Daily Nurse

APRIL 25, 2024

Hospice is provided for a person with a terminal illness whose doctor believes they have six months or less to live if the illness runs its natural course.” 99% of all hospice deaths occur outside of an inpatient unit,” Dibben states. He adds, “Hospice is 80% psychosocial and 20% medical. Is Hospice Nursing for You?

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 8, 2024

Supporting someone with a life-limiting diagnosis or talking about death can be difficult for many people, but not for a hospice nurse. Maryette Williamson, RN, BSN, knows firsthand from working as a BAYADA Hospice Nurse in Fayetteville, North Carolina. How did you get interested in working as a home hospice nurse?

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HopeHealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

An inpatient hospice nurse opens up about his experiences at Hulitar Hospice Center, and what it means for patients and their families spending their final moments together. The post In the halls of Hulitar: An inpatient hospice nurse opens up appeared first on HopeHealth.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 31, 2024

Communities across the midwest feel the impact of recent snowfall and below-zero temperatures, but that weather didn’t stop Iowa hospice nurse Tiffany McArdle. McArdle, a hospice nurse for St. Daily Nurse proudly names hospice nurse Tiffany McArdle as the Nurse of the Week.

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Diversity Nursing

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The primary goal of hospice care is to manage the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients, as well as provide support to their families. It is provided by a team of healthcare professionals, including hospice Nurses, who play a crucial role in ensuring that patients receive the best possible care.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JUNE 11, 2024

I want to tackle compliance for hospice nurses and help them overcome challenges while maintaining compliance and upholding the principles of compassionate care at the end of life. The Regulatory Landscape in Hospice Nursing When I started as a hospice nurse, things felt less complicated.

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Hospice 101

MAY 16, 2020

Are you a good hospice nurse? Or, are you an AMAZING Hospice Nurse? In my eight-years as a Hospice Nurse, I’ve worked with some good hospice nurses, some bad hospice nurses, and then I’ve had the honor and privilege of working with some AMAZING hospice nurses.

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Hospice of the North Coast

MAY 4, 2023

Hospice nurses help bring dignity and compassion to those who are suffering from a terminal illness. It’s a unique type of nursing that requires special skills and an understanding of the emotional challenges that come with end-of-life care. Choosing a career as a hospice nurse is a meaningful and rewarding experience.

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High Peaks Hospice

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Position Description: The Hospice Nurse Practitioner works in collaboration with the hospice team to provide hospice care services to patients and families in a variety of patient care settings. The Hospice Nurse Practitioner provides consultation, assessments, and evaluation of the plan of care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2022

In the home setting in particular, hospice nurses do yeoman’s work. They not only do yeoman’s work in terms of the personal association and the services that they offer, but they are a brand of nurse that works highly independently and cooperatively with a physician staff associated with hospice.

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This can only be achieved if care teams, including hospice nurses, know the latest evidence-based strategies for dementia care. But hospice nurses also recognize the challenges these patients and their families face every day and are ready to help ease their distress and fear. Recognizing challenges and risks.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JULY 24, 2022

If you’re a new hospice nurse, you might feel overwhelmed. You may also wonder if your prior nursing experience is enough. Before you settle into those feelings too much, you might want to explore these 5 tips to help you stop feeling incompetent as a new hospice nurse. Common Feelings of New Hospice Nurses.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 30, 2024

Finding the balance between compassion and the clock is critical for hospice nurses. Hospice is often portrayed as serene and peaceful. For hospice nurses, mastering time management is an essential skill for long-term success. One routine that I like is leaving my hospice bag and shoes in the same place every day.

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Hospice 101

APRIL 15, 2020

ICU Nurses and ER nurses are trained to help and care for patients with urgent and emergent needs, with the goal to have them walk out their hospital doors. Hospice Nurses would love to come into the hospitals and advocate for the dying patients. Hospice nurses help prepare family members and hospice patients for death.

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Hospice 101

MAY 3, 2020

However, we can’t forget another group of nurses that are suddenly finding themselves working harder than ever – our Hospice Nurses. Hospice nurses are also getting busier with new admissions onto hospice services which is increasing their census.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 11, 2024

As a hospice nurse, a challenging and unavoidable aspect of your role is navigating end-of-life conversations. In this article, we’ll explore the challenges of these conversations and some key strategies to help new hospice nurses. It’s not always easy to know what to say or how much to say.

