Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In hospice, clinicians in the field have the closest relationships with patients and families, giving them direct insight into their needs and the challenge of providing care when many operators are understaffed. Akunesokwu (Neso) Obiora entered the palliative care field nearly 20 years ago as a hospice aide. Today she is a hospice- and palliative care-certified nurse practitioner at MJHS Health System in Brooklyn.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The National Council Licensure Examination is a prerequisite for becoming a nurse, and with increased nursing school applicants, we thought it would be worthwhile to offer tips on how best to pass the NCLEX. We each tried our techniques and utilized similar options to help us pass the exam in May of this year. With some guidance from our parents, we also have plenty of tips to help others pass this challenging exam with much more confidence than you otherwise might have exhibited.

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Elaine Mansfield

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The morning after Sankara’s funeral, we slowly walked the dusty road to the Sankara Mutt (temple) and bought flower garlands from a vender on the corner. The modest cement area where we’d meditated with the sage, where he’d lived and blessed his devotees, and where they held his funeral ritual the day before was quiet and stripped, his meagre ceremonial belongings moved to the new building where they buried his body.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

R EXBURG, Idaho , November 22, 2022— Based on Community Health Accreditation Partner’s (CHAP) rigorous standards of excellence, HCP has been recognized as the first CHAP – verified educational provider for home care, home health, hospice , and residential care. . CHAP performed a critical review of sample courses from HCP’s compliance and professional development suites to ensure the applicable content within those courses met CHAP standards in addition to CMS regulations.

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Erica Yang, a nursing student at Case Western Reserve University, is the winner of the Heartfelt Dreams Foundation’s 2022 Academic Nursing Scholarship to support her career advancement in cardiac care. Yang, a Planet, Texas native, was awarded $5,000 toward her nursing studies for the next academic year after being selected from a field of over […].

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Article Contents: – Introduction. – Hospice experiences: Meeting You Where You Are. – Is standardizing data the end of individualized care? – Standardization supports individualized care. – Look at it through a different lens. – Nobody wants to be in pain, right? – Just another touching hospice story? – Struggling with visits in the last days of life?

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Affordable Care Act mandated that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) establish risk categories for Medicare enrollment, which are used by CMS to determine what level of scrutiny to give provider enrollment applications, which includes initial enrollment, change of ownership (“CHOW”) applications, and revalidations. Three risk categories were subsequently created under 42 CFR § 424.518: limited, moderate, and high.

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Nurse Nacole

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Category: Fundamentals Slow emptying of stomach contents can increase intragastric pressure, which consequently contributes to GERD. Factors that are associated with delayed emptying include smoking and high-fat meals.

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The Heart of Hospice

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Kate Debartolo of The Conversation Project is talking with us about advance care planning, and how to talk about what matters most to you. According to The Conversation Project website (theconversationproject.org), Kate “has worked at The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) since 2007. She currently leads The Conversation Project team and operations.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Ep.6: The State of Training in 2022 During a 10-minute online survey, agencies were asked to share more about their challenges, successes, and future goals around their employee training programs. Linda Leekley, Chief Clinical Officer, and Todd Austin, President of HCP, recently shared the insights we gained and their advice for the future. View Episode Transcript × Episode Transcript.

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