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Hospice in a Hurricane: How Empath Health Responded to Back-to-Back Disasters

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mainland since Katrina in 2005. We can literally go anywhere the roads are accessible, and then we can set up full connectivity through satellite communications to support patient care,” Fleece said. “We The first, Hurricane Helene, was the deadliest storm to hit the U.S. The death toll as of Oct.

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Just Released: AACN Standards for Adult Critical Care Nurse Staffing

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Appropriate staffing has long been one of the “AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments” (HWE standards), first published in 2005. Each standard includes actions for organizational leaders, clinical leaders , and direct care nurses, as well as suggested exemplars, tools, and resources.

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Celebrating Black Nursing Leaders: Susanah Awe

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and began working as an RNII at UMROI in 2005. After some years, I decided to pursue my bachelor of nursing degree in 2013 to increase my knowledge of the field and position myself for growth opportunities in nursing care. They provide quality patient care and foster a great work environment for nursing staff.

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A CRNA Career Path: Meet Bijal Chaturvedi

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I earned my Master of Science in Anesthesia Nursing from Rush University in Chicago in 2005. Embracing challenging assignments, volunteering for cases involving the most critically ill patients, and delving deeply into the rationale behind every action are crucial steps in nurturing a profound understanding of patient care.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Barbara Bosah

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In 2005, I began my nursing career at UMMC as a new graduate nurse in the Surgical Intermediate Care Unit. Over the past 19 years, I have dedicated my professional life to serving patients at UMMC, gaining valuable experience, and honing my nursing skills.

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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

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Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a great deal of responsibility regarding patient care, and as the healthcare landscape evolves, so do the daily risks NPs face. Nurse practitioner malpractice data can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as help to improve the quality of care and patient safety.

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ECMO Nurse – The Fascinating And Intense World

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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. But together we learned and shared experiences to better these patientscare.

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