Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Wider utilization of telepalliative services could help ease family caregiver burdens and improve quality among seriously ill patient populations, research has found. Researchers have increasingly dug into the quality impacts of virtual palliative care delivery and how telehealth outcomes compare to in-person care. Telepalliative care models helped to improve experiences among lung cancer patients family caregivers in similar ways to in-person services, according to a recent study published by t

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Things are changing quickly in the Alzheimers space. We now have biomarkers that can reasonably approximate the degree of amyloid build-up in the brain with a simple blood test. We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease?

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Life & Death Matters

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The demand for healthcare professionals skilled in palliative care is growing rapidly. As Canadians live longer, many require extended care due to chronic illnesses such as cancer and dementia. At the same time, there is a growing preference for receiving care at home or within the community, yet fewer family members are available to provide […] The post Preparing Students for Comprehensive Palliative Care: Resources for College Educators appeared first on Life and Death Matters.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Nurses are not just caregiversthey’re advocates, educators, and changemakers. This Black History Month, let’s take a moment to reflect on the incredible contributions of Black nurses who broke barriers, faced adversity head-on, and paved the way for a more inclusive and equitable healthcare system. These stories are not just history but a call to action for every nurse to honor their legacy by fostering equity and empowermen t in our profession.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Trauma is a universal experience, and our approach as health care providers to trauma should be universal as well. Thats my main take-home point after learning from our three guests today when talking about trauma-informed care, an approach that highlights key principles including safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural sensitivity.

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AJN Off the Charts

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Photo by Maria Kovalets/Unsplash Respiratory viruses are part of our surrounding ecology, with rates increasing and decreasing across seasons and in accordance with the individual virus environmental preferences and human interactions. The SARS-CoV2 pandemic heightened international concern regarding respiratory virus presence and continues to serve as a stark reminder that illness anywhere in the world can have a profound impact on health in the United States.

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Seasons Hospice

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

With the flu and cold season upon us, it becomes increasingly important to take extra precautions to protect vulnerable individuals, especially those receiving hospice care. Hospice patients often have weakened immune systems due to underlying health conditions, making them more susceptible to severe complications from the flu or common cold. Preventing these illnesses can significantly enhance their comfort and quality of life.

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Caregiver Support Services

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Caring for older adults comes with immense responsibility. At times, navigating the complexities of their care can expose vulnerable individuals to harm. Elder abuse, encompassing physical harm, emotional manipulation, financial exploitation, or neglect, often occurs in silence. Understanding the warning signs and taking action to address elder abuse is critical for caregivers.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Nurses are no strangers to leadership in action whether at the bedside, in the classroom, or within boardrooms. But leadership doesn’t look the same for everyone. For Black nursing leaders, advancing the profession means tackling systemic challenges head-on, amplifying voices that have historically been silenced, and creating pathways for the next generation.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) has launched NEST ( Neonatal Outcomes Impacted by Escalation Safety Telemetry). This groundbreaking remote fetal monitoring center offers continuous, real-time monitoring of critical elements of labor and delivery across System hospitals. NEST is led by a medical director and a team of highly specialized nurses who bring over 200 years of combined experience safely delivering thousands of babies.

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Diversity Nursing

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Despite the clear benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in healthcare, recent political opposition has posed significant challenges. The term DEI has come under scrutiny, with some political leaders arguing against these initiatives, often framing them as unnecessary or divisive. This pushback has resulted in reduced funding for DEI programs and even bans on diversity training in some institutions.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Georgia-based Hospice Savannah Inc. recently received nearly $2 million in grant funding to fuel expansion of its Community Aging in Place Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program. Launched in 2023, the CAPABLE program aims to improve seniors ability to safely age in place. Through the program, a team of interdisciplinary professionals assess and address the physical and environmental challenges of medically fragile aging adults.

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Nurse Nacole

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

There is a trend I'm seeing that is escalating lately, and that is the verbal and physical altercations of healthcare workers. In the past, this type of news was a one-off, something you rarely saw, and it seldom occurred. Professional nursing safety wasn't mentioned in the nursing curriculum when I was in nursing school. No one brought the subject up.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Her name was Martha, and she was one of the few neighbors on the street I didnt meet. This is something that does haunt me a bit. A missed opportunity to learn, gain a cherished friendship, and marvel in the woman who made history, literally, by being one of the first women to graduate from her universitys college of medicine. I learned of the passing of this woman, sadly, when another neighbor mentioned that there was to be an estate sale at her house.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Tuberculosis has been a scourge to humankind for millennia. While it was misunderstood in ancient times, we have known for decades that it is caused by an organism called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB primarily affects the lungs but can also lodge in bone, kidneys, the spine, the larynx, and many other sites throughout the body. Much science has contributed to the relative control of TB around the world, although it is still prevalent in many locations, including the U.S.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

In recent years, nursing schools have cited faculty shortages as one of the top reasons for not accepting all qualified applicants into their programs. But when this means that nearly 66,000 qualified nursing school applicants are turned away each year amid a national nursing workforce crisis, no less its time to reframe our approach. This limitation, in combination with a lack of clinical sites and budgets, directly impacts the healthcare pipeline, leaving many hospitals and clinics chronical

