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Why Telemedicine Must Play a Central Role in Solving the Nursing Staffing Shortage

Daily Nurse

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the healthcare industry, including how health systems coped with the ongoing shortage of qualified registered nurses. Dramatic surges in patient volumes led to hospitals bringing in travel nurses at unprecedented rates, hiking the demand for contract nurses by at least 35% over pre-pandemic levels.

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Full and Fulfilling: A day in the Life of a Home Health Care Nurse

Traditions Health

Full and Fulfilling: A Day in the Life of a Home Health Care Nurse Climbing into her car each morning, Marsha Ramsey, RN, knows she has a full day ahead. As a Traditions Health home health care nurse, she makes old-fashioned house calls of sorts. Bob has a colostomy and feeding tube, so Marsha talks with him about his diet.

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Tips & advice to ace your nursing studies by Jessica

The Nurse Break

We interview Jessica Lambert, a final year nursing student at the University of Tasmania about her nursing studies. She gives some great pieces of advice that all nursing students should read. West Africa to Nursing Studies. I chose to study nursing because of my unusual upbringing. Student & Grad articles.

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Celebrating Neonatal Nurses Work This Week

Minority Nurse

Neonatal Nurses Week kicks off this year on September 12 and will bring a week to spread awareness of neonatal nursing as a career and to call attention to the work these nurses do with the tiniest infants. Some nurses in this area do continue to see patients until they reach toddlerhood.

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Advanced Pain Management in Cancer: Janet Abrahm

GeriPal

We didn’t have pain as a fifth vital sign then. The nurses say we can’t touch them anywhere. And you may have missed the turnoff between delirium and pain, or your nurses may have. Talk to the nurses about it. And B, you have to show the nurse where to put the patch. Nobody was taking them.

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Exploring the Neonatal Nursing Specialty

Nurse.com

Whether you’re a nursing student, new graduate, or experienced nurse, choosing the right specialty can provide you job satisfaction and a sense of fulfillment. One nursing specialty that can be particularly rewarding is neonatal nursing. What is neonatal nursing? What is neonatal nursing?

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Nursing Behind Bars: My Experience As a Corrections Nurse

Nurse.com

Ten years into practicing nursing, I was experiencing burnout, exhaustion, and apathy. I spent three of those 10 years working as a staff nurse in med-surg and perioperative units and the rest in various positions in home health and hospice. My nursing career was about to take a trip into the unknown. Kelly Langford, RN.

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