Minority Nurse

JUNE 9, 2025

As nurses, our roles provide us a front-row seat to the daily realities our patients face. We understand the delicate balance many families maintain, with some of us navigating the same waters. When whispers of rising costs on everyday medical essentials begin to circulate, concern grows. Unfortunately, the latest news regarding potential tariffs on internationally imported goods such as medical supplies could mean just that – a squeeze on already tight budgets right where we least expect it: t

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Corecubed Care Marketing Solutions

JUNE 10, 2025

You can buy pre-packaged snacks, assemble-it-yourself furniture, and even subscription boxes for your dog. But building trust with families in crisis? That doesn’t come in a kit. As automation and plug-and-play solutions seem to be taking over, it’s tempting to believe that marketing for a home care agency can be as easy as signing up for a pre-packaged service.

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Caregiver Support Services

JUNE 7, 2025

Some days, confidence shows up in your posture. Other days, it’s barely there, tucked behind tired eyes and a coffee you didn’t finish. That doesn’t mean you’re not good at your job. It just means you’re human. And in the world of caregiving, where lives and emotions are often wrapped around each other, feeling capable isn’t always about ticking every box.

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CareTime

JUNE 10, 2025

The conversation around potential Medicaid funding cuts is heating up — and while the headlines often focus on "healthcare" at large, it's critical to understand how those cuts would land squarely on home care providers and the clients who depend on them.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2025

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System recently unveiled its new family caregiving center to improve how patients’ loved ones are recognized and supported in their roles. The health system announced the opening of its Steven S. Elbaum Family Center for Caregiving in late May. The journey to the facility’s launch has been more than a decade in the making, according to Allison Applebaum, professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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Diversity Nursing

JUNE 13, 2025

It's encouraging to see the growing recognition of the "fourth trimester", the crucial postpartum period extending from birth to three months or even a year after delivery. For too long, the focus in maternal care has primarily been on pregnancy and childbirth, often leaving new mothers to navigate the complex physical, emotional, and social changes of postpartum on their own.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 12, 2025

I was not looking for a standing ovation. I just wanted a reply. Something simple to acknowledge that I had followed the process, submitted what was needed, and did my part. Instead, I was met with silence. The kind that leaves you second-guessing yourself. That moment stuck with me. In nursing, we are expected to show up fully, carry the weight, follow through, and then some.

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Hospice News

JUNE 11, 2025

A recently relaunched end-of-life doula training program may be fanning the flames of stronger hospice patient and family engagement. The International End-of-life Doula Association (INELDA) recently revamped its training program to better support hospice providers and the patients they serve. The association has honed key educational components of the program over the past decade with an aim of improving goal-concordant, quality care delivery for terminally ill patients and their families.

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BMC Palliative Care

JUNE 8, 2025

Purpose To identify the core competencies of social workers in palliative care. Method A systematic review of 19 high-quality studies published in English and Chinese up to February 2025 was conducted. Results The study identified five core competencies—Ethics, Coordination, Assessment, Resource Allocation, and Education—establishing the core competencies of social workers.

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Nurse Nacole

JUNE 12, 2025

Category: Critical Care Nursing Treatment of torsades de pointes includes discontinuing QT-prolonging agents, correcting electrolyte derangements, administering magnesium and increasing the ventricular rate with isoproterenol or temporary pacing.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary If you’re anything like me, you might find the process of what happens to patients when they visit a radiation oncologist somewhat mysterious. During my training, I didn’t receive much education about radiation oncology, and I’m not entirely sure what some of the terms mean (hypofractionated means fewer sessions, right?).

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2025

Employees at the University of Vermont Health Network’s (UVM) home health and hospice segment have voted to unionize. A majority of the organization’s 85 hospice staff voted to formalize a union agreement following six months of organization. The unionized employees includes nurses, social workers, licensed nursing assistants, chaplains, bereavement coordinators, volunteer coordinators and administrative staff, as well as cooks as the McClure Miller Respite House.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 9, 2025

As the U.S. healthcare system continues to grapple with a historic nursing shortage, the proposed FY 2026 federal budget threatens to accelerate the crisis through sweeping cuts to nursing education, research, and Medicaid support—posing profound implications for workforce sustainability, patient access, and innovation. Burnout, workplace violence, and long-standing systemic challenges have already driven thousands of nurses out of the profession.

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Nurse Nacole

JUNE 10, 2025

Category: Critical Care Nursing In addition to antiarrhythmic administration for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia, correction of electrolyte abnormalities and discontinuation of offending agents should be performed concurrently.

