How long you can get hospice care. Hospice care is for people with a life expectancy of 6 months or less (if the illness runs its normal course). If you live longer than 6 months, you can still get hospice care, as long as the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor recertifies that youâre terminally ill. 1  You can get hospice care for two 90-day benefit periods, followed by an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods.
Nurse leaders need to consider soft skills along with clinical skills when interviewing nurses for potential employment. Leaders also need to ensure that they, as well as their nurses, develop and possess soft skills to provide safe and competent patient care and to ensure the success of the healthcare institution.
The first step in fostering soft skills in employees is for nurse leaders to assess their own soft skill knowledge and use. For instance, nurse leaders should role model and use soft skills effectively in every day nursing practice in front of the nursing staff so that staff see leaders leading by example.