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The Case for Palliative Care in the ICU

Hospice News

Facilitating Better Communication Many patients in the ICU today have serious, life-limiting illnesses that may require family members to make urgent, difficult life-or-death decisions that may not be covered in written documents.

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CSI Academy Teams to Focus on Implementing HWE Standards

Daily Nurse

Building on CSI Academy’s successful 11-year history and the documented benefits of sustaining an HWE, AACN has established a special version of its 12-month, team-oriented CSI program that will focus on the implementation of “ AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments ” (HWE standards).

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Done Right, Advance Care Planning Can Reduce High-Acuity Utilization

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Those were a group of outcomes that we looked at that included mechanical ventilation, hospital admissions within the last 30 days of life, intensive care unit admissions, receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and chemotherapy within the last two weeks of life. So these are generally seen as treatments that are futile.

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Wrongful Death Suit Calls Out Breached Standards of Care

Nurse.com

Among some of the topics I’ve addressed are the failure to report major changes in a patient’s condition and the necessity of accurate documentation in a patient’s medical record in whatever form. On the third day of the patient’s hospitalization, the physician documented that the patient was constipated and had abdominal discomfort.

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Take Ownership of Your Nursing Knowledge and Skills

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If it wasn’t documented, it never happened” was one truism I heard repeatedly during my nursing education, and I never forgot it. Your Multifaceted Skills When we think of nursing skills , we often think of so-called hard skills like venipuncture, rhythm interpretation, wound debridement, or ventilator management. What sticks with you?

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HSPN ELEVATE: Hospice Clinical Innovation Trends

Hospice News

We’re able to provide IV treatments, and we’re even able to do home extubations with ventilator support. Imagine a world where you’re a triage nurse, can do a telehealth visit maybe using FaceTime, using our dedicated platform, and do a complete visit documentation, rather than going out to do a visit.

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Hospice Nurses Take a Holistic Approach to Dementia Care

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The process helps primary care professionals identify a person’s care goals and document and communicate their medical and personal preferences. “If Documenting care preferences in advance — Planning care early in the disease process is a meaningful way to identify, document, and communicate a patient’s goals.