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Careers in Virtual Nursing: What You Need to Know

Post University

The Technological Foundation of Virtual Nursing Believe it or not, the first telemedicine technology was used as far back as the 1960s when NASA built health monitoring sensors into the spacesuits of astronauts so their vitals could be tracked during space travel.

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Nurse Input is Crucial to Jefferson Health’s Virtual Nursing Program

Health Leaders | Nursing

The bedside nurse has always had that in-person connection to patients that influences every task from care delivery to communication. “A lesson we learned is that talking to a person through a computer is much different than talking to a person where you can, say, touch their shoulder,” Gartner says.

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Digital-First Strategies For Nursing

Carlow Today & Tomorrow

Digital technology has given nurses the power to work efficiently and communicate effectively. It is made less complicated by collaboration, communication and strong leadership. Improving the Patient & Provider Experience Nurses today rely on technology that has emerged in the past few decades.

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A Few Reasons to Be Excited About Healthcare in 2020

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

The vast data pool far exceeds human capacity, and the implementation of AI systems helps reinject the human side of healthcare and improve the patient experience as well. AI-powered natural language processing tools free the clinician to face the patient during visits, rather than peck away at a keyboard while staring at a monitor.

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How Customer-Centric is Your Practice, Business, or Organization?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Turns out, the owner who does the scheduling insists on using email to communicate with customers, even though he’s been told and asked to use the phone to keep customers informed. Train them to improve communication skills, empathy, and patient engagement.

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Telehealth: Navigating healthcare delivery in the new normalized space

American Nurse

Healthcare organizations also have successfully used remote monitoring and other forms of wireless communications to provide real-time assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients across various medical specialties. However, increased access to technology doesn’t guarantee that patients can efficiently use these resources.

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MUSC Builds on Success to Expand Virtual Nursing Across the Hospital

Health Leaders | Nursing

Theyre also charting pressure injuries and hospital-acquired infections, time to discharge, quality of information given to patients upon discharge, quality of patient-nurse communications and even time given back to nurses.