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From Bedside Nurse ➡️ NP Student: Looking For A Job

Nurse Nacole

When looking for a nurse practitioner job, you have to ensure you are looking for a position that suits your individual needs. Are you looking for a position with a ton of autonomy where you update a physician in a summary layout, with generalized updates over several patients? The hours are long and the patient workloads are heavy.

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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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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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A Day in the Life: Cardiac Nurse

Daily Nurse

So, what’s it like to be a nurse focusing on patient care with the heart? We interviewed Caitlin Fetner RN, BSN, Cardiac nurse, University of Maryland Capital Region Health. Caitlin Fetner RN, BSN, is a cardiac nurse at the University of Maryland Capital Region Health How did you get interested in being a cardiac nurse?

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Nursing Informatics: Vital to the Profession

Nurse.com

Technology continues to advance in health care, and this advancement means an ongoing demand for nurse informaticists. Through healthcare technology, nurse informaticists enhance patient outcomes, reduce clinical errors, and provide efficient results in clinical procedures for patients and nursing staff.

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The State of the Nursing Workforce in 2024

Daily Nurse

The nursing profession is a multifaceted group that works in a variety of clinical and non-clinical roles. As the largest segment of the healthcare workforce, the state of the nursing profession has a significant impact on the state of healthcare as a whole. The Tipping Point?

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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.