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Foot Care Nurses: Saving Limbs, One Foot at a Time

Diversity Nursing

Between 2007 and 2019, studies examining regional and racial/ethnic variations in amputations revealed significant disparities. A critical component of their role involves addressing the impact of social determinants of health, defined by the World Health Organization as non-medical factors influencing health outcomes.

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The Value of Nursing

American Nurse

The Professional Values Model (PVM) was developed by Kaya and Boz (2019) to improve nursing practices based on values. Value-based health care (VBHC) is a term used to describe the framework for restructuring healthcare systems with the overarching goal of value for patients, with value defined as health outcomes per unit of cost.

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Kansas: The Place for Growing Families?

American Nurse

However, the infant mortality rate in the white, non-Hispanic population has improved at a faster rate than in other racial and ethnic populations which has actually increased some disparities (Singh & Yu, 2019). According to the National Center for Health Statistics from 2019 to 2021 the infant mortality rates in Kansas were 5.2

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Maximizing Healthcare Reimbursement Through Higher Patient Satisfaction Scores

Relias

The relationship between patient satisfaction scores, reimbursement, and health outcomes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scoring helps hospitals and governing bodies evaluate patient satisfaction through quantitative measurements.

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Skin failure: A historical perspective

American Nurse

Frailty frequently is defined as an aging-related syndrome of physiological decline, characterized by marked vulnerabilities to adverse health outcomes. As we age, our bodies become more subject to frailty, illness, weakness, and morbidity.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

Improve care, promote the profession Nurses play a key role in patient education, medication management, and prevention of negative health outcomes. doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. An over­view of prevalence, determinants and health outcomes of poly­pharmacy. 2020;368:m865.doi:10.1136/bmj.m865