Physician's Weekly
JUNE 19, 2025
On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson, a nurse practitioner who treats older adults, had a hospice consult with Ellen, a patient in her 90s in declining health. Their growth has bolstered primary care, and, like doctors, they can specialize in particular branches of medicine. “Hello. How are you feeling?”
GeriPal
JUNE 5, 2025
Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. Nursing home, length of stay, I think it was like back in 2010, at the end of life. And so we do have consultants who come in the building.
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GeriPal
MARCH 10, 2022
Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. She’s a geriatric nurse practitioner specializing in palliative care, and assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Rehabbed to Death. Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Joan.
PEMBlog
MAY 9, 2024
In a study from Kim published in Pediatrics in 2010, they looked at 526 children with complex febrile seizures. Simple febrile seizures do not require neurology consults or admissions. So that’s one special population with a complex febrile seizure, even two in a 24 hour period that deserves special workup.
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