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The Well-Fed Nursing Career

Minority Nurse

During this period, you learn and master hard skills (phlebotomy, procedures, wound care , transfusions, etc.) and soft skills (communication, emotional intelligence, patient education, etc.) While the term “ self-care ” has been terribly overused in recent years, you need to care for yourself.

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Initiative Reduces Alarm Fatigue at Florida’s Mayo Clinic

Daily Nurse

A Florida hospital surgical intensive care unit (SICU) improved clinical alarm management practices and reduced nurses’ self-reported alarm fatigue, according to a study published in Critical Care Nurse ( CCN ). Education – relates to the need for continuing education on clinical alarm monitoring systems.

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Meeting Mental Health Needs

Minority Nurse

In the press of caring for patients, family nurse practitioners (FNPs) must tend to a patient ’ s physical well-being and mental health. Caring for a patient ’ s mental status can be vital to meeting healthcare needs. As primary care providers, FNPS play a significant role in tending to mental health concerns.

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Could a Career as a Family Nurse Practitioner Be Right for You?

Post University

This may include routine preventative care as well as early diagnosis and treatment of diseases or medical conditions. While FNPs and NPs are both Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), FNPs have earned a very specific designation in family nursing. Other common specializations include gerontology and psychiatric care.

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Firearm safety: Nurses’ knowledge and comfort

American Nurse

Several medical centers have created firearm injury prevention programs for first-year residents and trauma providers, and in 2021, the Emergency Nurses Association launched a revised firearm injury prevention continuing education program. Self-reported data hold the inherent risk of bias. J Pediatr Health Care.

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Nursing’s role in lifestyle medicine

American Nurse

As more healthcare professionals recognize unsustainability of the current trajectory of chronic disease and associated healthcare costs, the transition from a fee-for-service healthcare system to one based on high value offers even more opportunity to implement therapeutic lifestyle interventions within nursing care. Front Neurosci.

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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

Nurse.com

Ambulatory Care. American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN). Created in 1978 as a nonprofit educational forum, the AAACN works expand the reach of ambulatory care nurses to achieve a greater positive impact for patients. Critical Care. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). nbna.org.