Hospice News May 28, 2024
Honing clinical scheduling and onboarding models is key to sustaining the hospice nurse workforce as demand for these clinicians rises and wages lag compared to those in other settings.
Future generations of health care clinicians may be woefully unprepared to address both the quantity and and the complexity of emotional, physical and spiritual needs among a swelling aging population nearing the end of life. A main issue is that many students do not receive adequate exposure to hospice and palliative care during their medical education, including training in the full scope of these interdisciplinary services.
Nurses entering the workforce need a wider scope of hospice and palliative care education and awareness to help fill these knowledge gaps and prepare them...