Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
South Dakota-based Avera@Home recently formed a joint venture with personal care provider Kore Cares in a move that grew its service line and geographic reach in the state. Avera@Home Hospice offers hospice, home health and home medical equipment services throughout the Upper Midwest. It had long partnered with Kore Cares before officially joining forces.
Pallimed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
by by Chad D. Kollas, MD, Beverly Schechtman and Carrie Judy Introduction In May 2021, Pallimed published our commentary that described the inappropriate and disproportionate influence given to the advocacy group, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP, also known as Health Professionals for Responsible Opioid Prescribing) during the creation process of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, hereafter the 2016 Gu
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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 will phase out dual-eligibility special needs look-alike plans within Medicare Advantage. Some hospice patients rely on these plans for other health needs, such as nursing home costs. Close to 12 million people in the United States qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. Of those, about 3.8 million are enrolled in dual-eligibility special needs plans (D-SNPs), according to CMS.
Nurse.com
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Todd Haines, MSN, RN, EMT, CEN, director of trauma services at a level 3 trauma center in Tennessee, says he’s been verbally and physically assaulted more in the 12 years he’s worked as an ER nurse, than in the entire 10 years he worked in law enforcement. While violence in the emergency department (ED) isn’t new, workplace violence in healthcare settings has increased across the country.
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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Utah-based Canyon Home Health & Hospice recently acquired Uintah Home Health and Hospice for an undisclosed amount, growing its footprint in the Beehive State state. Uintah Home Health and Hospice patients began receiving services under the Canyon umbrella earlier this month. The home health and hospice provider is part of the home care service line of Uintah Basin Healthcare.
Caring Senior Service
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
A good night’s sleep can make all the difference. It can help boost your mood, reduce stress, lower risk for serious health conditions, and more. But as we get older, getting quality sleep can be more difficult. Falling asleep and staying asleep are common challenges for seniors. Here are some of the reasons why older adults have trouble sleeping well at night.
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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
In my work as a holistic career coach for nurses, there's one thing I've noticed more than anything else: mindset matters to your nursing and healthcare career. From putting together a resume and writing a cover letter to sitting for an interview or reaching out to potential connections on LinkedIn, your mindset and its attendant attitude make all the difference.
Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
In our latest ‘Day in the Life’ Series, we are showcasing the diversity of roles within learning disability nursing. In the first of our blogs in this series, Sarah New, Clinical Lead/Registered Domiciliary Care Manager, at HM Prison & Young Offenders’ Institution Parc in Bridgend, South Wales, tells us about her role. What is your job title and your main role/responsibilities?
Palliverse
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Photo by Zheka Boychenko on Unsplash. People come from many different places each with its own culture. This includes medical cultures and different ways of dealing with end-of-life care situations. I have talked to visiting New Zealand-trained registrars who had visited relatives overseas. One registrar talked about how upset he had been when he visited his grandmother who lived in a residential care facility in Asia.
Nurse Nacole
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Category: Fundamentals Bradycardia, heart block, headache, flushing, dizziness and peripheral edema are the most common adverse effects of diltiazem and verapamil. Verapamil can also cause constipation.
Minority Nurse
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Neonatal Nurses Week kicks off this year on September 12 and will bring a week to spread awareness of neonatal nursing as a career and to call attention to the work these nurses do with the tiniest infants. Sponsored by the National Association of Neonatal Nurses , this observation week shines a spotlight on nurses who work with pre-term and full-term infants who are facing various health challenges from low birth weight to genetically based health issues.
Hospice Chaplaincy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
In today’s episode, Saul talks to Dr. Thomas Attig. Dr. Attig is the author of Catching Your Breath in Grief…and grace will lead you home, The Heart of Grief: Death and the Search for Lasting Love and How We Grieve: Relearning the World. He has written numerous articles and reviews on grief and loss, care of the […].
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