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Diversity Nursing

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As we celebrate Black History Month , its essential to recognize the contributions of Black Nurses and the crucial role diversity plays in healthcare. A diverse Nursing workforce isnt just about representation, its about improving patient care, addressing health disparities, and fostering a more inclusive healthcare system. Why Representation in Nursing Matters The U.S. population is becoming increasingly diverse, yet the Nursing workforce does not always reflect this diversity.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Palliative care providers are taking varied routes to address the most disruptive forces they are encountering this year, rising to challenges that have been persistent across the sector. Mounting workforce pressures mark the most significant of concerns for palliative care providers, according to Dr. Martha Twaddle, The Waud Family Medical Directorships palliative medicine and supportive care clinical professor of medicine at Northwestern Medicine.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This weeks blog has been written by Ebenezer Akore Yeboah, a nurse and PhD candidate at Coventry University, UK, specialising in nursing, climate change, and sustainability. He is a member of the UK Florence Nightingale Foundation’s sustainability expert group. Climate change is having a widespread impact on all forms of life, leading to shifts in weather patterns, increased disease burdens, and economic struggles across the globe 1.

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Caregiver Support Services

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

When it comes to healthcare, few concepts are as criticaland often misunderstoodas informed consent. At its core, informed consent is the process by which patients are given the information they need to make educated decisions about their care. Whether youre a patient, a loved ones caregiver, or a healthcare provider, understanding informed consent is critical.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Nurses, have you ever wondered why vaccine hesitancy lingers among certain groups? Understanding the why is key to addressing their concerns, especially for Black women, whose experiences often include layers of mistrust and lived realities. A study published in JAMA Network Open led by Brittany C. Slatton , PhD, from Texas Southern University, has delved into these concerns, uncovering critical insights.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Healthcare faces growing demands, and nurses often manage the brunt of them. It’s common for nurses to have to juggle heavy workloads, complex patient needs, and time-intensive tasks every day they clock in. These challenges put pressure on efficiency and patient care quality. Fortunately, technology is stepping in as a powerful ally, offering tools and innovations that streamline workflows, reduce stress, and empower nurses to focus on delivering exceptional care.

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Accessible Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Stroke recovery is a journey that marks the beginning of reclaiming a stroke survivors independence and quality of life. When someone experiences a stroke, it can affect various aspects of their functioning from movement and speech to cognitive abilities and holistic well-being. While the recovery process can sometimes be challenging, it can lead to significant improvements, especially when early intervention is paired with dedicated rehabilitation and post-stroke care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Expanded hospice spiritual care training could lead to improved goal-concordant care delivery. Gaps in communication training exist for hospice chaplains, according to Edward Penate, palliative care chaplain-educator at Northwestern Medicine. Though spiritual care professionals are well-poised to understand patients beliefs and values, their training and career pathways can be limited when it comes to enhancing skills related to discussions of care, Penate indicated.

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AJN Off the Charts

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Influenza is a clever virus and one that deserves respect. Current concerns with the H5N1 avian influenza virus strain demonstrate why public health around the world continues to watch and monitor for impact on human health. Although the situation is not one that currently affects us on a day-to-day basis, it is important that we have a basic understanding of why this remains newsworthy.

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Caregiver Support Services

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Working in healthcare is a noble profession. But while it is an emotionally rewarding career choice, it can take a toll on your mental wellness. Therefore, knowing how to maintain good mental wellness is essential to maintaining your productivity and morale. It is also a key step towards creating a better future. The following are some of the most effective ways to support yourself and ensure that you can provide better patient care for years to come: Seek Professional Help You know better than

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Harriet Tubman lived a life of advocacy, courage, and fearlessness as a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a system of safe houses and escape routes from slavery across America during the Civil War. However, not many people know that she also was a nurse at one point. She often took care of her passengers on their way to freedom, and this experience helped her serve as a Civil War nurse, where she cared for hundreds of wounded soldiers and nursed them back to health.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

New research published in the Journal Nursing Outlook shows that labor and delivery units that are adequately staffed by nurses have lower cesarean birth rates. “Our findings highlight how crucial nurse staffing is for optimal maternal outcomes,” said Audrey Lyndon , the Vernice D. Ferguson Professor in Health Equity and executive vice dean at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

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Traditions Health

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

A heart attack is a major, life-threatening event that can require extensive rehabilitation for weeks, months, or even years after it happens. While youre in the hospital, doctors will stabilize your health and make sure youre on the right medications. But what happens after you go home? Several years ago, researchers presented a study at the American Heart Associations Quality of Care & Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Hospice providers have leveraged data in various ways to both identify and address the biggest barriers to access and unmet needs among underserved terminally ill patient populations. Some avenues may be more fruitful than others. Hospices need careful consideration when implementing more equitable patient data collection methodologies that lead to impactful change, according to Brittany Chambers, director of health equity and special initiatives at the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).

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