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What Is Virtual Physical Therapy? How It Works and Benefits

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

1 Instead of traveling to a clinic for an in-person visit, patients communicate with a licensed virtual PT via phone call or videoconference and attend the appointment from home. It may be a fit for patients who will benefit from appointments where physical guidance from the PT is not necessary. billion-a-year industry.

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Health Literacy Tips: Speak Plainly, Teach Often

Nurse.com

Healthy People 2030 defines health literacy as the extent to which “individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions for themselves and others.”. Inadequate health literacy can affect timely access to care, continuity of care, and patient satisfaction.

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Mitigating patient identification threats

American Nurse

Because the surgeries were scheduled events, our medical center had time to plan additional layers of safety specific to patient identification concerns inherent to this situation. The association between Magnet® recognition and patient outcomes: A scoping review. J Nurs Adm. 2023;53(10):500-7. doi:10.1097/NNA.0000000000001325

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Extended Nurse Work Hours and Patient Safety: Effects and Solutions

Relias

With a projected shortfall of over 200,000 nurses by 2030 , hospitals can’t afford to lose staff members. When implemented effectively, a 12-hour workday can help: Increase patient satisfaction — For most patients, a stay in the hospital causes fear and uncertainty. But patients aren’t the only ones at risk.

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The Nursing Shortage and Patient Safety

Relias

Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 194,500 average annual openings for registered nurses, and nurse employment will grow 9% through 2030. Because of these ongoing trends, healthcare organizations and the nursing community must work collaboratively to find ways to examine the link between the nursing shortage and patient safety.

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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. Nurses require strategies that promote psychological health and safety and physical wellbeing so they can meet these same needs in patients. To date, approximately 6.3

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