Hospice News August 13, 2024
A new hospice nursing recruitment effort has launched in the New England region after being stalled by the pandemic.
The recruitment initiative is the fruit of a collaboration between Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) and the Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire (the Alliance).
The effort began as a small nurse residency program that ran for five years prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. After seeing improved recruitment amid rising demand for home-based care, the organization planned to expand the program, ultimately holding off due to staffing issues, according to VNH CEO and President Johanna Beliveau. Beliveau is also a registered nurse with more than 20 years of health care experience.
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