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Will the Real Nurse Please Stand Up? 

Daily Nurse

Have you ever heard a nurse pass judgment on a colleague and say that another nurse isn’t a “real nurse”? Have you noticed some nurses looking down on those who choose to be school nurses or work in home health, dialysis, assisted living, medical offices, or ambulatory surgery? School nursing?

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Nurses Making a Difference, Touching Lives, and Changing the World 

Daily Nurse

Nurses are givers, and most will agree that they didn’t join the profession for the high salaries, fancy clothes, sexy shoes, or awesome accessories. Instead, nurses are more likely to say they chose nursing because they wanted to help people. In this way, the nurse is the patient’s strongest ally and advocate.

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AlayaCare Announces Technology Integration with KabaFusion Holdings

AlayaCare

Leading provider of specialty pharmacy and home infusion in North America selects AlayaCare Cloud to be compliant with the Cures Act and the Electronic Visit Verification mandates for skilled care and home infusion services RICHMOND HILL, N.Y.—18 For more information, visit: AlayaCare Press Contact: Kevin G.

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Nurses, Nursing, and the Nature of Suffering

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

In the course of many nurses' healthcare careers, witnessing the illness, suffering, and death of others is commonplace. Aside from witnessing the challenges faced by others, nurses are themselves human beings with their own life experiences, victories, and suffering.

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Do You Need to Learn Hospice GIP Documentation? [Expert Tips]

Hospice Nurse Hero

As a hospice nurse, there are many skills that you must master. One of these skills is understanding and completing hospice GIP documentation. Plus, I’ll explain when GIP care is appropriate and when it’s not. What is Hospice GIP Care? Caregiver Relief: GIP is NOT respite care.

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Reason for referral: Documentation tips for therapists

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Today, I would like for us all to consider not merely the importance of documenting daily skilled care but also the reason for referral and the need for initiating services in the first place. No specific medical event reported by nursing.” If you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen.

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When the goal is to maintain

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Answer: Since maintenance services are considered skilled care, the patient must meet the setting-specific qualifying criteria outlined in the law, regulations, and Medicare Benefit Policy Manual. Maintenance therapy and the allowances for rehab professionals gained a greater appreciation following the Jimmo versus Sebelius settlement.