Geriatrics/Aging
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News From the End of Life: Employer manual targets grief help for employees
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Prevent staff misuse of chaplains’ services
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Pain management panel to work on standards
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Rules on refusing nutrition draw suit in Arkansas
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Family members often conflict with ICU staff
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Despite more partnerships, some patients being missed
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New palliative care model may ease transition from acute care to hospice
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Pain management project includes hospital pathway
A quality improvement team that focused on ways clinicians could better manage patients’ pain developed a one-page clinical pathway that clearly shows what needs to be done. -
Palliative care and hospice pain experts provide best practice care guidelines
Hospices may be the leaders in pain management, but most could improve their efforts by following best practice guidelines and initiating a quality improvement process, several pain experts say. -
Aspirin prevents strokes in middle-aged women
Results from a new major study show middle-aged women who take aspirin lowered their risk of having a stroke, but their risk of myocardial infarction or death from cardiovascular causes was not affected.