienced emotional exhaustion, while depersonalization and feelings of low personal accomplishment are prevalent among 30% and 28%, respectively, according to a 2020 meta-analysis of 15 studies.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes. Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Karl Steinberg, he’s a palliative care doc and a geriatrician. He’s been a hospice and nursing home director.

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Nursing Work Environments: A Brief Guide

Nurse.com

Recently, nurses have navigated their careers through a global pandemic, a travel nursing boom, supply issues, and continue to face an ongoing nursing shortage. Nearly 30% of nurses considered leaving the profession in 2021, compared to 11% in 2020, according to Nurse.com’s 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report.

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4 For-Profit Hospice Providers to Watch in 2023

Hospice News

Ultimately, it comes down to our commitment to providing incredible patient care, introducing new ways for family members and caregivers to receive support, and developing our partnerships to ensure we live up to our name.” Capital, which acquired the hospice from The Vistria Group in 2020. ” St. Croix Hospice St.

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Recovery Mobile Clinic Reinvents Community Healthcare

Daily Nurse

Jordana Latozas, RN, MSN, ACNP, went to nursing school intending to stay in the ICU forever, but her career trajectory took on a life of its own, and in February 2020, she founded the Recovery Mobile Clinic , Michigan’s first mobile addiction clinic. And jokingly, he said, “Why don’t we just put a clinic in an RV ?”

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Change Is Now the “Constant” for Nurses in Infection Control

Nurse.com

The pandemic erased that complacency and enhanced education for nurses and infection control in unique ways. The renewed focus on how infection control in nursing is presented to healthcare professionals is among the major lessons learned since 2020. It is in our patient homes, nursing homes, some acute rehab centers, hospices.

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

GeriPal

And so I did all of my research training in health services research, health policy, and then was very grateful to be recruited by Dr. Christine Ritchie when she transitioned here to MGH in September of 2020. And so I knew that I wanted to do something related to palliative care because I work with people with advanced and serious illness.

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