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Caring for Medically Complex Children Takes a Village

Nurse.com

These children account for one-third of total healthcare spending and 40% of Medicaid’s total spending on kids,” according to a Children’s Hospital Association news release. reduction to Medicaid spending in the first full year of operation, according to a news release. “A Children’s hospitals in the U.S. This accounted for a 2.6%

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The Life-Long Impact of a Catastrophic Injury on People

Nurses Advocates

A Real Life Event Recently, I have been working with a man who sustained a spinal cord injury in 2020 while he lived in North Dakota. In talking to my patient about his benefits, I learned he was on Social Security Disability and was enrolled in Florida Medicaid. He agreed and he was moved to Fort White, FL. I started the application.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

Proper identification of potential medication errors and adverse interactions occurs when the nurse reviews medications with the patient, collaborates with the interprofessional team, and seeks to improve patient adherence and decrease costs. American Nurse Journal. September 2020. 2020; 86(1):29-38. 2020; 28(8):3557-69.