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Professional Boundaries in Nursing: Are You Crossing the Line?

Hospice Nurse Hero

This is especially true in healthcare settings like home health and hospice when care is being provided in the patient’s home. For instance, as a hospice nurse, you spend a significant amount of time with your patients and their families. For instance, you may need to touch, feed, or even bathe a patient.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. We have on that podcast about re-imagining long-term care.

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Paying Your Care Staff More Won’t Keep Them Around Longer—Here are 4 Solutions that Will, According to the Experts

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The care at home industry is also the only environment where long-term care providers are expected to deliver care to all their patients between the hours of 9 a.m. They want to know when I need them so they can plan the rest of their life which feeds into the notion of work-life balance.

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