Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Hospices and Accountable Care Organizations have the ability to customize payment contracts within the Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is replacing the Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) model with ACO REACH. The agency says the new program reflects its redesigned strategy for payment system demonstrations, with advancing health equity as a key tenet.

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Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Carolyn Booker, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer of Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming, Georgia, was troubled by how violence was making its way into places she considered sacred, like hospitals, churches, and schools, and thought kindness could provide an antidote. So in 2018, she started looking at the concept of kindness and, through a Google […].

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) is putting the pedal to the metal in its $392 million deal to secure full ownership of home-based care company CareCentrix. The Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is a Fortune 500 health care and retail powerhouse and parent company of the Walgreens retail pharmacy chain. Like its rival CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), the company has been building up its health care delivery services with an emphasis on primary care and services in the home.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Hospital administrators across the nation advocate the merits of Magnet designation. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an affiliate of the American Nurses Association, awards Magnet status to hospitals that satisfy designated criteria that measure the strength and quality of the institution’s nursing care. What Are Magnet Hospitals?

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Technology continues to advance in health care, and this advancement means an ongoing demand for nurse informaticists. Through healthcare technology, nurse informaticists enhance patient outcomes, reduce clinical errors, and provide efficient results in clinical procedures for patients and nursing staff. Nursing informatics is a popular career path for nurses.

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Today's Caregiver

OCTOBER 12, 2022

As far as I am concerned, there are two sets of three little words that every family caregiver needs to have at their disposal and use as frequently as possible.

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Diversity Nursing

OCTOBER 12, 2022

A career as a Nurse Case Manager gives you the opportunity to make a huge impact on patient's lives and develop rewarding relationships. The Case Manager's (CM) role is centered around working with patients and their families to make sure they are provided with appropriate health care providers, resources, and services so they receive the proper care they need.

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Palliverse

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Photo by Braxton Apana on Unsplash. They were supposed to be touring Europe at this time of the year. The tickets had been booked and a deposit had been paid for before the first bout of illness. After he had recovered from it they sought medical advice on whether or not to travel. “It’s likely to never happen again. Stick with your travel plans.”. After much consideration, they decided to cancel their trip.

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Nurse Nacole

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Category: Fundamentals Coryza is an acute inflammation of the mucous membranes of the respiratory passages, particularly of the nose, sinuses, and throat and is characterized by sneezing, rhinorrhea (watery nasal discharge) and coughing.

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Hospice Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Hospice Promise recognizes that all patients have a fundamental right to make decisions relating to their own medical treatment. Sometimes, a patient’s health will improve during Hospice, and their physician believes they will live beyond the six-month prognosis. Other times, a patient will decide to discontinue their services and give curative treatment another try.

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AJN Off the Charts

OCTOBER 12, 2022

“Nurses have distinctive risk factors associated with the work environment that may increase the probability of developing an SUD.” In my previous roles as the director of the emergency department and pediatric intensive care unit, I worked with nurses who were enrolled in the Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN), which is a substance use disorder (SUD) assistance program.

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