Hospice Management Advisor Archives – January 1, 2004
January 1, 2004
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Florida offers a model for improving clergy training in end-of-life care
A cornerstone of quality end-of-life care is its attention to matters of the spirit. In recognition of this, hospices have offered spiritual care as one of their core services. Still, clergy in the community who support members of their congregations in times of need are often armed only with good intentions when it comes to care for the dying. -
Hospice Trends: Good marketing requires good management
As a leader of your organization, do you see your marketing director as an influential member of your management team, or is your marketing director someone who merely follows up with physicians and other referral sources? Is your marketing plan synchronized with your daily operations, or is it separate from the overall direction in which your hospice is going? -
Determine your needs before the first interview
While there are many positive aspects of home health nursing that help in recruitment, the increasing paperwork required by regulatory and reimbursement organizations is detrimental, says Coleen Conway-Svec, RN, MS, MBA, chief operating officer of the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan in Oak Park. -
Vary recruitment efforts to improve hiring process
There is no magic formula for attracting the best applicants to your agency, but using a combination of marketing tools to reach nurses with news of job openings will help you find the people you want, according to Don Richardson, vice president of administration for the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas in Dallas. -
To hire better, show applicants the job
It took about 18 months of hard work, but staff at the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan in Oak Park found the solution to a recruitment and retention problem that made the agency look like a revolving door for registered nurses. -
Do sacred cows still graze in your agency?
They still graze in and around your agency, but an increasing number of home health managers are starting to look critically at sacred cows that need to be put out to pasture. Sacred cows are rituals, beliefs, or guidelines that are routinely followed without anyone really questioning the origin or even the appropriateness of the belief. -
News from the end of life
Study: Caregivers suffer long-term effects of stress; New neuropathic pain guidelines published; Study shows caregivers overestimate pain; RWJF announces funding of leadership centers; CMS rolls out its quality initiative; FDA approves new Alzheimers drug