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5 Ways to Build Your Network of Nursing Career Allies

Minority Nurse

In the course of your nursing career, you need allies who can support you in elevating and advancing your journey as a professional nurse. Allies are easier to come by than you think, but many nurses don’t think strategically about this important aspect of nursing career development. Since many nurses seem averse to consciously and purposefully building a professional network, here are five strategies to do just that.

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Silverstone Hospice’s Pathway to 700% Growth During a Pandemic

Hospice News

Since the company launched in 2020, Founder and CEO Alfonso Montiel had days when he feared Texas-based Silverstone Hospice would not survive. Nearly three years later, Silverstone has grown 700% with no signs of slowing down. Silverstone came on the scene after Montiel’s purchase and rebranding of Comfort Care Hospice in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

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3 Types of Caregiver Anxiety

Sustainable Caregiving

It is helpful to understand the type of caregiver anxiety we are experiencing so that we use the proper techniques to counter the effects. For example, mental anxiety can be aggravated by trying to problem-solve with thoughts. Calming our thoughts is the key to relieving anxiety, which is very challenging when thoughts are swirling, and … 3 Types of Caregiver Anxiety Read More ».

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Knocking on doors: How a silent monk became a hospice chaplain

HopeHealth

Denis Lynch was a silent monk for 16 years. Today, he’s a hospice chaplain. Here’s how his path led to HopeHealth, and the lessons along the way. The post Knocking on doors: How a silent monk became a hospice chaplain appeared first on HopeHealth.

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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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New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. Dr. Faith Fitzgerald once quipped that prognostic modeling is the “punctilious quantification of the amorphous.” She has a point. Prognosis is inherently uncertain. As Alex Lee says on our podcast today, all prognostic models will be wrong (in some circumstances and for some patients); our job is to make prognostic models that are clinically useful.

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Hospice, Palliative Care Providers Leverage Education Programs to Attract and Keep Staff

Hospice News

Palliative care and hospice providers are enhancing their staff education programs in an effort to better ensure they have a sustainable workforce. In many companies, a changing of the guard is underway.s More millennials are enter the health care workforce as more baby boomers retire. As the labor pool changes, employers will also need to adapt. Priorities vary across different generations of palliative and hospice workers, and employers will need to mold their recruitment and retention strateg

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On the road with a home care physical therapist

HopeHealth

Home care physical therapy meets patients in the intimacy of home, tackling the specific challenges of the environment where they live. A physical therapist shares what it’s like. The post On the road with a home care physical therapist appeared first on HopeHealth.

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Mental Health Nursing Fast-Growing Field With Diverse Possibilities

Nurse.com

Unmet needs for mental health care is creating opportunities for nurses, both new and experienced, in multiple care settings. With the demand for mental health nurses, the possibilities are wide-open, well-paying — and impressively diverse. You can choose from a surprising array of care settings: inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, schools, long-term care centers, or even correctional facilities.

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Community Hospice CEO Philip Ward: Providers Must Rethink Everything

Hospice News

To manage the changes taking place in hospice and in the larger health care system, Community Hospice & Palliative Care CEO Philip Ward has a mantra: Rethink everything. Ward became the top executive at Florida-based Community after the nonprofit reorganized as Alivia Care, a larger enterprise with a diverse range of business lines. Former Community CEO Susan-Ponder Stansel moved on to lead Alivia Care.

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Spend less time on paperwork, billing and more time on home infusion patient care

AlayaCare

Demand for home infusion pharmacy services is booming, with several more years of sustained growth forecasted. This is a landmark opportunity for the industry to continue its transformation to incorporate more Hospital-at-Home care. In this model, health care providers can deliver hospital-level care in the comfort of a patient’s home. Like many other industries, however, the specialty pharmacy nursing network has been seriously impacted by labor shortages that are predicted to persist.

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Study Finds LED Lighting Cuts Risk of Falls 43 Percent

Daily Nurse

Falls in two long-term care facilities dropped by 43% after installing a dynamic LED lighting program tuned to natural sleep and wake rhythms, according to a study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Midwest Lighting Institute. Investigators assessed the impact of solid-state (LED) lighting on visual acuity, alertness, and sleep and its potential […].

