Daily Nurse

AUGUST 7, 2023

Remember Documentation Just as you would if seeing a patient in person, nurses need to do documentation. Telehealth sessions should be as thoroughly documented as all other patient/client encounters. Finally, working as a nurse with patients in telehealth can also be immensely rewarding.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

To this day, the legacies of structural racism live on in health disparities that would have no place in 21st-century America if we had already learned our lessons and lived up to the potential outlined in our country’s founding documents. Nonetheless, disproportionately negative statistics don’t lie.

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Consult QD

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Breaking down myths about homelessness One crucial step to improving health outcomes is to break down common misconceptions and stigmas about people who are experiencing homelessness. There are also documented misconceptions in the medical community around the ability of people experiencing homelessness to adhere to treatment plans.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 20, 2024

This document combined ANP and GNP into one population focus (AGNP) and differentiated primary care and acute care roles.” Do you have the desire to improve health outcomes for patients with acute and, often, chronic health conditions? If you answered yes, you should consider a career as an AGACNP.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 12, 2022

Since 2016, I have worked as a Lecturer in Nursing and worked on a casual basis as a Registered Nurse in various acute health care contexts such as surgical, Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, Paediatric Unit and Post Anaesthetic Care Unit. Clinical Nurse Specialist. Acting Nurse Unit Manager. Lecturer in Nursing.

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American Nurse

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This preventable illness demands innovative strategies to improve health outcomes. Clinicians use clinical reminders to help manage preventive care and chronic health conditions; however, the documentation process can prove arduous depending on the type of reminder. The pilot ran for 12 weeks.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 24, 2023

A buckling healthcare system puts millions of vulnerable patients at greater risk of negative health outcomes. Mental Wellness: a Very Real Issue The environmental factors that can have a negative physical and mental impact on nurses are well documented.

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Relias

JANUARY 19, 2024

Automate documentation One of the key challenges in compliance management is the extensive documentation required to demonstrate adherence to regulations. Manual documentation processes are time-consuming and prone to human errors and inconsistencies.

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Consult QD

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It’s well-documented that factors including race, socioeconomic status, age, and location play a role in breastfeeding rates and health outcomes. Ongoing shared medical decisions and conversations are so important.” Identify barriers to breastfeeding support and take action.

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American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Politics, policies, and health outcomes are innately linked. Nurses in the United States are in a pivotal position to influence these cycles to reduce disparities and improve population health. This series will further examine specific determinants, health outcomes, and links with policy and legislation.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 19, 2024

A 2021 Journal of Nursing Administration study states, “ Nurse specialty certification is ’a mechanism for validation or formal recognition by documenting individual nurses’ knowledge, skills, and abilities specific to their specialty’. It is a form of individual credentialing above and beyond entry-level education and licensing.

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American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

However, forensic nurses are uniquely prepared experts in other areas, including elder abuse and traumatic injury documentation, among others. They are specially trained to collect potential evidence for law enforcement professionals and are adept at identifying, describing, and documenting injuries.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Patient medical records include documentation of patient histories and care. Wellness, equity, and health are interrelated, as are personal health and public health. Providers and clinicians should emphasize health care as a service to create positive health outcomes for more people.

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Consult QD

JUNE 6, 2023

These improvements and innovations can improve patient care and health outcomes and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship. Holistic learning heightens experience “Clinical informatics is much more than documenting in the electronic medical record,” says Joe Zein, MD, PhD, MBA , a Cleveland Clinic pulmonologist and researcher.

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American Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

Outcome measures may include the incidence of repeat hospitalizations, surgical mortality rates, or the ability of the patient to remain in the community after discharge from home healthcare. Frequently, providers report measures using standardized documentation required by CMS. See Star ratings defined.)

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American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

Value-based health care (VBHC) is a term used to describe the framework for restructuring healthcare systems with the overarching goal of value for patients, with value defined as health outcomes per unit of cost. This includes a clear accounting of nursing’s impact on outcomes. The Foundation granted $5.5

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Relias

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Maternal mortality rates have been documented extensively. government entities and from international entities such as the World Health Organization. Training teams together and solving problems where they work, with a ‘low-dose, high-frequency’ approach, really improves performance and health outcomes,” said Evans.