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NHPCO

JUNE 11, 2025

HIGHLIGHTS Support the home care workforce Click below to quickly & easily advocate for care at home The National Alliance for Care at Home is calling on all members and advocates to take immediate action to protect and strengthen access to home-based care. Congress is actively considering a number of policies that could dramatically impact patient access to essential services, the care at home workforce, and reimbursement for these vital services.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2025

North Dakota-based Hospice of the Red River Valley has rebranded as HIA Hospice. The new name stands for “hearts in action,” a motto the nonprofit has adopted for more than 40 years, according to HIA Hospice Executive Director Tracee Capron. The rebranding reflects the organization’s evolution of hospice services and its growing geographic footprint, Capron indicated.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 13, 2025

As the nursing profession confronts persistent workforce shortages, the Community College of Denver (CCD) is stepping up with a game-changing solution for Colorado and beyond. The college has officially launched a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) bridge program—providing a flexible, cost-effective, and accelerated pathway for working LPNs to become Registered Nurses (RNs).

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Nurse Nacole

JUNE 9, 2025

Category: Critical Care Nursing In patients with stable monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, administration of IV procainamide, amiodarone or sotalol can be used to terminate the rhythm. Amiodarone is often better tolerated in patients with systolic dysfunction.

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Together for Short Lives

JUNE 11, 2025

Following the Spending Review 2025, Together for Short Lives has called on ministers to deliver the government’s plan to provide the best start in life by investing in care and support for the growing number of seriously ill children and their families. The UK’s leading children’s palliative care charity has welcomed the Chancellor of the […] The post Invest in palliative care to give seriously ill children the opportunity to succeed, says Together for Short Lives appeared first on Togethe

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2025

Palliative care models are increasingly deepening the integration of a more diverse range of spiritual support, but reimbursement obstacles are stymieing innovative progress. This is according to Sarah Byrne-Martelli, palliative care researcher at the Center for Aging & Serious Illness at Massachusetts General Hospital. She previously served as senior chaplain for the hospital’s division of palliative care and geriatric medicine.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 8, 2025

This episode features Jing-Da Pan (Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China School of Nursing, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China) What is already known about the topic? Family members are crucial in advance care planning for patients with life-limiting illnesses, particularly in Asia, where cultural values stress family-centeredness and paternalism.

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BMC Palliative Care

JUNE 10, 2025

Palliative sedation is the monitored use of medications intended to reduce consciousness to relieve the burden of otherwise intractable suffering. Since 2016, the French Leonetti-Claeys law has granted patient.

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AJN Off the Charts

JUNE 13, 2025

Heather Hazzan, SELF Magazine Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), the body of experts that reviews vaccine safety and efficacy data and makes recommendations on vaccine scheduling as well as precautions and contraindications to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Hospice News

JUNE 11, 2025

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2.4% hospice base rate increase is woefully inadequate, and new physician attestation requirements may place undue burdens on providers, according to comments from the National Alliance for Care at Home. The Alliance on Tuesday released its public comments on the 2026 hospice payment rule , which stated that the proposed increase will not adequately cover hospices’ rising costs for supplies, labor, travel and other expenses.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 8, 2025

This episode features Victoria Ali (Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK) What is already known about the topic? Nurses deliver care for patients and those important to them across acts that may intentionally or potentially hasten death, navigating this care within the boundaries of healthcare systems and professional regulation.

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2025

The post Alliance Official: Medicare Advantage Growth, PDGM Cuts Create Converging Crises For At-Home Care appeared first on National Alliance for Care at Home.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

JUNE 8, 2025

After I gave a presentation in April, an attendee came up to me and said: “I get so frustrated working with family caregivers who I know are really burnt out. I encourage them to get out and socialize. They’ll tell me that they just want to be alone. Ugh!” I took a moment and replied: “It’s really about making sure that time alone is well spent. What if you asked them: How can we make that time alone really special for you?

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Hospice News

JUNE 11, 2025

Uncertainty around Medicaid cuts and other health care policies could slow or stymy palliative care growth, according to Brynn Bowman, CEO of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). Bowman recently crafted an open letter to her colleagues in the palliative care field in which she discussed the looming questions in the health care space and offered recommendations for a path forward.

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Nurse Nacole

JUNE 7, 2025

Category: Critical Care Nursing Ventricular tachycardia is characterized by ≥ 3 consecutive complexes originating in the ventricles at a rate greater than 100 beats per minute. It is the most common cause of wide QRS complex tachycardia.

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SevenPonds Blog

JUNE 7, 2025

The New York Times recently published the profile of Paula Ritchie, a Canadian woman who elected to take part in the country’s controversial medical assistance in dying (MAID) program. Her life, one plagued by emotional and physical suffering, once again … Continue reading → The post <img src="[link] Medical Aid in Dying: “I cannot get through a day.

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