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Mass Shootings: Helping Nurses Cope With the Trauma

Nurse.com

It has happened again. On October 22, 2022, workplace violence claimed the lives of two healthcare professionals from Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Texas. It’s a shocking tragedy that, according to reports , unfolded in the center’s labor and delivery unit, where recovering new mothers rest under the watchful eyes of their healthcare teams. Both victims were providing care at the time of the shooting.

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Redundancy Key to Avoiding Hidden Red Flags in Hospice Election Statements

Hospice News

Building in redundancies around patient admission processes may help hospices withstand regulatory scrutiny, according to legal experts in the space. Patient eligibility is a frequent focus of hospice audits as regulators sharpen oversight in the industry. In recent years, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) have taken a closer look at providers.

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Chatting with Nurse Blake, RN and Most Popular Nurse Influencer on SM: Part l

Minority Nurse

Whether you know Nurse Blake from his Facebook videos, podcast , live shows, or cruises, he’s the most popular nurse influencer on social media and a force to be reckoned with! Well, at least helping the nursing community and making nurses laugh. And he’s doing that a lot. He’s also, though, providing lots of educational opportunities for them as well.

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Nurse of the Week: A Registered Nurse with a Heart of Gold

Daily Nurse

Nurse Malgorzata Rega at Gouverneur Health in New York City approaches each day with energy and passion for her job as a registered nurse. She appears to be dancing up and down the halls from patient to patient as she eagerly greets them, accessing their needs for the day is how patient Mark Gafur describes […].

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A Sacred Grief Ritual (Journey to India, Part 5)

Elaine Mansfield

After a late night drive from the Ramana Ashram to Kanchipuram, Vic and I slept late. When we left our hotel in the morning, hundreds of soldiers in tan uniforms blocked traffic near the Mutt. Thousands of people milled around, looking stunned, whispering and weeping. We didn’t know what had happened and couldn’t find anyone who spoke English, so we stood at the end of a line moving toward the Mutt.

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Hospice Leaders Call for Overhaul on Regulation

Hospice News

Hospice providers are calling on regulators to change their approaches to enforcement due to the cost burden and the unpredictable nature of the dying process. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) have been cracking down on the industry with a heavy focus on patient eligibility and longer lengths of stay.

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Breast Cancer Awareness

AT Home Care & Hospice

Breast Cancer Awareness Month It’s time to speak up about breast cancer, and the month of October is dedicated to doing just that. As the most common form of cancer, it’s likely that someone in your life whom you care for deeply has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Given how prevalent breast cancer is and. The post Breast Cancer Awareness appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Offering a Vision on Climate Change and Nursing

Daily Nurse

From devastating hurricanes to prolonged droughts to scorching heat waves, climate change wreaks havoc on the planet, with more severe impacts to come. As a nurse, you can expect climate change to affect your work if it hasn’t already. “Climate change,” notes the National League for Nursing (NLN), “currently impacts or will impact every aspect […].

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Tips for a Dementia-Friendly Halloween

Today's Caregiver

With Americans getting ready to celebrate Halloween, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is offering safety tips for family caregivers to protect loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related illnesses.

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Justice Department Indicts 3 Suspects on Hospice, PPP Fund Fraud

Hospice News

The U.S. Justice Department has indicted three individuals who are linked to California hospices on alleged False Claims Act violations, among other charges. Karen Sarkisyan, Gayk Akhsharumov, and Babken Chalkadryan, of San Gabriel Hospice & Palliative Care and Broadway Hospice were each charged in the U.S Central District Court of California with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, an

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The Path to Promoting Health Literacy

Home Care Pulse

Article Contents: – Introduction. – Find the knowledge. – Understand the knowledge. – Implement the knowledge. – Share the knowledge. – Adapt to find the path forward. Article Contents: 1. Find the knowledge. 2. Understand the knowledge. 3. Implement the knowledge. 4. Share the knowledge. 5. Adapt to find the path forward.

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Study Finds Nurses’ Well-being and Sleep Hurt By Understaffing and Shift Work Before the Pandemic

Daily Nurse

Work stressors such as understaffing and shift work hurt nurses’ well-being and sleep—even before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study conducted by researchers from New York University and Yale University. Researchers conducted virtual focus groups with 23 nurses in 2019, asking nurses to describe their sleep, work stress, and performance. Nurses’ Well-being: 3 Key […].

