University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

MAY 20, 2024

To be a successful healthcare provider, clinical nurse or nurse leader, you need exceptional communication skills—and you need to be able to use them during high-stress situations. Why Is Communication Important in Nursing? Below, we explore 10 communication skills that are important for nurses.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Historically concentrated in acute care , nursing roles are expanding to encompass wellness, prevention, and patient education. This limited their ability to influence broader health outcomes. health visits delivered by non-physicians, indicating their growing importance in ensuring accessible, team-based care.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 15, 2023

Big data and machine learning already impact most aspects of modern life, so there is growing optimism about using artificial intelligence (AI) to transform health provider education. Daily Nurse spoke with Lussiana about using AI to transform nursing education. How can AI be used to improve health on a global scale?

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 21, 2025

In the Promoting Dignity and Respect in Patient Care Training, healthcare providers learn how to uphold patients rights, communicate with respect, and recognize potential biases that may affect care. Effectively communicating during the encounter may result in: Reduced patient anxiety during the encounter. AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The growing and less discussed shortage of nurse educators extends beyond the well-known nursing shortage. As burnout, chronic stress, and compassion fatigue from the pandemic have led more nurses to exit the workforce, the pool of those nurses seeking to advance into educational roles becomes increasingly limited.

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The Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 4, 2025

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, MD A Surgeon General’s Advisory is a powerful and authoritative public health communication tool designed to address urgent health issues facing the American people. School nurses, as frontline health educators, are vital in this effort. – U.S.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 14, 2025

Providers also develop effective communication techniques to ensure patients understand their medications. American Medical Compliance is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education to physicians. AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As the complexity of patient needs grows, ensuring seamless communication among medical teams is more important than ever. American Medical Compliance is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education to physicians.

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Every Nurse

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

HIGHER EDUCATION What Are the Prerequisites for Nursing School? Summary : Preparing for nursing school involves completing a series of foundational courses and meeting additional requirements designed to ensure readiness for the challenges of nursing education and practice.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

What You Will Learn: Specific duties of case managers Stages of the case management process Ethical issues that arise in case management Communication skills essential for case management Using interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance case management outcomes Details: Course length: 2 hours and 15 minutes; CME: 2.25

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Every Nurse

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Summary : Remote nursing jobs are growing in popularity, with roles like telehealth nurses, medical writers, and nurse educators offering flexible work-from-home options. This role involves creating various types of content, from patient education materials to clinical research reports. See our editorial policy.

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Diversity Nursing

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Patients rely on Nurses to support them and keep them safe and educated throughout their interactions. Education Patient advocates provide information and insight into medical treatment options and medical conditions. Communication Communication is essential to ensure patients receive high-quality care and good health outcomes.

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Carlow Today & Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Doctors are not the only ones educating patients. Nurses also help patients make informed and empowered choices about their health. Patient education includes information about conditions, treatments and how to navigate the healthcare system. They can assess patients to find out the best way to communicate with them.

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Diversity Nursing

APRIL 17, 2024

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, and the broader array of influences and structures impacting everyday living. These determinants are the key drivers of health disparities, leading to unjust and preventable health outcomes.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Social Factors That Contribute to Pain The social determinants of health include the quality of the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and grow older that affect health outcomes. Social determinants like income, education, and healthcare access shape health outcomes and pain management.

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Every Nurse

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The Significance of Diversity in Nurse Education The significance of diversity in nurse education cannot be overstated. One reason diversity is important in nurse education is that it promotes cultural competence , allowing future nurses to effectively interact with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

Each year, the Joint Commission issues a list of top national patient safety goals for healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing care centers, behavioral health care and human services, ambulatory healthcare, home care, and more. Improve staff communication. Use medicines safely. Use alarms safely. Prevent infection.

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Diversity Nursing

MAY 3, 2023

For example, some people may live in rural areas where they cannot easily access routine health exams. Others may need help understanding health recommendations due to language barriers. Whatever the disadvantage, health disparities can lead to poor health outcomes that negatively contribute to health equity.

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Post University

APRIL 15, 2024

Key soft skills include: Communication and Interpersonal Skills Communication is at the heart of everything nurses do. To be effective communicators, nurses should master essentials such as active listening and nonverbal communication skills. This enables them to understand and interact with their patients.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2022

DEI has been a recent focus for businesses and organizations across the world, but perhaps none stand to make a greater impact than the healthcare industry, as it directly affects patient health outcomes and quality of life in a profound way. Educate effectively. Bring everyone in. Establish leadership commitment.

