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Former Mercy Health CEO: U.S. Needs to Embrace ‘Death Literacy’

Hospice News

This is the subject of Connelly’s recent book, The Journey’s End: An Investigation of Death & Dying in America. Connelly argues that end-of-life care has become “over-medicalized” and that more patients would choose hospice and palliative care if they had a better understanding both of those services and the alternatives.

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Episode 37: Closing the Books

Living With Hospice

In this episode of Living With Hospice, Mitch addresses the many facets of 'closing the books' at the end of our lives, including practical planning, reviewing the bucket list and the often uncomfortable topic of saying goodbye. Also part of closing the books, for someone who's dying, is to say goodbye.

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Your Nursing Career Mitochondria

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

A nursing career needs a great deal of feeding and watering; there are so many moving parts, and there's a lot to do in order to keep them all happy and flourishing. If your original motivations for entering the profession no longer hold true for you in the present, some soul searching may reveal where you need to look next for inspiration.

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The Conscious Creation of Your Nursing Career

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

As author, professor, and activist Derrick Bell states in his wonderful book, Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth , "Trying to simultaneously balance my dreams and needs is tough, and requires an ongoing assessment of who I am, what I believe, value, and desire." What aspects of work feed my emotional and spiritual lives?

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Palace of Care – A difficult post to write

Palliverse

I have finally completed it today, and it serves as a sneak preview chapter for my upcoming book Bedsides Lessons which will be available for purchase on Amazon Kindle on 09 June 2022. Dad wanted to take her home, he knew that he could feed her food she would like, and that home rehabilitation could be considered. Photo by Sooz.

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. Whether in direct practice or in research and academia, we should work together to help Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work meet its full potential. . Summary Transcript Summary. Transcript.

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Nursing Behind Bars: My Experience As a Corrections Nurse

Nurse.com

I spent three of those 10 years working as a staff nurse in med-surg and perioperative units and the rest in various positions in home health and hospice. She became invaluable as a resource for new women booked into the jail with similar pasts. He wore diapers and couldn’t consistently feed himself. Kelly Langford, RN.

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