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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

There’s a lot that goes into running a healthcare facility , from managing patient care to ensuring adequate coverage around the clock. In these complex and ever-changing environments, staffing challenges can quickly become a critical issue, impacting both patient care quality and operational efficiency.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

“It’s also often the family member or the person helping to manage them.” That means many older adults will be relying on other primary care physicians, who already can’t keep up with demand , and nurse practitioners, whose ranks are booming. Johnson, for example, has advanced training in gerontology.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. Furthermore, only about half of nursing home residents nearing the end of life receive hospice care. So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? Cognitive impairment. Kathleen 07:49 Yes.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: Discussion of a Multinational Trial with Lieve Van den Block. She’s a geriatric nurse practitioner specializing in palliative care, and assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. It improves symptom management.