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Elder Medication Management Training for Healthcare Personnel

American Medical Compliance

They learn to identify risk factors for medication-related problems, prevent errors, and apply best practices in administration. This Elder Medication Management Training teaches healthcare providers the importance of safe and effective medication management for elderly patients. Multiple chronic conditions accrue with the rising age.

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Wound care: Five evidence-based practices

American Nurse

The best practices for the best outcomes Takeaways: Managing co-morbidities is key to wound care management. Nurses, physical therapists, physicians, and surgeons perform wound care in almost every care setting; however, evidence-based practices continue to elude many healthcare providers. American Nurse Journal.

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Georgia Hospital Improves Organ Donation Process

Daily Nurse

Initial reviews of patient care revealed deviations from best practice, including missed referrals, care team members initiating discussions about donation with families, and misconceptions about the donation process. A series of organ donation presentations in 2018 and 2019 provided staff education.

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Nursing’s role in lifestyle medicine

American Nurse

The same content also must be readily available to all practicing nurses and advance-practice RNs. The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation 2019 Global Burden of Disease Report, which analyzed data from almost 200 countries, found that what people eat (and fail to eat) is the leading cause of disease and death.

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Mental Health Matters: How CNOs Can Help Prevent Nurse Suicides

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurses are at risk According to a 2023 study from JAMA Network , from 2008 to 2019, the risk of suicide was higher for healthcare workers, specifically registered nurses, healthcare support workers, and health technicians, compared to non-healthcare workers.

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Nursing ethics and shared governance model

American Nurse

HUP’s shared governance structure incorporates key components of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Rec­og­nition Program®, which are reflected in HUP’s Nursing Strategic Imperatives: Priorities for the Future of Nursing (2019–2023). These imperatives support ethical competence among nursing staff.

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LPNs in modified care delivery models

American Nurse

Nurse leaders from a mid-Atlantic 12-hospital health system reviewed best practices for improving unit outcomes and identified a need for modified care delivery models. A care delivery model redesign, featuring licensed practical nurses) in an expert-led team-based approach was measured for success. In 2022, 46.1%

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