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What Certifications Do Nurses Need?

Daily Nurse

Nursing certifications are essential for nurses and provide additional assurance that the RNs caring for patients are competent, well-trained, seasoned professionals. Numerous studies demonstrate that nurse certification improves patient care and safety.

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Should Nurses Try to Get Published?

Minority Nurse

Dottie Roberts, EdD, MSN, MACI, RN, OCNS-C, CMSRN, CNE, has been the editor of the MEDSURG Nursing journal since 2002 and sees getting published as an equal opportunity. “However, all nurses are responsible for communicating information about practice innovations, particularly those impacting patient outcomes.”

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2024 Emerging Leader Keri O. Brenner, MD MPA

AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

Brenner, MD MPA has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care. I served in Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying in Kolkata, India on various occasions (2002-2006) which inspired my eventual path toward palliative care.

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Survey Paints Enrollment Picture

Daily Nurse

She noted in an interview that in 2002, roughly 30,800 students were enrolled in RN-to-BSN programs. These are nurses in clinical practice who are focused on patient care outcomes in a clinical practice environment. That number skyrocketed to almost 140,000 students enrolled in these programs in 2018-19.

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ECMO Nurse – The Fascinating And Intense World

The Nurse Break

I started my nursing career in 2002 after 2 ½ years of mandatory national service (Army). I came to Melbourne in 2005 to complete my critical care training and stayed in the Intensive Care setting since. Take for example disease progression in COVID patients, no one would have a good understanding of this before 2021.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

Pallimed

Palladian Health described itself as “comprehensive muscular skeletal health care company that integrates physical therapy, chiropractic, health and fitness with patient care advocacy to improve clinical and economic outcomes,” and listed Chou as a member of its Clinical Advisory Board (32). See: [link] 8. See: [link] 9.

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