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The Relentless School Nurse: Alcohol Consumption & the Cancer Connection

The Relentless School Nurse

In 2019 alone, approximately 96,730 cancer cases were linked to alcohol use, with 42,400 cases in men and 54,330 in women. A 2019 survey revealed that only 45% of Americans recognized alcohol consumption as a risk factor for cancer, compared to much higher awareness of other risks like radiation exposure (91%) and tobacco use (89%).

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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. Nurse-led QI projects offer opportunities to improve patient care and promote the nursing profession. 1002798 World Health Organization. American Nurse Journal.

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Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) & the Role of The Colorado Nurses Association

American Nurse

Politics, policies, and health outcomes are innately linked. Nurses in the United States are in a pivotal position to influence these cycles to reduce disparities and improve population health. This series will further examine specific determinants, health outcomes, and links with policy and legislation.

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Myths and Challenges of Private Duty Nursing

American Nurse

The primary challenge of the pediatric home health care crisis is to develop a well-trained and adequately compensated workforce to meet the needs of children and their families (Foster et al., Home health care for children with medical complexity: Workforce gaps, policy, and future directions. Health Affairs, 38(6), 987–993.

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Oncology Nurse Navigation and the DNP-Prepared Nurse

American Nurse

Nurses who are DNP-prepared have the skills and knowledge to impact health systems and deliver care that results in safe, effective practice through practice scholarship, translating science to change health care delivery and clinical research to improve practice (Kersten et al., link] Lubejko, B., Burbage, D., Cantril, C., DeGroot, J.

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The Benefits Of Taking Your Breaks At Work

Aussie Nurse

World Health Organisation (WHO) defines stress as “the reaction people may have when presented with demands and pressures that are not matched to their knowledge and abilities and which challenge their ability to cope” (2019).

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Nursing’s role in lifestyle medicine

American Nurse

LM addresses the root causes of disease with the clinical outcome goal of health restoration, according to the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), the organization that educates, equips, and supports the certification of nurses, physicians, and other clinicians in the specialty. 2019; 393(10184):1958-72. October 2021.

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