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The Alarming Trend of Seasoned Nurses Being Laid Off: Profits Over Patient Care? 

Minority Nurse

According to the Joint Commission (2022), 1,441 sentinel events were reported in 2022, a 19% increase from 2021. Instead, it will increase their financial losses due to increased sentinel events and a decrease in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores due to poor patient outcomes.

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Voices: Navigating the 2024 Hospice Landscape with Enclara Pharmacia’s VP of Client Services, Patrick Leary

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by Enclara Pharmacia. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Patrick Leary, VP, Client Services, Enclara Pharmacia, to learn about the top factors that impact the nurse experience in hospice care. Hospices were facing difficulties in referrals and patient enrollment.

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The 12-Hour Nursing Shift: Preferred by Staff, but Good for Patients?

AJN Off the Charts

Regarding staffing, researchers have found that a majority of nurses and hospital administrators prefer 12-hour shifts as a means to achieve continuity of care, ease of scheduling, and for nurses, work–life balance. Regarding patient care quality, research has shown an association between longer consecutive shifts and more clinical errors.

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Nursing Education: Pipeline to the Future

Minority Nurse

As the true lifeblood of healthcare delivery, nurses are central to patient care, from long-term and public health to acute care and home health. In 2022, 66,261 candidates were rejected, and in 2021 applications by 76,140 candidates were turned down. decrease since 2021. from 2021 to 2022.

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Addressing Rural Healthcare Concerns

Daily Nurse

Rural Healthcare on the Edge According to a May 2023 article in the journal Chief Healthcare Executive , 35% of the hospitals in the U.S. since 2021, and PhD programs shrinking by 4.1% from 2021 to 2022. However, the reality is that the shortage of qualified nursing professionals is in no way confined to the cities.

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Hospice News ELEVATE : Fireside Chat with Netsmart

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by Netsmart. This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Maria Warren, Vice President of Clinical Consulting at Netsmart that took place at the Hospice News Elevate Conference in Chicago. The article below has been edited for length and clarity. In 2021, VBID was in nine MA plans.

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Peering into the Post-COVID Nursing Curriculum

Minority Nurse

This involves “really getting students to think beyond one-to-one patient care delivery and about populations. We need to create more curricula for nurses out in primary care sites and nurses out in the community, and that has not been a strong emphasis in schools of nursing. Systems Thinking.

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