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What Is Virtual Physical Therapy? How It Works and Benefits

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

A study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery showed that telerehabilitation was similarly effective as traditional care for patients recovering from total knee arthroplasty. 6 The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) advocates for telehealth as an effective and viable method for delivering patient care.

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The Call for Greater Autonomy in Nursing

Nurse.com

The future of healthcare will require a strong, capable nursing workforce prepared to provide care and promote health and well-being among fellow colleagues and patients. With autonomy, a nurse can act on patient care matters without approval from other members of the healthcare team, including physicians.

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Battle of COVID-19: Frontline nurses feel abandoned during the pandemic

American Nurse

Strategies for addressing feelings of abandonment require nurses and nursing leaders to foster lines of communication and promote safety and wellness at work. By early fall of 2020, North Dakota had the highest per capita COVID-19 death rate in the world. Experiences of frontline nurses during the pandemic resembled warlike settings.

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LPNs in modified care delivery models

American Nurse

The impact on nurse and patient satisfaction Takeaways: Challenged by the insufficient pipeline of clinical nurses required to backfill the vacancies created by the COVID-19 pandemic, current care delivery models require redesign. More LPN education programs can help promote broadscale acute CDM shifts that support RN staff.

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Nursing’s role in lifestyle medicine

American Nurse

Health promotion has always been central to nursing, and nurses are well-positioned to implement LM strategies. Clinicians can demonstrate LM knowledge and skill by earning certification through ACLM, which reports that LM approach can result in improved patient and provider satisfaction. Am J Health Promot. October 2021.

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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.

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The Secret Garden: A staff-only wellness and respite space

American Nurse

Takeaways: The Secret Garden is a first-of-its-kind dedicated 24/7 staff-only wellness and respite space, which has been shown to promote stress-reduction. A well workforce could save the profession and potentially improve care and patient satisfaction. This dedicated area offers rest and aids stress reduction.