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How a Care Coordination Center Can Improve Care Inefficiencies

Health Leaders | Nursing

Through two-way communication tools at the bedside, virtual nurses can do some of the admissions intake for patients as well as discharge instruction and education. This frees up bedside nurses to do other patient care duties. This also contributes to patient safety and quality."

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Virtual Nursing Will Be Nonnegotiable: Here's How CNOs Can Prepare

Health Leaders | Nursing

CNOs can begin this process by identifying the problems that the program will work to address, and narrowing down the specific needs of the nurses, patients, and other staff who will be impacted by the program. Other metrics can include nurse engagement, patient experience, and care quality metrics.

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What is PACU, and What Does a PACU Nurse Do? 

Daily Nurse

We ensure patients are as comfortable as possible by providing warm blankets, administering oxygen, and creating a calm environment. Our anesthesia team does an excellent job, so most general surgery patients experience little to no pain. I wholeheartedly recommend PACU nursing, especially in a same-day surgery setting.

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Can Virtual Nursing Can Solve the Staffing Crisis?

Scrubs

. “Bidirectional audio and video technology was installed and configured for each of the patient rooms and interfaced with the electronic health record to enable the nurse to seamlessly video conference with the patient,” said Sylvain Trepanier, RN, chief nursing officer at health system Providence.

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Careers in Virtual Nursing: What You Need to Know

Post University

How Virtual Nursing Supports New Nurses on the Floor In recent years (especially during the pandemic), virtual nurses have provided much-needed support to bedside nurses.

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Realizing Real-world Magnet Benefits

Minority Nurse

.” Nursing having a voice at the table is a Magnet benefit echoed by Christine Frost, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Magnet Recognition provides “the framework to guide excellence in the work environment, patient experience and patient outcomes.

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Hospitals Are Looking for Hard ROI in Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

So MUSC pivoted, creating a platform designed not only to remotely monitor patients in their rooms but help with administrative tasks, from charting in the EMR to onboarding and discharges. That program will debut soon in four of the health system's rural hospitals, where the nursing ranks are especially strained.