Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The common thread across health plans, [accountable care organizations (ACOs)] and across state Medicaid and Medicare agencies is really that the core team includes a physician, a nurse, a social worker and a spiritual care professional, and that pharmacists play a key role in medication management.

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AlayaCare

MAY 10, 2018

It is there, around the middle of last decade, where a local nurse named Jos de Blok decided to do something about the growing frustration that he and other colleagues felt about having less time for actual patient care. What started as four nurses grew to 12 per squad, responsible for 40-60 people in one geographic area.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

AUGUST 21, 2022

If you’ve worked long enough as a hospice nurse, then there’s a good chance you’ve had to chart a patient’s hospice recertification. While the nurse practitioner can perform the face-to-face visit, it is up to the hospice medical director to review the documentation and certify the patient still meets hospice criteria.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 27, 2023

Their condition also may improve faster with comprehensive skilled nursing care. Home health care offers services, such as skilled nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy. Home health care gives patients one-on-one education and additional support as they find ways to cope—all at home.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 14, 2023

In fact, she wanted to be a professional dancer before she thought about being a nurse. “ Nursing allowed me the entry point into that space. Trauma Hits Home Rynders came to embrace dance and bring it into the world of nursing after her tough times. So, she cut down her nursing hours to earn a master ’ s degree in dance.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

Nurses provide emotional, physical, and psychological care to patients every day. However, these interactions put them at risk for crossing the lines of professional boundaries in nursing. For instance, as a hospice nurse, you spend a significant amount of time with your patients and their families.

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Home Care Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

She could no longer feed herself, much less cook, and was dependent on others for everything. Alice has stated that she is unsure about a feeding tube but is certain she does not want a ventilator or other assistive breathing device. Nursing shortages, coupled with increased demands related to an aging population.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 22, 2023

This order direct s the department of Health and Human Services to consider regulations and guidelines to improve the quality of home care jobs, and to continue looking toward minimum staffing standards for post-acute nursing facilities. I worked in the same skilled nursing facility as her. But she left. How do I know?

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Living With Hospice

AUGUST 26, 2020

I am not a licensed counselor, nurse or certified medical professional. Making sure the med logs are current, keeping the incident logs up to date and remembering to write down all the questions that you want to ask the nurses next time or the chaplain or the counselor. I'm not a doctor. I'm not a social worker.

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Home Care Pulse

DECEMBER 6, 2022

You chose home care for a reason and, and there’s so many people with like nursing backgrounds, caregiving backgrounds. So there’s one that’s called bathing with dementia. It’s not what I wanna see on my feed. There are so many business opportunities out there, but you chose this one, right?

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