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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

GeriPal

We’ve invited: Julie McFadden (aka Hospice Nurse Julie ): Julie is a social media superstar, with 1.5 Alex: And Hsien and Sammy together podcast on the Waiting Room Revolution, which is available wherever you can download your podcasts, and are the authors of a book called Hope for the Best, Plan for the Rest. million followers.

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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

Hospice News

“About a year ago, we did a kind of a deep dive into some of our challenges, and we realized that we needed to do a new staffing model, one that would attract dedicated, experienced hospice nurses,” Kalvaitis said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “So

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7 Simple Ways to Get Organized for Hospice Nurses

Hospice Nurse Hero

Being a hospice nurse can leave you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. If so, then you need these 7 simple ways to get organized for hospice nurses. Unlike working at a hospital or nursing home, you don’t just get to pop back into your patients’ rooms after you leave. Sound familiar?

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Ep.18: BK Books with Barbara Karnes: Why Approaching Hospice Holistically is Necessary to the Success of the Care Continuum

Home Care Pulse

These realizations led Barbara to sit down and write, gone from my site, the little blue book that has changed the hospice industry. We love this book, especially me, I like to show off my copy. Doulas, When, when, when I look back at my career, the first five years of my nursing was patient care.

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Hospices Turn Inward to Grow Clinical Workforce with Education, Career Incentives

Hospice News

Hospice of Southern Maine recently launched a tuition reimbursement program that supports health care workers interested in pursuing registered nurse or certified nursing assistant licensure. Maine will face a shortage of 3,200 registered nurses in the state by 2025,” Cady wrote Hospice News in an email.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

And welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Ira Byock, who is a author and well-known, has written several books about hospice, inspired many to go into the field, and is the founder of- Ira: The Institute for Human- Alex: The Institute for Human Caring. How many doctors are there and how many patients are they responsible for?

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