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Nurse of the Week: Meet Long Island’s 2022 Nurse of Excellence

Daily Nurse

Nurse leaders from Long Island’s hospitals and nursing education programs honored Patricia Woloszyn, DNP, RN, PMHCNS-BC, NPP psychiatric clinical nurse specialist at Stony Brook University Hospital, with the 2022 Nurse of Excellence Award. The Nurse of Excellence Award Ceremony, […].

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What Is a Doctor of Nursing Practice? (And What You Should Know)

Post University

Innovations in Patient Care and Healthcare Outcomes The Johns Hopkins Nursing Center for Nursing Inquiry defines evidence-based practice as a systematic process in which nurses and healthcare providers review, analyze, and translate the most recent available medical research and findings in order to improve practices in the healthcare setting.

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How to Love Your Nursing Job in Today’s Healthcare Climate

Every Nurse

The greatest challenge is that the focus hasn’t shifted from patient satisfaction to productivity, it has expanded, making it imperative for organizations to achieve lofty quality, safety, and patient satisfaction metrics while keeping productivity high, which means fewer nurses and aides on the floor at any given time.

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Battle of COVID-19: Frontline nurses feel abandoned during the pandemic

American Nurse

These factors can lead to decreased enrollment in nursing education programs and fewer new graduate nurses entering the workforce, which will directly impact patient outcomes, including longer lengths of stay, decreased patient satisfaction, and increased risk of medical errors. 2023; 18(3).

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Virtual reality: Treating pain and anxiety

American Nurse

The team mentors (clinical nurse specialist and a pain management physician) provided guidance and expertise. To determine patient-reported outcomes, we worked with the organization’s nursing quality, nursing informatics, and nursing practice stakeholders.

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Full Practice Authority: APRN Readiness, Barriers to Practice and Access in South Carolina

American Nurse

Nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and clinical nurse specialists are seeking full practice authority as one legislative strategy to improve access to care and outcomes. A national survey of nurse practitioners’ patient satisfaction outcomes. Nursing Outlook , 2019;67(6), 707-712.

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