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A Halloween Ode to Caregiving

Today's Caregiver

Sung to The Addams Family theme music They creep around your house, Ask questions of your spouse, All your plans up they will louse, Your Visiting Family.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Shradha Aiyer, Vice President, Axxess

Hospice News

Shradha Aiyer, vice president of products at Axxess, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. Future Leaders are individuals nominated by their peers. Candidates must be high-performing employees who are 40-years-old or younger, passionate workers who know how to put vision into action, and advocates for seniors and the committed professionals who ensure their well-being.

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Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond

Home Care Pulse

Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond Kristen Wheeler, Executive Director of Private Duty at NAHC, identifies five critical issues affecting the industry right now and what providers can do to advocate for change. View Episode Transcript × Episode Transcript. Linda Leekley ( 00:08 ): Hi, everyone. Good to see you.

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Breast Cancer Awareness

Adobe Hospice & Home Health

It’s time to speak up about breast cancer, and the month of October is dedicated to doing just that. As the most common form of cancer, it’s likely that someone in your life whom you care for deeply has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Given how prevalent breast cancer is and the repercussions it has on individuals and families affected, this month is a time to rally together and raise awareness.

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Resources for Mitigating Violence in the Health Care Workplace

AJN Off the Charts

Photo by Sandy Torchon/Pexels. Violence in health care facilities is on the rise and is yet another factor contributing to current levels of nurse burnout and stress. The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and the American Association for Nursing Leadership (AONL) have jointly provided guiding principles and a toolkit for mitigating violence in the workplace.

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Researchers Build Framework for Pediatric Palliative Care Growth

Hospice News

Researchers have found common threads in efforts to develop sustainable pediatric palliative care for underserved patients and families in need worldwide. Though demand is growing for pediatric palliative care, availability of these services is scarce at global levels, with staffing shortages and reimbursement issues as large culprits. Children are among the most underserved seriously ill populations in hospice and palliative care throughout the world.

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“Emergency Nurses of the Future” Video Series Promotes Healthy Nurse Work Environment Initiative

Daily Nurse

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and dBase Media launched the “Emergency Nurses of the Future” video series to promote its new healthy nurse work environment initiative. The series highlights efforts to support emergency nurses in multiple ways – from developing healthier work environments and encouraging self-care to provide tools and resources that bolster patient care. […].

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‘Think, question, change practice’ the transformative potential of an Advanced Practice Nursing group to explore evidence based practice

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

In a previous blog , Dr Andrew Finney outlined the reasons for developing and the purpose of the Critically Appraised Topics or CATS. A group of General Practice Nurses and ANPs came together with the academics at Keele University to look into clinical questions that were raised from their practice, search and critique the evidence base and then share clinical bottom lines that make best evidence interpretable.

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Making the most of precious moments at Diwali

Together for Short Lives

Celebrating moments and special festivals like Diwali are even more important to families caring for a seriously ill child. When time’s short, there is no time to waste. Families with a life-limiting child need to make the most of every moment, creating memories in the time they have together, whether that’s years, months or just […]. The post Making the most of precious moments at Diwali appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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Compassus Makes Moves in C-Suite; Workforce Retention at Core of AccentCare’s Leadership Change

Hospice News

New COO Takes Helm at Compassus. Laura Templeton has risen through the ranks at Compassus, recently becoming its new COO and executive vice president. Since joining the company in 2012, Templeton has served as senior vice president and chief of clinical operations. In the midst of a worsening industry-wide staffing shortage, Templeton was charged with retaining nurse leaders and preparing the pipeline of talent to fill those roles in the future.

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The Psychological Effect of a Hospital Stay on Seniors

Caring Senior Service

While time in the hospital can help a senior physically, it can have adverse effects on their mental health. Treatment can turn to trauma. The stress of a hospital stay can ultimately result in a decline of an elderly patient's mental and physical health, slowing down their long-term recovery, well-being, and quality of life. In fact, a 2012 study from Neurology suggested that the risk for cognitive declines more than doubles for seniors after a hospital stay.

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Cybersecurity Tips to Protect Your Information

Minority Nurse

Cybersecurity threats are real, but you can take many steps to help protect your own information. October is designated as Cybersecurity Awareness Month and offers excellent resources to help you take steps to make it tougher for anyone to gain your information. Whether it’s keeping patient information private at work or keeping your own personal information away from strangers, you do have control over some of the most common threats.

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What makes a great caregiver?

Living Assistance Services

Letting someone into your home (or the home of a loved one) is a big leap of faith. You have to develop strong communication and trust.