Nursing Program Shows Promise for Reducing Deaths from Chronic Illnesses

In a newly published study in this month's PLoS Medicine, Kenneth Coburn and colleagues found that community-based care management reduced deaths of geriatric patients suffering from multiple chronic illnesses by 25%. The intervention included individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment and monitoring community health and social service referrals.

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The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

National Survey Finds Nurses in Physicians’ Offices See Salary Hike

The June edition of Healthcare Finance News featured the results from a survey that found nurses and nurse managers saw an average salary increase of 4% and 12% over the past year. The authors of the survey also found that on average, nurses working in private practices tend to make less than their counterparts in other sectors of health care. This could perhaps explain the rise in salaries in private practices in order to compete for the best and the brightest nurses. With the Accountable Care Act emphasizing community-based health, this trend is likely to continue.

Do any of you have any personal experience with salary hikes or reductions?

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