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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

I’ve recently had the opportunity to spend a great deal of time as a patient, and from my perspective, the patient experience is often sadly lacking. It’s never fun to be a patient, and being left in the timeless dark — hungry, bored, thirsty, and without information — can be an awful moment in time.

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Hospitals Reduce Infection Rates Post-Pandemic

American Nurse

The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit patient-safety organization, said the data it collected from Oct. The national average hospital rate for all three infections peaked in Leapfrog’s fall 2022 report, which encompassed Oct. 2021 through Dec. 2020 to Dec.

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What Is an MSN Degree? (And Why It Matters)

Post University

As a result, there is a considerable strain on the nursing workforce, as nurses are often on the front lines when it comes to managing the needs of patients and communicating with caregivers. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing , about 17% of the nursing workforce held master’s degrees in 2022.

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Emergency Departments Adopt Creative Strategies to Discourage Patients from Leaving BeforeTreatment Is Complete

Consult QD

Despite national trends, Cleveland Clinic Akron General and its three satellite facilities in Bath, Green and Stow have seen a dramatic decrease in the number of ED patients who LBTC since 2020, when the hospital began to implement several plans designed to decrease department crowding and improve communication.

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Nursing professional development at night

American Nurse

AACN highlights that nurse satisfaction with the profession has declined in the past 4 years, from 92% in 2018 to 76% in 2022. At monthly night council meetings, the NPD practitioners, nurses, and a patient care experience representative work on projects that affect the overall patient experience. October 2022.

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University of Pittsburgh Nursing School Creates Tools and Learning for LGBTQIA+ Healthcare

Health Leaders | Nursing

In 2022, that assessment said that 26% of the respondents—which is one in four of the LGBTQIA+ residents who responded—said that they'd had a negative reaction from their healthcare provider with their disclosure of sexual orientation or gender identity," she says.

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First Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy Using Magnets in the US Performed at Cleveland Clinic

Consult QD

The assistant would also control the camera, and the surgeon would need to communicate with the assistant if they needed the camera moved. Experience with the platform “The penetration of robotics in general surgery, depending on what metrics you look at, is probably around 10% of total procedures performed in the U.S.,