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Hospice, Home Health Nurses Unionize at Oregon’s St. Charles Health System

Hospice News

Nurses at St. Charles Home Health and Hospice in Bend, Oregon, have unionized with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) to negotiate for improved working conditions, compensation and other issues. The home health and hospice provider is part of the St. The push to unionize began in 2020, according to St.

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How Workplace Violence Impacts Home Health Nurses

Nurse.com

As the demand for home healthcare grows, so does the risk of workplace violence for home health nurses. . Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that home healthcare is one of America’s fastest-growing industries, with a projected compound annual growth rate of 5% for 2014–2024, which equals approximately 760,400 new jobs.

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Nurse of the Week: Home Health Nurse Julie Lakomiak Donates A Kidney to Someone She’s Never Met

Daily Nurse

Last Wednesday, Julie Lakomiak, a home health nurse from Plainfield, Illinois, donated her kidney to a “non-directed recipient.” This week, she’s our Nurse of the Week. But as a nurse for almost 20 years, she wanted to help someone in need and make others […].

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How To Be A Successful Home Health Nurse

The Productive Home Health Nurse

I was sitting in my recliner, with my laptop resting across my legs, thinking to myself “so you wanted to be a home health nurse didja?! …. I was transitioning into home health nursing and by the looks of my situation…. SETTING GOALS AS A HOME HEALTH NURSE. I was all alone!

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5 Tips To Adopt To Actually Being A Successful Home Health Nurse

The Productive Home Health Nurse

We are almost 2 years familiar with COVID, and the amazing hospital nurse is overworked and extremely burnt out! Luckily, they’re realizing the astounding number of other nursing specialties at their disposal. The Faithful Five are: Know the difference between a Private Duty Nurse and a Home Health Nurse.

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How To Boost Your Home Health Nursing Orientation For Free

The Productive Home Health Nurse

This is great, you have your home health nursing orientation and preceptor time all next week…. Ever played this “comparison game” with your fellow home health nurse buddies? Ever played this “comparison game” with your fellow home health nurse buddies?

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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?