Hospice 101

APRIL 11, 2020

Dear Fellow Hospice RNs, It’s now, more than ever, that your hospice patients really need your kindness, your compassion, your caring nature, and your gentle demeanor. They need you to visit, to provide a listening ear, and to provide them with some social interaction. Hospice is providing QUALITY over quantity of days.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

MAY 8, 2023

Just as firefighters rush into burning buildings and police officers run towards the active shooter, nurses don their gloves and deal with the sputum, the blood, the pus, the emesis, the feces, and the urine — body fluids be damned, there's work to do and nurses do it. They are legion. Nurses run towards the metaphorical fire.

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). This week we turn our attention to the inmates.

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Palliverse

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In this blog post, I will critically analyse contemporary thinking in education. I will then critically analyse the role of digital and collaborative learning in contemporary education. Some of us may bring skills and knowledge from our previous work and life experiences. Other theories of learning need to be considered.

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Home Care Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Providing care in the right place, at the right time, and by the right provider can only be possible by working together across the health care continuum—and it starts with clear communication and education. A lice worked for National Geographic and loved to travel. Her w eekends were spent hiking and kayaking.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2023

Flores, RN, CHPN, BS, a hospice nurse in Colorado since 2012. In 2020 Flores was a featured guest on the TV Show, The Doctors , sharing his expertise on end-of-life hospice care. His second book, Letter to a Hospice Nurse , celebrates the lives of hospice patients and gives a format for surviving family and friends to process grief.

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Hospice of the North Coast

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Amidst the challenges, the compassion of hospice care for dementia shines as a beacon of hope, offering comfort, dignity, and understanding during life’s final chapter. For patients with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, hospice care’s primary objective is to lessen physical and emotional distress while maintaining their dignity and comfort.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I ’ll admit it: I went down an internet rabbit hol e searching for an inspirational quote related to professional development to start off this month’s blog. When I was leading teams of home health and hospice staff, I always made a point to celebrate my employees. There is a difference. – TEST your professional development.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Getting referrals can be easy, but it requires a lot of work beforehand. For example, you could list your preferred hospice provider or an award-winning assisted living facility in your area. Referrals can become a large part of your client marketing efforts, and here are some helpful tips to get you started.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Getting referrals can be easy, but it requires a lot of work beforehand. For example, you could list your preferred hospice provider or an award-winning assisted living facility in your area. Referrals can become a large part of your client marketing efforts, and here are some helpful tips to get you started. Why you’re different.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 5, 2023

While some nurses feel pulled into treating children, others love to care for those in their later years by working in the geriatric field. I’ve worked in senior care for more than three decades. The senior population plays a significant role in enriching any social group. We interviewed Nancy Mitchell, RN.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

What about caregivers working under very stressful conditions? Respite time away from their patients can play a significant role in keeping them balanced, revitalized, healthy and relieved from excessive stress. It is often said that everyone has a breaking point. All of these organizations can assist people in getting help.

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Seasons Hospice

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

This guide provides valuable tips and strategies for promoting healthy aging, focusing on key areas such as staying active, eating well, managing health conditions, and fostering social connections. The Blessing of Getting Older Aging is a natural process that brings about changes in physical health and overall well-being.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Are you in the wrong specialty or working with the wrong patient population? Would you prefer to be in a completely non-clinical role or start your own business? But for most of us mere mortals, we need to do the down and dirty work to get there. Looking back, how and why did you make certain choices?

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

Why should someone start hospice sooner than later? Making the decision to start hospice care for your loved one is overwhelming. Hope’s hospice program also provides: Social workers to assist with medical paperwork and resources. Registered dietitians for counsel on needs of the hospice patient. Grief support.

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Hope Hospice

MARCH 12, 2021

In honor of Social Work Appreciation Month this March, we celebrate our wonderful social work team. Pandemic prevention measures have changed so much of daily life, and that includes how we deliver hospice services. At Hope, we recognize the dedication and empathy social workers deliver while providing services.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Plenty of nurses follow a tried and true career strategy of working one or two years in med-surg and then specializing in an area suitable to their temperament and clinical interests. This works for many nurses, and if your career takes you down such a path, there's much to gain. Which sounds better to you?

