Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

The U.S Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing a “period of enhanced oversight” for new hospices in California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas. A key component of the enhanced oversight includes a medical review of claims before a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) will pay them. These actions follow reports of potentially unethical or illegal practices among hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in those four states, which have spurred calls for stro

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GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Today’s podcast is a follow up to our 2018 podcast with Randy Curtis about the Jumpstart intervention. On that podcast he and collaborators tested a combined patient and clinician facing communication priming intervention to promote goals of care conversations. Today we discuss a new paper in JAMA that tests a stripped down version of the clinician only facing intervention in a pragmatic randomized trial for older adults with serious illness and those 80+.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

Aveanna Opens Hospice De Novo Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) has opened a de novo in Greenville, Alabama. Through the new location, Aveanna provides advanced palliative care and hospice to community-based patients. The home health and hospice provider will also offer bereavement and family support services to the community, as well as 24/7 on-call clinical support for emergencies, medication management and assistance obtaining medical equipment.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 13, 2023

Nurses are astute clinicians often endowed with a keen helping of intuitive discernment. This ability to sense that something is wrong — or about to go wrong — has likely saved countless patients’ lives over centuries of nursing care. Whatever it is and wherever it comes from, a nurse’s intuition is something we can choose to pay heed to and to increasingly nurture, sharpen, and trust as the years go by.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

The health care space — including hospice — is increasingly shaped by numbers. During the past several years hospice providers have had to become experts in data management in order to remain competitive. Data has become invaluable to negoitiations with referral and payer sources, as well as to regulatory compliance. But providers can also benefit from considering data that comes from outside their organizations to identify prevailing trends, inform their marketing efforts and guide their decis

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Minority Nurse

JULY 13, 2023

If you’ve seen an increase in your paycheck in the past few years––and hopefully you have––you are part of an overall trend of increases in salaries for nurses. And, as you might expect, some of that has to do with the effects of the COVID pandemic. “We’ve seen an increase in nursing salaries, particularly since the pandemic,” says Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, director of nursing programs and co-lead for Project Firstline at the American Nurses Association (ANA).

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Daily Nurse

JULY 13, 2023

The U.S. nursing shortage is projected to hit the hundreds of thousands, and the ability to educate and train nurses is more vital than ever. Yet, prospective caregivers still encounter barriers within nursing education that can limit their degree completion. And this disproportionately includes college applicants from diverse communities. The nursing leadership team at Adtalem Global Education helps nursing schools better meet the needs of their students through the Social Determinants of Lea

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Melodia Hospice

JULY 13, 2023

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are two of the most prevalent and severe diseases affecting the elderly. Over 50 million men and women are presently affected by dementia and Alzheimer’s worldwide. When caring for someone with one of these chronic diseases, it is essential to know when to contact hospice and let them take over. This … Does End-Stage Dementia Qualify for Hospice Care?

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Daily Nurse

JULY 13, 2023

More than 40% of patients have experienced a “longer than reasonable” wait for healthcare, with 26% of those patients waiting more than two months for healthcare, according to a new national survey of U.S. adults released by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). As a result, nearly half of those who experienced unreasonable wait times gave up seeking an appointment and did not receive care.

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The Bucket-List Blog

JULY 13, 2023

Our stories about meaningful experiences are written as they unfold. Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us. They, and their families, gave us permission to share their experience with you. For those who have since passed, we share these in their memories with deep appreciation for what they have taught us about life and living.

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Nurse Nacole

JULY 13, 2023

Category: Psychiatric Nursing The most commonly reported SSRI-associated adverse effect is pervasive sexual dysfunction, which may impact all phases of sexual response and function. This is potentially due to the increased serotoninergic activity at the 5-HT2c receptor.

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Nurse.com

JULY 13, 2023

Workplace injuries are an all-too-common occurrence in health care, especially for nurses. What can you do to reduce this risk? In 2020, the healthcare industry had the most instances of injury and illness ever reported, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The COVID-19 pandemic played a pivotal role in these dismal statistics, but healthcare workers had one of the highest risks of injury even before the pandemic began.

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