Hospice News

AUGUST 7, 2023

This reality presents a valuable opportunity for palliative care to directly support patients by focusing on their lifestyle and goals.” In the face of staffing shortages, especially of nurses and social workers, telehealth also helps coordinate visits with those team members, Schell explained. You need nurses.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wu added that with only 10 members, the palliative care team is “small but mighty” and includes physicians, a nurse practitioner, a nurse social worker, a pharmacist, a chaplain and an administrator.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. But are we really taking full advantage of ALL social workers have to offer our field? I don’t know if this person was a social worker or not. Barbara: Yay.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

I started advocating pretty early on that I thought it would be really beneficial to form a separate, dedicated team of nurses, physicians, social workers and chaplains to take part in this care. What was your role in the process and how did you determine a need for these services?

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

Presently, 80% of CareConnectMD’s patient population is in the long term care setting, according to Phan. This includes frequent visits by a nurse practitioner, regular contact between care managers and patients, and oversight by a physician. Most DCEs expect a seamless transition into ACO REACH.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The third is moving away from a very medicalized approach and focusing on what conversations help us get informed on trauma in the past and present.” We have a duty to look out for this in anyone, a social worker, physician, nurse or patient. Snyder previously served as a hospice nurse for 23 years.

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The Bucket-List Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. Julie Mullins, George’s hospice nurse, worked closely with him to ensure his symptoms were well controlled and he felt well on the day of his party. Julie Mullens presents George with a gift from the care team. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes. They’re saying that you can’t have inpatient care because the patient is dying or doesn’t need the care of a physician or the care of a nurse. I propose that is the social worker.

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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. His second book, Letter to a Hospice Nurse , celebrates the lives of hospice patients and gives a format for surviving family and friends to process grief. Meet Derek Flores, RN, CHPN, BS, and hospice nurse in Colorado.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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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. I like to ask the patient and family if it’s ok to speak openly with everyone present.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

Three important considerations can help hospices recruit and retain social workers — a respectful workplace culture, reasonable workloads and continuing education opportunities. Workforce shortages remain the industry’s most damaging headwind, and that includes social workers. for nurses, the report indicated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Last year VNA Health Group enhanced its dementia care training programs for social work and nursing staff, with an emphasis on its home health patients. VNA Health also has plans to possibly add psychiatric advanced practice nurses into their clinical teams, though this initiative is in its early stages. “I

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Participants are typically those certified by a state to require nursing level of care (which can be home-based), and need assistance with certain activities of daily life (ADLs). Case in point, Virginia-based Goodwin Hospice formed a collaboration with end-of-life doula provider Present for You LLC roughly three years ago.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

If we look at some of the decks and slide presentations on the Medicare Advantage carve-in, going back to 2018, it’s the same information, and we’re still talking about impacting change. We’ve heard from the [Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)] on the 20% payment cap reduction.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 25, 2023

A multidisciplinary team can include your doctor, spiritual counselor, social worker, and bereavement counselor to name a few. These are settings that reside outside of the hospital and can include skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation centers and home care agencies.

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AJN Off the Charts

JANUARY 17, 2023

If a nurse fails to recognize signs of trauma-related distress, such patients may be negatively labeled as unintelligent, argumentative, in denial, or as having poor insight, coping, or emotion-regulation skills. Ask if they would like a safe family member or friend to be present. Be present and attentive.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 31, 2023

When you’re a nurse in the process of finding a new position, there’s much to think about during the complex job search journey, from your resume and cover letter to interview prep and negotiating salaries, but one thing many nurses overlook is always having a reliable set of professional references on tap whom you can call when you need them.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. I made my way through the ranks as a CNA, then a registered nurse, and then a nurse practitioner and now, I’m in a leadership position.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In 2013, CHC won the Global Partnership Award presented for a model partnership that others should look at.” “It had been twinned with the Palliative Care Association of Uganda, and quickly became a very successful and engaged partnership. Title transfer In 2014, based on input from leaders of U.S.-based

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The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

During a conversation with Nancy one of our nurses, Teresa VanCamp Dickson learned that she felt sad that her mother wouldn’t be with her for her wedding in June. . Teresa immediately spoke with Heather Randall, a social worker, about Nancy’s situation.

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The Nurse Break

MAY 29, 2022

Meet Jackie Ashmore, ermha365 Chief Operating Officer and former Nurse Unit Manager at Thomas Embling – a high-security forensic mental health hospital in Victoria. Read on to learn all about nursing security and forensic patients in one of the most unique and under talked about areas of nursing! Write for us.

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Shining Light Hospice

MARCH 27, 2023

Hospice teams typically include primary healthcare physicians, specialists such as pain management doctors, nurses, home health aides (if applicable), social workers, counselors, chaplains/spiritual advisors, therapists, and volunteers. Create space for dialogue and topics that will be pertinent throughout the journey ahead.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

Nurses provide emotional, physical, and psychological care to patients every day. However, these interactions put them at risk for crossing the lines of professional boundaries in nursing. For instance, as a hospice nurse, you spend a significant amount of time with your patients and their families.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. Could it be the bedside nurse? It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Executives from almost every publicly traded hospice company raised this issue in earnings calls and presentations throughout the year. Nurses saw average national salary increases of 5.95% in 2022. Social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly wage hike, and medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6%, the report indicated.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The social workers and nurses you interact with may get busy, and they may also interact with your competitors. This could lead to community panel discussions, joint presentations, and cross-company in-services. Bring evidence and tangible successes that you’ve brought to clients.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The social workers and nurses you interact with may get busy, and they may also interact with your competitors. This could lead to community panel discussions, joint presentations, and cross-company in-services. Bring evidence and tangible successes that you’ve brought to clients.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

In addition, home care aides may also be present to assist with personal care services such as bathing and grooming. Since hospice care is usually provided in the home, a loved one may still be involved as the primary caregiver, with guidance and support provided by professional medical staff on the hospice care team.

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The Productive Home Health Nurse

DECEMBER 22, 2020

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? Killin’ it! Hmmm, what’s really going on here…??!!

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 4, 2022

18 best books for nurses about grief, death and loss. For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. Not just for the bereaved, Bearing the Unbearable will be required reading for grief counselors, therapists and social workers, clergy of all varieties, educators, academics, and medical professionals.

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Chicago Caregiving

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

has been hard for Kathleen Tate, 74, a retired nurse in Mount Vernon, Washington. Beth Spencer, 73, a recently retired social worker who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her 90-year-old husband, is grappling with similar feelings during this typically challenging Midwestern winter. and “What’s the future going to look like?”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Why does CHAP have a national medical director, registered nurse and social worker on staff who all specialize in hospice? The opportunity presented by the aging of the Baby Boomer generation should be fully realized and embraced as there is much parallel work and effort of care provided in hospice and the 4Ms.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 2, 2022

As a hospice nurse, you might not always understand how this relates to your work. Furthermore, if you’re like most hospice nurses, you probably don’t have much time to spend thinking about survey scores. First, let me be clear, this is not just a concern for the nurse. Were there red flags or warning signs present?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Today we talk with Fayron Epps and Karen Moss, two nurse researchers who are focused on improving the experience of Black/African American caregivers of persons living with dementia. Why are nurse researchers in particular critical to the study of these issues? You both are nurse leaders who are doing this unique work out there.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

1 Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers (July 11). One seldom-discussed aspect of this year’s pervasive labor shortage was the number of social workers who had left the field. Social workers cited a lack of employer engagement as a leading cause of burnout and turnover, sources told Hospice News.

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