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Pennsylvania Nurse Rounds Out Her Education and Experience with MSN Degree

Post University

Getting Her Start For seven years, Heather worked as an LPN in a dementia unit and in a long-term care center. In 2012, Heather became the patient care director for surgical services. Back for a BSN and an MBA Heathers new leadership role required that she start a bachelor of science in nursing program.

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Project ECHO and the geriatric healthcare workforce

American Nurse

In The Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity , the National Academy of Medicine promotes an interprofessional approach to education and training for nurses to help develop their leadership skills as well as their understanding of health equity, social determinants of health, and population health.

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Patient care assistant training

American Nurse

Many PCAs reported that the curriculum didn’t cover the skill and time management needs of an acute care facility; it focused on long-term care/skilled nursing facilities. In addition, the state of Ohio STNA certification requires annual continuing education specific to long-term care/skilled nursing facilities.

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Learning to Lead – Empowering Nursing Students as Peer Mentors

American Nurse

Nursing students in a midwestern university’s baccalaureate nursing program have a mere 45 hours focused on long-term care during their first semester. The transition to a hospital clinical setting from the laboratory and long-term care can be difficult and anxiety-ridden for first semester students.

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Invest in Wound Care Education To Avoid Legal Risks

Relias

Depending on the particular organization, that might mean arranging for specialized wound care training or analyzing the data to find ways to reduce variations in care. Related Wound Care Liability Concerns. With proactive steps, you can use your leadership power to heal the gaps in wound care education.

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Geriatric Nursing: A Specialty in Need

Nurse.com

From 2009 to 2019, the population of adults age 65 and older grew 36% to more than 54 million Americans, according to the Administration for Community Living (ACL) — a division of the U.S. Good clinical judgment, decision-making, problem-solving, leadership , and interpersonal skills also are important, according to Whitaker.

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A Closer Look at the RN Job Description

Every Nurse

In 2019, there were about 60% of the 3.1 Providing direct patient care for patients and residents of long-term care and nursing facilities, as well as across communities, RNs continue to be uniquely placed to make a difference in the health of people.