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Licensed Practical Nurses: Advancing, Succeeding & Achieving

American Nurse

There are over 630,000 active licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPNs) in the United States and 2,700 are in the State of Delaware. Here are some keys that helped and continue to help me be an LPN in leadership, along with the tips shared in the beginning of this article that you may find helpful. References Jones, C. McCollum, M.,

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Urgent Action is Needed to Prevent Nurse Suicide

American Nurse

Despite the fulfilling aspects, the work is very challenging, and system issues like staffing shortages, electronic health records, and a lack of support from leadership add to the mounting levels of burnout in nursing, which affect 56% of nurses (Berlin et al., 2021, 2022). 2023; Kirzinger et al., link] Kirzinger, A., Kearney, A.,

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The Necessity of Diverse Leadership in Nursing

American Nurse

In the profession of nursing, Whites are overrepresented at all levels of nursing except licensed practical nursing. Without diversity in leadership, the nursing profession will continue to suffer from occurrences that hinder its progress, such as conscious and unconscious bias and homophily.

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5 Top Physical Therapy Majors to Prepare for a DPT

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Do you want to help people move better and regulate pain as a licensed physical therapist? Prepare for clinical practice with a wide range of patients, as well as for advanced roles in research, practice leadership and policy making. News & World Report , January 14, 2021, [link].

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Electronic peer review and CLABSI rates

American Nurse

However, in 2021, compliance issues resulted in an increase in central line–associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) in the surgical oncology progressive care unit. The unit’s CLABSI rate significantly increased in January 2021 to 5.35 The chair then shares a summary of all completed peer reviews with the leadership team.

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LPNs in modified care delivery models

American Nurse

A care delivery model redesign, featuring licensed practical nurses) in an expert-led team-based approach was measured for success. They recognized that teamwork, delegation, and communication among RNs, licensed professional nurses (LPNs), and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) must play a role.

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Back to the future

American Nurse

This principle applies to leadership as much as it does to physics, although perhaps a little more difficult to predict. Social determinants of health and health equity require our attention now. Horror Vacui—nature abhors a vacuum. Doi: 10.51256/ANJ122346 Health equity recommendations 1.