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

Hospice services, a specialized form of care tailored to individuals with terminal illnesses and their families, go beyond mere symptom management – they prioritize comfort and solace. What exactly does hospice care entail? We’ll explore their objectives, eligibility criteria, funding sources, and more.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Our loves, our triumphs, our failures, our work, our families. . Heather Coats is hard at work establishing the evidence base for the power of capturing patient stories in healthcare settings, for those health systems that need a little more convincing. . Wonderful work. Because that really is what this is about.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s been around for a long time but is acting like the hot new kid in town. Just look at this year’s AAHPM meeting, where it felt like every other session was talking about how hot buprenorphine is right now. But does this drug really live up to the hype? Learn about using the low dose buprenorphine patch: . Article on buprenorphine in the elderly.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 30, 2023

A Look at the Numbers There are plenty of statistics that we know about nurses: Approximately 55 percent of American nurses work in general medical-surgical hospitals According to the World Health Organization , there are somewhere in the vicinity of 27 million nurses worldwide One estimate puts the number of nurse entrepreneurs at 0.5

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

If you have a loved one dealing with a life-limiting illness, you may be wondering, “what services does hospice provide?” There’s a lot of confusion surrounding what hospice care is and what it does. Keep reading to learn more about the services Seasons Hospice provides to our patients. Healthcare services.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 9, 2023

Picture an emergency department, a clinic, a dialysis center, a home health agency, an inpatient hospice, an ICU, or a labor and delivery unit. In the daily work of a nurse clinician, effective communication with colleagues, patients, and their families is essential. The Relational Nurse Most forms of nursing are relationship-based.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Alex: Today we are delighted to welcome Heather Coats, who’s a palliative care nurse practitioner and scientist and Director of Research at the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, or HPNA, an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado and Schutz College of Nursing. No it’s not just the French version of Aducanumab). .

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 30, 2023

American Association of Nurse Practitioners ( AANP ) and more than 235 organizations sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce illustrating strong support for H.R. 2713, the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 18, 2022

Renee Kinder. Tuesday evening, I began the painful eye roll-inducing process of organizing and sorting school supplies for our official start today. Two high schoolers, two middle schoolers, and one lower schooler = five accompanying lists of essential items required to ensure a successful year ahead. of 6) of 1.5″ of 6) of 1.5″

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 24, 2022

Seasonal affective disorder , also called SAD or seasonal depression, can be defined as a form of depression that occurs when the sun goes down earlier than usual during changing seasons; changing weather conditions may also play a role in the onset of seasonal affective disorder. Social withdrawal. Sundowning Explained. Restlessness.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 19, 2023

Working in trauma centers around the country, Nurse Blake started posting original comedy videos aimed at his profession to cope with the stress of his nursing job. He always wanted to be a nurse and started working in healthcare as a patient transporter at age 17 and graduated with a BSN in 2014 from UCF in Orlando, Florida.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

– GeriPal post about teaching using YouTube (some links are old and don’t work, but you get the idea, I recently gave a spontaneous talk to the palliative care fellows and was able to find the video snippets). Maybe some phrase you learned from a prominent podcast or VitalTalk? Yeah, I’ve been there too. Yeah, I’ve been there too.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

or too much ancient history, but you know, like, like a lot of nurses, when I became an RN, I was told you gotta work in acute care. Back then the word was that if you worked in community or home based care that you weren’t really making use of all your nursing skills. View Episode Transcript × Episode Transcript.

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Nurses working in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) reported in a study that patient deaths led to persistent and intrusive symptoms of grief. For those working in hospice, “Living with dying each day helps nurses appreciate the gift of life,” one former hospice nurse told Nurse.com. Experiencing profound loss.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 3, 2022

Australian Nursing Blog. Social Work. I primarily work in Emergency at The Royal Darwin Hospital, but also do some primary healthcare nursing. I’m a Flight Nurse/Midwife working for the RFDS in QLD. We asked the 15K+ followers of our Facebook page for some male nurses and midwives to share their perspectives.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

6: The State of Training in 2022 During a 10-minute online survey, agencies were asked to share more about their challenges, successes, and future goals around their employee training programs. Linda Leekley, Chief Clinical Officer, and Todd Austin, President of HCP, recently shared the insights we gained and their advice for the future.

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Hope Hospice

JANUARY 30, 2020

At Hope Hospice, spiritual care is among the services we provide to patients, upon request. We asked one of our Spiritual Care Counselors, Reverend Melissa Tumaneng, to discuss some differences between the terms religion and spirituality, and to explain the role of spiritual care in hospice. How will I be remembered?

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JUNE 13, 2021

They may accept a caregiving role while having little experience and may be less inclined to reveal their problems to others. From my conversations with Frank, I began to view him as an excellent role model for caregivers in general, especially men. Acceptance of my role as a male caregiver had to be addressed.

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