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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

Minority Nurse

An example of an NP’s failure to order diagnostic/laboratory testing includes: A 51-year-old diabetic male patient presented to the NP’s office following an emergency department (ED) visit due to a wound on his right foot that appeared to be infected. Although he was instructed to return in a week for a recheck, he presented two weeks later.

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From Bedside Nurse ➡️ NP Student: Looking For A Job

Nurse Nacole

Is the expectation that I present every patient to the physician? Or are you doing the check-in process and vital sign procurement? Sample questions: Would I be in the hospital only or would I also have hours in the clinic? Is there a certain amount of time or days I would need to be in a certain setting? What is the process?

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Healthcare Technology and Nursing: What You Should Know

Diversity Nursing

Telehealth services enable Nurses to interact with patients, assess their symptoms and conditions, provide instructions for care, and offer support, all without being physically present with their patients. Wearable Medical Devices Wearable medical devices offer Nurses new tools to enhance patient care and monitoring.

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The State of the Nursing Workforce in 2024

Daily Nurse

Our nation’s health workers face a mental health crisis, as spotlighted in a CDC Vital Signs report in October 2023. This presents an opportunity to satisfy this income demand by providing alternative, flexible work options.” Half these side hustles occur within healthcare-related roles, such as per diem work.

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Creating a Disaster Simulation for Nursing Students

AJN Off the Charts

The health science instructor had her students plan and research their own injuries, vital signs, and moulage. EMS volunteers were also present during the simulation with an ambulance. Our students were assigned various roles including incident command, responder, triage, and transporter.

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The Critical Role of Charting in Nursing

Nurse.com

NYC Health and Hospitals is integrating many of its platforms, including telemetry and vital sign equipment, with the EMR. There are all kinds of scenarios that present documentation difficulties. One way to do that is to ensure that the equipment nurses use can interface with the EMR, suggested Cineas.

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Two Childhood Cancer Survivors Share Unbreakable Bond at Children’s Hospital New Orleans

Daily Nurse

Shinn: My nursing education prepared me for the basic, essential tasks of nursing, such as taking vital signs, but the on-the-job experience teaches you how to apply those basic textbook skills to your patient and hour-to-hour activities. But textbooks and clinicals won’t teach you to care and have compassion for your patient.