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How Hospices Are Innovating Clinical Onboarding

Hospice News

Onboarding processes have an important role in preparing hospice clinicians for the nuances of providing end-of-life care. Developing a peer-support structure is a key part of clinical workforce retention when it comes to clearly defining the expectations of end-of-life care delivery and nuances involved, Guernier said.

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Preventable and Aggressive Care for Cancer Patients: To the Bitter End

AJN Off the Charts

There have been a couple of recent studies that confirm what I have observed as a palliative care nurse practitioner (NP) in an academic medical center: that there’s still a tendency to pursue very aggressive care with older people with cancer. Palliative care could prevent many ED visits. Nearly 10% of the 1.5

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NHPCO Welcomes Incoming Vice President of Quality

NHPCO

Alexandria, Va) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) today announced it has hired a new Vice President of Quality, Dr. Aparna Gupta DNP, FACHE, CPHQ, CRNP. Gupta said, “I look forward to working with the hospice and palliative care communities to improve the quality of patient care.