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What is PACU, and What Does a PACU Nurse Do? 

Daily Nurse

We ensure patients are as comfortable as possible by providing warm blankets, administering oxygen, and creating a calm environment. Our anesthesia team does an excellent job, so most general surgery patients experience little to no pain. I wholeheartedly recommend PACU nursing, especially in a same-day surgery setting.

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Hospitals Are Looking for Hard ROI in Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

So MUSC pivoted, creating a platform designed not only to remotely monitor patients in their rooms but help with administrative tasks, from charting in the EMR to onboarding and discharges. That program will debut soon in four of the health system's rural hospitals, where the nursing ranks are especially strained.

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Top 5 Biggest Nursing Challenges in 2024

Health Leaders | Nursing

Virtual care in nursing can help with data collection, patient admission and discharge, patient education, and family education. There’s many things that a virtual nurse can assist a bedside nurse to complete and do,” she says, “and [they] actually feel like they have more time to spend with the patient.”

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Nurse Input is Crucial to Jefferson Health’s Virtual Nursing Program

Health Leaders | Nursing

The health system is getting feedback from the front lines to make sure its Virtual Nursing program will meet expectations and become a permanent part of patient care Virtual nursing programs require careful planning. And no one knows that better than the nurses.

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Discharge planning assessment tool

American Nurse

On the 32-bed medical/surgical unit at our community hospital, the average discharge time (from the time the provider wrote the order to the time when the patient was physically discharged) was 5 hours and 6 minutes. Safe, effective, and timely discharge requires good communication among the healthcare team, the patient, and the family.

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OhioHealth Demonstrates the Potential of 'Smart Rooms' in New Hospital

Health Leaders | Nursing

Some of the technologies include ambient listening, virtual nursing setups, and smart beds and wearables that can help measure a patient's vital signs. A virtual nurse remains in place 24/7 to help no matter what, Latney said. Please join the community at our LinkedIn page.

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The Pitfalls of Being the ‘Nice’ Patient: A Nurse’s Perspective

Amercan Journal of Nursing

Image Brent Keane/via Pexels I have often heard health care professionals in various environments say, “If you’re nice to the nurses and doctors who take care of you, you’ll get better care.” As a bedside nurse myself, I understand the sentiment. The next appointment wasn’t open until the end of January 2023.