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UMMS Rolls Out Virtual ‘NEST’ to Support Bedside Care Teams in Labor and Delivery Units Across the System

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NEST is led by a medical director and a team of highly specialized nurses who bring over 200 years of combined experience safely delivering thousands of babies. This groundbreaking remote fetal monitoring center offers continuous, real-time monitoring of critical elements of labor and delivery across System hospitals.

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Clinical Nurse Leader Scott Stewart Co-Authors Ventricular Assist Device Textbook 

Daily Nurse

The textbook includes chapters written by Hackensack University Medical Center cardiac care experts, including: “Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support,” by Kanika Mody, M.D., Medical Director of LVAD Service and Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist, and Andrea Stuart, Chief PA of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

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Some of the Many Benefits of Being an NP

Minority Nurse

In the past several years, I have also seen an increase in NPs working as hospitalists, in more nuanced specialty areas, and even as medical directors.”. Paul, adds that NPs have been filling roles where it’s been more difficult to recruit physicians in geriatrics, family practice, and rural areas. “In Role of NP is Changing.

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How do Patient Navigators Contribute to Equitable, Quality and Culturally Appropriate Health Care?

Minority Nurse

In January 2009, the Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) staged the grand opening of the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona with Dr. Crista Johnson, MD, FACOG as the founding medical director. It is believed to be the only such clinic in the U.S. What was striking,” said Dr.

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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

Minority Nurse

Some days I am in meetings about developing care pathways with transplant surgery, updating the electronic medical record, discussing supply chain new equipment, or in a patient plan of care conference. With any system or product that impacts kidney care, the medical director, dialysis operations manager, and I are involved.

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A Life’s Passion Shared

The Bucket-List Blog

The fund was recently named in honor of our former chief medical director, who retired in August. If you would like to help support special moments like these, consider a gift to the Hanan Budeiri Legacy General Fund.

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A Passion for Breast Cancer Advocacy and Unique Perspective on Survivorship: Meet The Pink Warrior 

Daily Nurse

And so while I’m there, I’m precepting my nurse practitioner students and first and fourth-year medical students. I’m the medical director of quality, and it’s a big part of my job, work, and daily life. And it’s just been a great experience. I love working there. I’ve been there for four years and serve on their board.

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