Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

As regulators turn their eyes toward hospice program integrity, Community Healthcare of Texas CEO Viki Jingle has seen first-hand the “heartbreaking disservice” that families experience due to unethical practices. Among the key concerns is a rash of newly licensed hospice operators in multiple states that some have associated with suspicious or unethical practices.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MAY 12, 2023

The focus of International Nurses Day 2023 is Our Nurses, Our Future. At a time when the nursing workforce is under more pressure than ever before Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) are focusing on what needs to be done to support our nursing workforce to thrive. We support nurses right to strike and the need for better pay and conditions but we also want to reflect on what can be done to help our nurses flourish.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

Palliative care utilization in ovarian cancer patients can lower their chances of rehospitalizations, according to recent data. Patients with ovarian cancer who have received palliative care had fewer hospital readmissions compared to others, according to a recent study presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) in Tampa, Florida.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 12, 2023

Yes, I said it. It’s time that nurses put nurses first! This is our week, our month, shoot, it’s even our year. Come on. Let’s go. Ask for what you want both in your professional life and personal life. The world knows that we deserve more, and we deserve the best. We work hard, so we need to take care of ourselves. We give, give, and give and it is time to receive.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

California-based Community Hospice, Inc. recently responded to allegations of millions in unpaid staff hours. Current and former employees of the nonprofit hospice organization filed a $5 million lawsuit in April for unpaid wages during the pandemic. “Community Hospice is aware of the filing of a class action lawsuit made by the plaintiff, a prior employee,” the organization’s legal team indicated in a recent statement.

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Hope Hospice

MAY 12, 2023

Being a caregiver for a frail or bedridden patient requires assisting the person with ambulation, positioning, and transfers. If not performed with great care, these tasks can cause you serious back and neck injuries, and potentially injure the person receiving assistance as well. Muscle strains are common in nursing and caregiving professions, but they can be avoided by taking safety precautions.

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Nurse Nacole

MAY 12, 2023

Category: Fundamentals Although patients with tension headaches rarely suffer from nausea, antiemetic agents can augment the pain-relieving properties of analgesics by decreasing gastric emptying, therefore improving analgesic absorption.

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Comforcare Home Care

MAY 12, 2023

Sunday, May 14th, is Mother's Day.from all of us at Comforcare.wishing you a Happy Mother's Day.

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Changing Lives Podcast

MAY 12, 2023

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

The hospice space — and the health care system at large — is in a state of flux, driven by value-based reimbursement models, an expanding home-based care continuum and industry-changing transactions. Halfway through the year, Hospice News’ “Four Providers to Watch,” exemplify the ways that hospice operators are trying to not only to keep up with, but get ahead of these changes.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 12, 2023

Nurse dynamic duo Anthony Scarpone-Lambert , BSN, RN, and Jennifferre Mancillas , BSN, RN, RNC-NIC set out in 2020 to build an online resource and marketplace they felt their healthcare community desperately needed. With staffing low and burnout higher than ever, the pair built Lumify Care, the startup behind the uNight Light, a hands-free device to illuminate a workspace while decreasing patient sleep disturbances.

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