Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 26, 2022

Attitude about documenting in front of the patient Short staffing Unclear understanding of hospice rules/regulations Lack of nursing experience (new to hospice) Inappropriate assignments (new nurse with complex patients) Travel time (rural vs nursing home vs inpatient) Too many patients.

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1-800-HOSPICE

JANUARY 18, 2022

However, by 2017, home surpassed hospitals, nursing homes, and every other place as the most common place of death. On the other hand, the trend of more Americans dying at home also presents challenges for families that we may have not seen for a century. 24/7 On-call Hospice Nurse.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

While nearly 80% of people say they want to die at home , only 20% do. Believe it or not, many people still end up dying in acute care settings or nursing homes. However, as a home hospice nurse, you are more likely to perform death visits in the patient’s personal residence or nursing home.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I spent some time at the branch level and then became a corporate level clinical educator for a national home health organization. And my main focus, which I loved in that role was to help develop professional home health and hospice aids. Suddenly people were realizing that, oh, you know, people wanted to stay home.

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