Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Cancer patients receiving palliative care that recently used cannabis experienced more severe pain and symptoms than those who didn’t, though they overall perceived more positive results, according to a recent study. More than a quarter (26%) of nearly 300 senior palliative care patients perceived benefits for pain and other symptoms after using cannabis during 30 days of cancer treatments at the National Cancer Institute, according to a recent study published in the American Cancer Society Jour

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Life & Death Matters

AUGUST 18, 2023

When a loved one has dementia, there are many endings that they and their family must face. Perhaps one of the most significant and difficult endings is when the decline in the person’s abilities means they can no longer live at home on their own or with family and must be moved to live in […] The post The Dementia Difference: Moving a Loved One to Long-term Care appeared first on Life and Death Matters.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing’s (BCEN) Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) national board certification program for critical care ground transport nurses is now accredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC). Accreditation by ABSNC means that the CTRN certification program has met or exceeds the nursing certification industry’s most rigorous standards based on an independent, peer-reviewed process.

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Nurse Nacole

AUGUST 18, 2023

Category: Psychiatric Nursing Separation anxiety is recurrent, excessive distress when anticipating or experiencing separation from home or from an attachment focus (person, object, etc.) or worry about losing attachment figures.

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Caregiver

Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2023

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed new pathways to support family caregivers for patients with serious illnesses. The agency’s 2024 physician fee schedule proposed rule contains a number of provisions related to caregiver assistance, health equity, interdisciplinary care and social determinants of health. “CMS is proposing coding and payment for several new services to help underserved populations, including addressing unmet health-related social needs that

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