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Physical Therapist Skills: 12 Qualities to Career Success

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Working on a team with others is a great way to learn and grow the skills to be a physical therapist, and interprofessional collaboration improves patient satisfaction ratings and health outcomes. Be Compassionate To work in patient care, you need compassion, as patients might feel anxious about their treatment.

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Meet the 2022 BoardVitals Nursing School Scholarship Winners 

Board Vitals - Nursing

What principles inspire nurses in their care of patients? For the 2022 BoardVitals Nursing School Scholarship , we asked current nursing students to answer the question: “What are your core principles, and how do they impact the contributions you aim to make as a nurse?” But each individual nurse brings a unique outlook to healthcare.

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Delivering health equity at the bedside

American Nurse

According to Deloitte, in addition to limiting self-actualization, these inequities generate unnecessary costs and financial waste—approximately $320 billion annually, which could increase to $1 trillion or more by 2040. Ensuring that nurses deliver equitable care is more than satisfying a mandatory education requirement. 2024; 19(2).

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LGBTQ+ nursing: Glancing back, looking forward

American Nurse

From a healthcare perspective, the idea of taking pride in living authentic lives is closely tied with positive self-esteem and better self-care—for both the patient and the provider. The opposite also is true: Shame and social stigma can lead to negative, at times catastrophic, health outcomes. David Waldron.

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Preventing nurse suicide: Nursing school and beyond

American Nurse

Strategies and support to improve mental health outcomes Suicide and mental illness have long been stigmatized, and although public awareness has grown recently, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals hesitate to acknowledge their own mental health struggles or seek help.

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Nurses With Disabilities: Still a Lot to Give

Daily Nurse

As a disabilities advocate and activist, Dalzell represents not only disabled nurses and other healthcare professionals but also everyday citizens seeking avenues to living meaningful, dignified lives that go far beyond any self-definition centered on disability. Our disability and our nursing care matters.”

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Improving hypertension using virtual modalities

American Nurse

Innovative strategies are required to help improve Veterans Health Administration primary care workload and panel. This preventable illness demands innovative strategies to improve health outcomes. Current primary care panel sizes range from 700 to 1,400 veterans; some led by advance practice RNs (APRNs).