Hospice News May 17, 2024
Misconceptions about and limited awareness of hospice is among the industry’s largest headwinds, a problem that one hospice nurse in California is working to solve.
Julie McFadden entered the nursing profession 16 years ago, starting her career in intensive care units. After about eight years in the ICU, she “took the leap” into hospice nursing and hasn’t looked back.
More recently, McFadden has begun to take her passion for hospice care beyond the bedside. She has been releasing educational videos on social media platforms and YouTube in which she discusses key aspects of hospice care, terminal illness, caregiving and the dying process. She has more than 47,000 subscribers on YouTube alone, with some videos attracting tens or hundreds of thousands...