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Hospices Strengthening Ties to Tech, Pharmacy Companies to Support Families, Staff

Hospice News

“I think that adding those [technolog] pieces in as an adjunct — they’ll never replace our people — but adding them in as an adjunct really helps the comfort for the patient and the family to know that they can push a button and get hold of my nurse,” Jet Health CEO Stacie Bratcher told Hospice News.

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Nursing Informatics: Vital to the Profession

Nurse.com

The American Nurses Association (ANA) defines nursing informatics as a specialty that identifies, defines, manages, and communicates data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. The essential elements — data, information, knowledge, and wisdom — encompass the concept of bringing data together in meaningful ways.

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The Importance of the Patient Handoff Report

Diversity Nursing

Nursing hand-off or shift reports are a critical component of safe patient care in all healthcare settings. Handoff reports must be comprehensive, accurate, and designed to properly communicate essential information from one Nurse to another during shift changes.

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Empowering patients and families to escalate worries and concerns. The NHS England pilot project at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

We acknowledge that healthcare is a highly complex process, and healthcare professionals are human and may adopt bias, according to their specialty or expected patient pathway or make errors or omissions in care, in the 24hour business of life. 106(SUPPL 1) (pp A361) [8] Patient Safety Commissioner (nd) Listening to patients.

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Head-to-Toe Assessments: A Checklist for Success

Nurse.com

You collect subjective and objective data that helps to identify a patient’s needs and problems which lead to the formation of nursing diagnoses. Heath assessments also provide vital information that can identify life-threatening conditions. Head-to-toe assessments are an invaluable component to patient care.

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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

Minority Nurse

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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How Hospitals Are Using Technology to Support the Nursing Workforce

Diversity Nursing

As the backbone of patient care, Nurses face a demanding and ever-changing environment. From managing complex patient needs to coordinating care across multidisciplinary teams, their responsibilities are vast and varied. Mobile EHR platforms allow Nurses to update patient records in real time, directly from the bedside.