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Hospitals Are Looking for Hard ROI in Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

That program will debut soon in four of the health system's rural hospitals, where the nursing ranks are especially strained. Bedside nurses spend way too much time in documentation," Warr says. Warr says a virtual nursing program will only succeed if it addresses multiple pain points. One is not enough.

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A staff nurse’s AI wish list

American Nurse

How about the staff nurses? Sure, bedside nurses use cutting edge technology in patient care, but there has been a lag in innovations that will make the day-to-day work of staff nurses easier or more efficient. If five nurses assessed this patient, there would be five disparate skin assessment findings.

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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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UnityPoint Health's 4 Future Plans for Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

"Our goals with it initially, and I would say they have morphed a bit over time," Brown said, "[were] really to redesign the work so that we could remove some work from our nurses that were at the bedside to try to make their experience while they were at work better."

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

Health Leaders | Nursing

Many of the tasks that the virtual nurse does are what the primary care nurse can give to them, including shift reports, admissions and discharges, care coordination, and reviewing the record to make sure there is no missing documentation. The virtual nurse also helps develop patient care plans and support new nurses.

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Diving Into 2024: Challenges and Trends in Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

Virtual care in nursing can assist with data collection. We can help admit patients, discharge patients, do patient education, family education. There are many things that a virtual nurse can assist a bedside nurse to complete and do, and actually feel like they have more time to spend with the patient.

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Virtual Nursing Playbook: Nursing Execs Explain the Keys to Success

Health Leaders | Nursing

On Team Nursing 2.0 In virtual nursing, a remote clinician can handle administrative duties that, though essential, could take time and energy away from bedside care. Zarubi says these duties often include admission or discharge documentation, as well as patient education about things like a new medication’s side effects.