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Top Nursing Specialties for 2025

Diversity Nursing

GNPs specialize in managing chronic conditions, promoting healthy aging, and coordinating long-term care. Skills Required: Expertise in chronic disease management, communication, and family-centered care. Why Its Growing: The rising incidence of cancer and a patient-centered approach to oncology care.

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Delaware Nurses Association – President’s Report – September 2024

American Nurse

2815), Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (S. 2713) and to protect timely access to quality nursing care in long-term care facilities. The second forum addressed care coordination and collaboration for veterans receiving community care, ensuring access to care and nurses prepared to provide care.

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What is Pre-Acute Care and Why Do We Need it?

Relias

By avoiding hospitalizations through better preventative care, fewer people will need acute care — including people who are currently in skilled nursing facilities, home health, long-term care, and inpatient rehabilitation.

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What is Pre-Acute Care and Why Do We Need it?

Relias

By avoiding hospitalizations through better preventative care, fewer people will need acute care — including people who are currently in skilled nursing facilities, home health, long-term care, and inpatient rehabilitation.

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Can an LPN/LVN Become a Certified Managed Care Nurse? The Answer May Surprise You

Registered Nursing

What Is a Managed Care Nurse? Managed care nurses , also known as case managers or care coordinators, are nurses who specialize in coordinating and managing the healthcare of patients within a managed care system. Read below to learn the steps involved so you can get started in this exciting career today.

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The VIP treatment: A comprehensive post-fall assessment guideline

American Nurse

Takeaways: No standardized post-fall assessment exists for long-term care facilities, which leads to inefficiency and inaccuracy. To ensure appropriate care, nurses must perform accurate post-fall assessments to prevent complications in all settings, including in long-term care facilities (LTCFs).

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Elodia Mercier

Minority Nurse

I started as a staff RN in 1984 in the Neurology unit of Montefiore and then moved to the Rehabilitation units for long-term care. I was then promoted to become a Patient Care Coordinator and then a Nurse Manager in the Department of Medicine. Tell us about your career path and how you ascended to that role.