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Hospice Promise

JUNE 12, 2022

Carol Gilmore (BSN, RN) shares several lessons she’s learned as a Hospice Nurse. Carol has been a nurse for over 40 years and loves everything about it. Being a Hospice Promise nurse has given her the opportunity to serve and help those in her community.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

APRIL 14, 2022

Whether you’ve been a nurse for one day or 20 years, there are 5 strategies you need to survive hospice nursing. It’s not unusual for hospice nurses to say that it’s their calling. However, it takes more than a calling to make it as a hospice nurse. Let’s get real for a moment.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Being a hospice nurse can leave you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. If so, then you need these 7 simple ways to get organized for hospice nurses. Unlike working at a hospital or nursing home, you don’t just get to pop back into your patients’ rooms after you leave. Sound familiar? Prep Ahead of Time.

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The Heart of Hospice

DECEMBER 16, 2022

We’re talking with Hospice Nurse Penny about how her TikTok videos about end of life care have become a social media phenomenon. After finding her way to hospice nursing, Penny Smith realized there was a big gap in accurate information about end of life care.

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

Nurses with three years of experience now receive an hourly wage of $47.74. This was close to double the 4.75% increase the health system most recently offered home health and hospice nurses, or an hourly wage of $43.31.

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The Heart of Hospice

JUNE 1, 2022

Hospice Nurse Julie is our guest, talking about why her hospice videos have gone viral, and what she finds meaningful about working in end-of-life care. RN Julie McFadden started making the videos, never dreaming that four days later so many people … Continue reading "Hospice Nurse Julie is the New TikTok Phenomenon".

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The Heart of Hospice

APRIL 15, 2022

Hospice nurse and author Pepper Cappuccio is talking with us about his book “Warm Water: The Last Act of Compassion”, and how he creates meaning for patients and their families in their last moments. Carl “Pepper” Cappuccio has been a nurse for over 15 years, and a hospice nurse for 10 years.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Roughly 90 of its home health and hospice registered nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) recently voted in favor of strike, though ultimately decided to postpone that action as wage negotiations continue. Nurses with three years of experience now receive an hourly wage of $47.74.

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

He was inspired by their dedication to preserving the dignity and comfort of his father during his final days, igniting a fire within him to give back to his community in a similar way, leading him to become a BAYADA hospice nurse. What is the most rewarding about your nursing career after serving in the U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Hospice nurses pointed to this issue as their number-one concern about their jobs in a recent survey by The Amity Group. Nurses are saying, ‘I love being a hospice nurse. ’ I think we’re losing a lot of nurses because of this because their family is so unhappy.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Several years ago, my grandfather was in hospice, and throughout his experience, he was extremely agitated and anxious. However, everything changed when a compassionate hospice nurse approached my grandmother and asked her a simple question: “Have you told him you’re going to be okay?”

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Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2023

Nursing is a second career for Derek J. Flores, RN, CHPN, BS, a hospice nurse in Colorado since 2012. In 2020 Flores was a featured guest on the TV Show, The Doctors , sharing his expertise on end-of-life hospice care. Meet Derek Flores, RN, CHPN, BS, and hospice nurse in Colorado.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2023

When retiring hospice nurses are ready to pass the torch, often no one is there to take it. The same applies to instructors in nursing schools who could help replenish their ranks. Currently, nursing schools and hospices are experiencing some of the same difficulties.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In late December 2023, home health and hospice nurses at Oregon’s PeaceHealth Sacred Heart health system threatened to strike unless they receive wages that are comparable to the hospital’s inpatient teams. Vincent Medical Center in Oregon voted to join the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association (PNCHMA) labor union.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

As hospice nurses, we embark on a journey filled with compassion, empathy, and the desire to provide comfort to those in their final stages of life. The Ethical Dilemmas in End of Life Care: Hospice care is unique and although it revolves around providing comfort and dignity to individuals at the end of life.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

Eve Conversa, Hospice Nurse Practitioner for Advocate Health/Advocate Hospice, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Hospice News. To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2022

Our hope was that if we created this residency, we could build a pipeline of nurses who had exceptional training and could then go on and train further nurses. It would open up the opportunity, and show how rewarding it could be to be a hospice nurse and how it differs from other fields.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from, in your role today? Michael Porpora: During my first week at OnePoint, I had the opportunity to shadow a hospice nurse for a day, and it was an experience that I will never forget. I was amazed at how she was able to handle it all.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The program is two-fold in its purpose in terms of alleviating clinicians’ stress and fostering a team-building culture, according to Jodi Bigness, registered nurse and hospice nursing supervisor at Partners In Care. “We

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2024

Hospices were among the few health care providers offering quality services to LGBTQ+ patients dying of AIDS at the time, according to California-based YoloCares CEO Craig Dresang. “In It was a scary time,” Dresang told Hospice News. In the 1980s people were terrified of anyone who had AIDS.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Charles Hospice nurse Cherie Iannucci, who helped organize the movement to seek union representation. The home health and hospice unit had undergone a leadership change, and new management came in with a different set of priorities, Iannucci said. The push to unionize began in 2020, according to St. A top priority for the St.

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