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The Call for Greater Autonomy in Nursing

Nurse.com

With autonomy, a nurse can act on patient care matters without approval from other members of the healthcare team, including physicians. This deficit is estimated to be over 130,000 physicians by the year 2030 , affecting both primary care and specialty areas. Many solutions have been proposed to help improve the shortage.

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Innovative Nurse Practitioners Can Turn the Tide

Minority Nurse

. “Nurse Practitioners do what nurses do best — educate and listen to their patients,” states Dr. Mykale Elbe, DNP, APRN , FNP-BC, Assistant Dean of Nursing and Associate Professor at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing of Maryville University. ” She affirms that nurses are responding to the needs they perceive.

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DEI and Nursing — The Far-Reaching Benefits

Nurse.com

Last year, The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly the Institute of Medicine, published a well-known report, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path To Achieve Health Equity. Take advantage of educational DEI opportunities your organization provides — and find them on your own if they do not,” she said.

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What Is Virtual Physical Therapy? How It Works and Benefits

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

It may be a fit for patients who will benefit from appointments where physical guidance from the PT is not necessary. For example, virtual sessions are a great way to educate patients. 6 The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) advocates for telehealth as an effective and viable method for delivering patient care.

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Health Literacy Tips: Speak Plainly, Teach Often

Nurse.com

Department of Education, nearly 130 million American adults read below a sixth-grade level, and only 12% of Americans have proficient health literacy skills. Inadequate health literacy can affect timely access to care, continuity of care, and patient satisfaction. America’s health literacy challenge.

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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. According to Rodziewicz and colleagues, system error results from unforeseen design, educational, or cultural gaps. J Nurs Adm. 2023;53(10):500-7.

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Battle of COVID-19: Frontline nurses feel abandoned during the pandemic

American Nurse

Leaving a profession already facing an increasing need and a decreasing supply of hospital nurses has key implications for the healthcare community, and more importantly, to the quality of patient care. Brenda Wolles is a clinical educator at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls. Janel Hodge is a clinical nurse at Sanford Health in Fargo.

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