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Elevate Podcast #25: Karri Combs, registered nurse team leader at Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care

Hospice News

Hospice News joins Karri Combs, registered nurse team leader at Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care, to gain an inside look at some of the challenges and experiences that clinicians have while delivering end-of-life care by the bedside. Subscribe and listen to the episode here.

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Nurse of the Week: A Registered Nurse with a Heart of Gold

Daily Nurse

Nurse Malgorzata Rega at Gouverneur Health in New York City approaches each day with energy and passion for her job as a registered nurse. She appears to be dancing up and down the halls from patient to patient as she eagerly greets them, accessing their needs for the day is how patient Mark Gafur describes […].

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A Day in the Life: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Daily Nurse

For this edition of A Day in the Life , we interviewed a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) to profile what these nurses do so you can decide if it’s a specialty for you. I worked as a cardiothoracic intensive care nurse (CTICU RN) at St. What drew you to it? How long have you been doing it?

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Telehealth Effective in Supporting Rural Caregivers

Hospice News

For the study, caregivers of hospitalized patients who dwell in rural areas participated in a randomized, 8-week intervention consisting of video visits conducted by a palliative care-certified registered nurse. These visits were supplemented with phone calls and texts.

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Meet Diane Keinanen, Registered Nurse and Transgender Woman

Daily Nurse

Diane Keinanen , a registered nurse of 32 years in Duluth, Minnesota, is a transgender woman who started her transition journey four years ago. How does your nursing career tie into who you are as a transgender woman? Years ago, I wondered, “How would transitioning affect my medical career?” It is a true gift.

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Median Annual Wages For Registered Nurses In The U.S.

Diversity Nursing

Despite the variations in wages, one thing remains constant – the unwavering commitment of Nurses to their patients' well-being. Below are the median annual wages for Registered Nurses in all 50 states, and the District of Columbia, based on May 2023 Bureau of Labor Statistics data , and listed in alphabetical order.

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. CMS introduced SIA in 2016.