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Massachusetts Ramping Up Pediatric Palliative Care Funding

Hospice News

Massachusetts legislators recently allocated more than $8.7 million in the state’s 2023 fiscal year budget to support pediatric palliative care access. The funding is intended to support expanded palliative care services for seriously and terminally ill children amid rising demand. Massachusetts State Sen. Sal DiDomenico has been a primary advocate of pediatric palliative care in the state’s legislature.

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Steps to prevent ransomware attacks in home care

AlayaCare

Cybersecurity is a critical challenge facing the healthcare industry globally. Along with phishing, ransomware ranks as a top threat to EHR security. A 2021 report by HIMSS uncovered that ransomware was the second-most common vector of cybersecurity incidents in the healthcare industry, comprising 17% of all breaches. IT privacy and security breaches are costly.

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Sanford Health, Good Samaritan Society’s Mobile Clinic Offers Support to Hospice Patients

Hospice News

South Dakota-based health system Sandford Health is collaborating with the Good Samaritan Society to serve patients in their homes through a mobile clinic, which among other services offers additional support to patients in hospice. Though they operate under distinct brands, the two organizations merged in 2019 to create one of the largest rural health systems in the nation, according to Rochelle Rindels, Good Samaritan’s vice president of nursing and clinical services.

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Nurse of the Week: Home Health Nurse Julie Lakomiak Donates A Kidney to Someone She’s Never Met

Daily Nurse

Last Wednesday, Julie Lakomiak, a home health nurse from Plainfield, Illinois, donated her kidney to a “non-directed recipient.” This week, she’s our Nurse of the Week. Lakomiak doesn’t know who the recipient of her kidney will be. But as a nurse for almost 20 years, she wanted to help someone in need and make others […].

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The Ultimate Guide to Improving Caregiver Engagement & Retention

Want to learn how to retain your caregivers & improve caregiver retention X3? The home care industry is experiencing turnover rates of over 80%. How are you ensuring your agency is retaining caregivers? This FREE eBook from Smartcare Software is packed with industry secrets needed to keep your caregivers happy, engaged, and retained, unlocking the full potential of your agency.

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Code Brown – Dating Edition

The Nurse Break

Code Brown – Dating Edition. More from Nursed at the Seams here. It’s not even 0900, I’m not done with my first coffee of the day and already I’m exhausted. Not from working a night shift, or any shift for that matter. I’m exhausted from trying to have a social life (hint, I mean dating life) as a nurse. I know I said my next blog would talk about our wonderful grad nurses that hit the floor during a pandemic, but I just need to get this off my chest first!!

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Try These Creative Ways to Get More Fruits and Veggies Into a Senior’s Diet

Responsive Home Care

It’s no surprise that many seniors, just like anyone else, prefer carbs to carrots, making it challenging to guarantee that their nutritional needs are being met. The CDC shares that just one in ten seniors are meeting the recommendation of at least three servings of vegetables and two servings of fruit every day. Many researchers […]. The post Try These Creative Ways to Get More Fruits and Veggies Into a Senior’s Diet appeared first on Responsive Home Care.

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I think therefore I am? – Notes on Beds

Palliverse

My hospice is fundraising for new beds as per the link below: I’m being jailed for a good cause, and need to be bailed out. Here’s the first draft of a speech I’ll be performing tomorrow at our fundraiser finale event. This story will become a chapter in the second book I’m writing. Working title – More Bedside Lessons. If a bed could talk, what stories would it tell?

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Get Paid What You’re Worth: Tips for Negotiating Salary

Nurse.com

The thought of negotiating your salary may not even cross your mind, and if it does, the idea may intimidate you. Although negotiating salary can increase starting wages by an average of 7.4%, according to a Forbes article , many nurses don’t do it. In fact, in the 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report by Nurse.com, 30% of the nurses surveyed said they never negotiate salary vs. 18% who said they always do.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals In normal tissues, the action potential is shortened and conduction velocity shows little change with lidocaine. However, in depolarized fibers or in fibers damaged by ischemia, lidocaine prolongs the action potential and slows conduction.

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Get Paid What You’re Worth: Tips for Negotiating Salary

Nurse.com

The thought of negotiating your salary may not even cross your mind, and if it does, the idea may intimidate you. Although negotiating salary can increase starting wages by an average of 7.4%, according to a Forbes article , many nurses don’t do it. In fact, in the 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report by Nurse.com, 30% of the nurses surveyed said they never negotiate salary vs. 18% who said they always do.

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