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Diversity Nursing

JULY 16, 2024

They offer essential care, support, and education to patients. It is crucial for the field of Nursing to embrace Diversity, as it not only promotes social justice but also significantly improves quality of care, fosters innovation, and mirrors the diverse communities Nurses serve.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 27, 2024

As healthcare providers, organizations, and policymakers increasingly recognize the persistent disparities in health outcomes across different populations, technology is emerging as a powerful tool to bridge these gaps. These tools provide healthcare services to patients who may not have easy access to traditional in-person care.

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The Relentless School Nurse

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Here are my musings on what I hope our practice can be with support, funding, respect, growth opportunities, and investment in our education to sustain a healthy school nursing workforce. School nurses will lead dynamic health education programs, utilizing virtual reality (VR) to create immersive learning experiences.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 12, 2022

Educators & Lecturers. In Zimbabwe, I have worked at Hwange Colliery Hospital and amassed wide nursing experience in the following specialities: medical/surgical nursing, paediatric nursing, critical care nursing, emergency care nursing, midwifery, and nursing education. Clinical Nurse Educator. Write for Us.

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American Nurse

APRIL 27, 2023

This also includes improving access to screening and health promotion programs, providing education and awareness about healthy lifestyles, and improving the overall living conditions at the refugee camps. This interaction made me reflect on the way we communicate and show our compassion to refugees as healthcare professionals.

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MAS Medical Staffing

MARCH 21, 2023

Research backs the importance of patient education, too. According to a 2022 systematic review published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research , patient teaching enhances adherence to treatment plans and may result in stronger patient outcomes. What Is Patient Education? Why Is Patient Education Important?

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American Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

Evidence-based patient education guidelines Takeaways Health literacy relates to an individual’s ability to find, understand, and use healthcare information and services. Only one in ten people have proficient health literacy. Healthcare professionals frequently focus on implementing education—telling the patient what to do.

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 22, 2022

New protocols limited patients’ visitors, leaving nurses to communicate at an increased amount with patients’ families — often delivering unfortunate updates on their status. Nursing leaders can ensure their teams have education, resources, and support on how to recognize and address moral injury.

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Diversity Nursing

AUGUST 10, 2023

The first program is a year-long leadership initiative developed by the National League for Nursing (NLN), an organization whose mission is to promote an inclusive nursing workforce and support nursing education. Patients and community members are more likely to trust and support organizations that demonstrate a commitment to inclusivity.

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The Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 3, 2024

School-based health centers (SBHCs) provide a vital source of healthcare where students already spend most of their time: in school. These centers offer a wide range of services, including primary care, mental health, oral health, and vision services, and have been shown to improve both educational and health outcomes.

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American Nurse

DECEMBER 5, 2023

LM addresses the root causes of disease with the clinical outcome goal of health restoration, according to the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), the organization that educates, equips, and supports the certification of nurses, physicians, and other clinicians in the specialty.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This can encourage patients to access available fertility care and can even improve treatment outcomes. BIPOC healthcare providers possess culturally specific knowledge, skills, and experiences that help with communication and health management processes involving people of color.

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American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Strategies and support to improve mental health outcomes Suicide and mental illness have long been stigmatized, and although public awareness has grown recently, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals hesitate to acknowledge their own mental health struggles or seek help.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 7, 2023

“Nurses and advanced practice registered nurses may receive training through their educational programs on the use of telehealth. If nurses do not receive this training in their educational preparation, they may receive it through their employment or workshops and educational programs.

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 22, 2022

New protocols limited patients’ visitors, leaving nurses to communicate at an increased amount with patients’ families — often delivering unfortunate updates on their status. Nursing leaders can ensure their teams have education, resources, and support on how to recognize and address moral injury.

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Amercan Journal of Nursing

APRIL 2, 2024

If you would like to act on your concerns about the environment and health, we’ve listed some places below to get you started. There are literally hundreds of organizations—local, state, national, and international—working to improve environmental health outcomes, so if you don’t find what you’re looking for below, keep going!

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American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2023

The opposite also is true: Shame and social stigma can lead to negative, at times catastrophic, health outcomes. As a nurse, I take pride in the ongoing work of nurses who have and continue to address the healthcare disparities in LGBTQ+ communities. I hope I’m right.

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