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Should You Become a Nurse Practitioner?

Nurse.com

For Perion, “advocacy, collaboration, and communication” are the three key things she learned as a bedside nurse, and these are also the goals she brings into her NP practice each day. The Need for Nurse Practitioners. Education to Become a Nurse Practitioner.

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Career karma

American Nurse

Translating from paperwork to people Emily Stauffer-Rocha “My brain is wired to think like a nurse, and my MBA allowed me to bring that thinking into a different field,” said Emily Stauffer Rocha, MSN, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CHCQM, director of clinical innovation at Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).

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The Exec: CommonSpirit's New Chief Physician Executive Officer Focused on Care Variation

Health Leaders | Nursing

We are also one of the largest Medicaid providers," McGinn says. "We To address nursing shortages at our hospitals, we have been deploying virtual nursing to relieve some of the administrative work that is not patient-facing," McGinn says. That has enabled the bedside nurses to be more engaging with their patients."

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Discharge planning assessment tool

American Nurse

The solution To help bedside nurses effectively communicate with patients, families, and providers in preparation for discharge, an interprofessional team at our organization developed a six-question discharge-planning assessment tool, which we piloted on the medical-surgical unit. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19(1):935. December 1, 2021.

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Behind the Screen But Not Behind the Scenes: Virtual Nurses Provide Clinical Support, Additional Expertise

Minority Nurse

The United States Government Accountability Office reported a 15-fold increase over the prepandemic level in telehealth use among Medicaid beneficiaries. Teresa Rincon, PhD, RN, FCCM, is a pioneer in virtual nursing. Virtual nurses provide an additional layer of clinical support to nurses at the bedside.

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When Risks Collide: Maternal Mortality and Mental Health

Relias

If Medicaid, the nation’s largest insurer, and other commercial insurance payers expanded benefits to include mental health and mom/baby wellness home checks for new mothers, imagine the impact this would have on improving outcomes for new mothers that are most vulnerable,” Sparkman observed.