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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's Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

"The team is piloting care delivery in a more comprehensive fashion with remote virtual nurses," Klahn, a participant in the HealthLeaders Virtual Nursing Mastermind program for the second year, said in a recent e-mail exchange. He says the program's success is due to how well it has been received by both patients and nurses. "We

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Virtual Nursing’s Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

The team is piloting care delivery in a more comprehensive fashion with remote virtual nurses, Klahn, a participant in the HealthLeaders Virtual Nursing Mastermind program for the second year, said in a recent e-mail exchange. He says the programs success is due to how well it has been received by both patients and nurses.

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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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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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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.