Hospice News

JULY 17, 2022

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has extended the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for another 90 days. . A continued federally declared emergency allows flexibilities instituted by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to remain intact, such as 1135 waivers of certain hospice rules. These flexibilities permitted the use of telehealth to fulfill requirements typically done in person, such as recertifications by physicians. .

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

JULY 17, 2022

Governments in England, Scotland and Wales recently withdrew covid sick leave for NHS staff. (A summary of the key changes can be seen here.) These changes to sick pay provision for staff on covid related sick pay is hard to understand at a time when Covid-19 infections are going up exponentially and many NHS organisations are reporting increasing numbers of staff off sick.

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The Nurse Break

JULY 17, 2022

We interview Jessica Lambert, a final year nursing student at the University of Tasmania about her nursing studies. She gives some great pieces of advice that all nursing students should read. Student & Grad articles. Write for us. West Africa to Nursing Studies. Hi! My name is Jessica Lambert and I’m a 22-year-old nursing student living in Tasmania, studying at the University of Tasmania (UTAS).

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Palliverse

JULY 17, 2022

Photo by Alexandra I. on Unsplash. How would it feel to be unwell all of the time? Not something I had considered even though I care for unwell people all of the time. I felt that I was in good health until my recent bout of COVID. I am not used to feeling unwell and I have not liked it. Recovering from COVID I have felt exhausted and it has made a small voice inside me ask if I will recover or not?

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Nurse Nacole

JULY 17, 2022

Category: Fundamentals Amiodarone is classified as a Vaughn-Williams class III (potassium channel blocking) antiarrhythmic drug, but it also possesses class I (sodium blocking), class II (beta blocking) and class IV (calcium channel blocking) antiarrhythmic effects.

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