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In pursuit of excellence: the career vacation

The Nurse Break

More from In Pursuit of Excellence here Express interest in writing for us here When I initially started to write this piece, I was on a career vacation. These career vacations can come in many shapes and forms, but for me I’ve got them down to four significant ones to date. Yet this career vacation proved not to be so fruitless.

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Longleaf Medical Director: Hospice Care Needs a ‘Revolution’ 

Hospice News

I applied for that position and ended up doing the training and getting into palliative care. So I’ve gone from being inpatient trained and loving acuity to now realizing that hospice has the same acuity. I’ve made a transformation in my own career and in my own mindset. Now they have the home health model.

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The Hot Seat: Empassion Health’s Nicole McCann-Davis Discusses Health Equity Issues Percolating in Palliative Care

Hospice News

Health equity became a large focus for McCann-Davis early on in her career. How has your career path in health equity evolved? That’s really how my professional career began. And that ended up influencing every aspect of my career ever since then. We just don’t have all of that data, it is just not there right now.

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The Road to Becoming an FNP

Minority Nurse

While there are many available NP career choices, the family nurse practitioner (FNP) is a trendy option among nurses seeking to become primary care providers with the authority to diagnose illnesses, order diagnostic tests, prescribe medications, and manage the care of patients across the lifespan.

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MD Anderson’s Dr. Eduardo Bruera: Educate Hospital Execs on Palliative Care’s Outcomes, Cost Savings

Hospice News

He later founded the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston where he is now department chair. The system is now used in medical institutions globally. To me, the challenge right now is implementing the knowledge we have already demonstrated.

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Voices: Scott Beard, Chief Strategy Officer at Maxwell Healthcare Associates

Hospice News

Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from, in your role today? Scott Beard: I’ve been in the technical field for my entire career — the last 20 years of which, I’ve spent with Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, and Homecare Homebase. This includes true data warehousing, analytics and visualization technologies.

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Nurse Practitioners: #1 Job in 2024

Daily Nurse

As a popular career path, nurse practitioners have been in the ascendant for some time now, and 2024 is no exception. Every time you turn around, it can seem like someone else you know is in NP school or considering applying. What’s So Great About Being an NP? According to the editors at U.S. Job growth: 44.5%

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