Home healthcare nurse
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This qualitative study uses a phenomenological life world perspective to examine the utilization of nurses in community palliative care for people with noncancer conditions with a life expectancy of 2 years. Sited in Otago, New Zealand, while there was a number of health professionals involved in providing palliative care in the community for people with malignant conditions, none of the participants with nonmalignant disease were receiving specialist palliative care at the time of interview. Support services used a rehabilitative model of care that was not always appropriate in meeting the needs of the people who were dying and their families.
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Home healthcare nurse · Jan 2011
QAPI how do you measure up?: Preparing for public reporting in hospice: an overview for success.
With the passage of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 (Affordable Care Act), public reporting for hospice will be required. A high-functioning Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) program is the foundation for improved patient outcomes and the platform for public reporting. Assessing the effectiveness of a hospice's QAPI program now and then taking it to the next level will prepare organizations for when public reporting is here.