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National Nurse’s Month Reflections: Build, Nurture and Lead

Daily Nurse

Support Nurses with Micro-resiliency Initiatives That Promote Wellness Resiliency across health care shot to prominence during the pandemic. This cart contains self-care products such as lotions, reading materials to take minds off work or take a few minutes to laugh, and more. Here are two examples.

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A staff nurse’s AI wish list

American Nurse

Sure, bedside nurses use cutting edge technology in patient care, but there has been a lag in innovations that will make the day-to-day work of staff nurses easier or more efficient. Picture this: An accurate skin assessment in a flash Maintaining a patient’s skin integrity appears to be a litmus test for excellent nursing care.

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Improving hypertension using virtual modalities

American Nurse

Innovative strategies are required to help improve Veterans Health Administration primary care workload and panel. At the Fayetteville VA Medical Center (FVAMC), managing uncontrolled HTN presents challenges due to time constraints, inadequate staffing, and overloaded patient align care teams (PACTs). According to the U.S.

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Risk stratification of CVD in type 2 diabetes

American Nurse

Early counseling and intervention in ambulatory care settings, via risk assessment screening for early detection, can help reduce modifiable ASCVD risks. Many ambulatory clinics serve patients in lower socioeconomic communities who may have limited health literacy. See Risk assessment: History and recommendations.

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The Six Domains of Health Care Quality — New Considerations

Relias

Why the Six Domains of Health Care Quality emerged. By focusing on the six domains as an operational framework, healthcare organizations would have a higher probability of both reducing errors and improving the overall quality of health care that they provide. Defining the Six Domains of Health Care Quality.

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Heart failure management: Updated guidelines

American Nurse

Understand your role in patient-centered care. Patients with Stage B have no HF symptoms, but do have documented structural heart disease, evidence of increased filling pressures, increased BNP levels, or persistently elevated cardiac troponin with no other cause.

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Oncology Nursing – a day in the life of supporting patients

The Nurse Break

Spain and the United States, designing innovative treatments and care for people with cancer and heart disease. I spent the first 5 years of my nursing career in Coronary Care and Intensive Care before I accepted a Registered Nurse position in the Oncology Outpatient Unit. Write or Collaborate. Oncology Articles. Introduction.