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Discharge planning assessment tool

American Nurse

Shorten delays, improve safety, reduce costs Takeaways: Hospital discharge delays can result in patient safety issues, reduced patient satisfaction, and increased costs. An assessment tool that goes into effect at admission can help the patient and healthcare team prepare for discharge. Confirm the patient’s pharmacy.

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The Call for Greater Autonomy in Nursing

Nurse.com

With autonomy, a nurse can act on patient care matters without approval from other members of the healthcare team, including physicians. The nurses who received frequent patient experience reports and experienced quality improvement efforts as integrated into patient care did not report feeling burned out.

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Top Issues in Nursing — and How Nurse Leaders Can Address Them

Post University

is even more concerning: as of 2020, a national turnover rate averaging 19.1 From the patient’s perspective, however, the problem is especially alarming as high turnover can dramatically reduce patient satisfaction. All too often, this results in a negative patient experience. Download Guide 5.

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The Demand for Bilingual Nurses and Their Impact

Nurse.com

Nurses who are fluent in at least two languages can help reduce health disparities, enhance patient outcomes, and bridge gaps in communication. Data from the 2020 American Community Survey, an analysis from the U.S. This growing language diversity is reflected in patient populations and has increased the demand for bilingual nurses.

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Magnet4Europe

American Nurse

Once established, this culture can help shape better patient and staff outcomes and improve the work environment, leading to improved RN satisfaction, recruitment, and retention and reduced vacancy and turnover rates. Patient satisfaction surveys also should be expanded.

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What You Need To Know About Value-Based Payment Models

Relias

It was largely unsuccessful because it deprioritized quality and patient satisfaction. One of the biggest CMS programs, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), incentivizes providers to reduce overall spending while meeting clinical quality and patient satisfaction measures.

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The Value of Nursing

American Nurse

Raise the professional values of nurses to increase job satisfaction and to offer high-quality care to increase patientssatisfaction with care. The concept of value, which was introduced in 2006, aligns care with how patients experience their health (Teisberg et al., link] Dall, T. J, Seifert, R. . &