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5 Steps to a Stronger Nursing Resume

Minority Nurse

When you’re in the market for a nursing job, a resume is a very important part of your job search toolkit. If you’d like to buff up your resume , here are five steps to make you a stronger contender in a competitive nursing job market. ” An objective such as this serves little to no purpose.

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Patient Advocacy: A Closer Look

Diversity Nursing

Nurse advocates are tasked with helping patients understand and navigate their healthcare journey, including answering questions, explaining medical care, discussing and explaining billing or insurance, and other healthcare-related topics. Nurses are often the first and last contact for patients in the healthcare setting.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

All right, and finally we have Yael Zweig, who is a geriatric nurse practitioner at NYU. So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. Patient just got discharged from the hospital, just coming back from the skilled nursing facility.

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Research Nursing: A Comprehensive Overview

Diversity Nursing

Being a Research Nurse is a unique and vital role within the healthcare system. Research Nurses play a crucial part in bridging the gap between clinical practice and scientific research. Patient Care These Nurses also provide comprehensive care to participants in clinical trials.

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The Legal Responsibilities of Nursing

Diversity Nursing

Nursing is a multifaceted profession that requires strong clinical skills, excellent problem-solving, top-notch communication skills, and a deep understanding of the legal obligations and implications of Nursing practice. Here are some of the legal aspects of Nursing to know and understand.

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New DAISY Ethics Award Celebrates Nurses’ Integrity

Nurse.com

When you’re a nurse, every shift presents the possibility that an ethical dilemma will emerge. Now, there’s an award that acknowledges and celebrates nurses who demonstrate solid ethical practice. Now, there’s an award that acknowledges and celebrates nurses who demonstrate solid ethical practice. What’s in the code?

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. And the nurse can’t dose it, they have to individually dose it.