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Post University

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In these environments, consultants may review medical documentation to reveal deviations from the field’s scope and standards of practice. This calls for in-depth training in evidence collection, with forensic nurses helping obtain DNA and even providing detailed photographic documentation of victims’ injuries.

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American Nurse

JULY 10, 2023

Technology serves as a supportive tool to aid using data and information to achieve optimal health outcomes (equity, safety, quality). The informatics expert will meet with you to understand the current state (what’s occurring now as part of your documentation or reporting workflow). 42jwZn0 Kelley T. Open J Nurs.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

As a strategy, it can also help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes, which are among the widest and most persistent in the nation. Help providers communicate and collaborate more effectively with their colleagues and patients and streamline their workflows and documentation.

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Relias

JUNE 23, 2022

With the versatility that diversity brings, your competitors can achieve better gains in patient satisfaction and health outcomes. Because your organization’s hiring practices are the first step toward improving your organization’s diversity, make sure to to carefully plan out and document these processes for fairness and inclusion.

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Consult QD

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The L5 rating means that “studies in breastfeeding mothers have demonstrated that there is significant and documented risk to the infant based on human experience…and the risk of using the drug in breastfeeding women clearly outweighs any possible benefit from breastfeeding.” Medications with an L5 rating are incompatible with breastfeeding.

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American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Night shift workers routinely function with chronic sleep deprivation and disruption to their circadian rhythms, with negative effects to their health and productivity. This suggests that increased carbohydrate and caloric load in the morning and reduced intake in the evening can lead to improved health outcomes.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Those interested in the realm of AI in healthcare must understand that AI systems considered medical devices may require premarket notification or approval.

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Registered Nursing

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Nurse case managers facilitate continuity of care for individuals, often in the community setting, helping them achieve better health outcomes and improving their overall quality of life. They assess injuries, document evidence, and help victims access resources such as counseling, legal assistance, and shelter.

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Board Vitals - Nursing

AUGUST 30, 2016

Knowing the leading public health concerns in your state will provide context for you as a provider and information important to your daily practice. The CDC acknowledges this and has created Prevention Status Reports “to increase the use of evidence-based public health practices and improve health outcomes in each state”.

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Relias

AUGUST 5, 2022

It is a documented reality that health outcomes vary due to social determinants , factors such as community resources, family support, income, and access to health care. They also had a solid support system of friends who helped with meals. And they had each other.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While this ambitious initiative includes four major components, it also presents an opportunity to modernize healthcare training delivery, which has been shown to significantly improve health outcomes. In this article, we’ll make the case for adding a best-in-class healthcare learning management platform as part of this IT overhaul.

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American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The day was rewarding, and we believe our Kansas Nursing Voice was heard.

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American Nurse

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Frailty frequently is defined as an aging-related syndrome of physiological decline, characterized by marked vulnerabilities to adverse health outcomes. The SCALE document proposes that the skin isn’t impervious to dysfunction at the end of life and may include varying degrees of skin and tissue damage, including pressure injuries.

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American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

The benefits of navigation in avoiding treatment delays, improving patient adherence to treatment, enabling early diagnosis and early stage of the disease, and enhancing clinical outcomes after cancer diagnosis have been documented and proven beneficial in the literature (Rodrigues et al.,

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Relias

JANUARY 30, 2024

Does patient satisfaction equal better health outcomes? Researchers have studied the connection between patient experience and clinical outcomes. Using nonmedical language and the teach-back method helps improve communication and increase a patient’s understanding of their health condition.

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Relias

MAY 24, 2023

ECRI , a healthcare technology and safety company, reported staffing shortages as the top patient safety concern of 2022. ” Steps to improve nurse leader involvement Often, leaders can make a tremendous difference in the work of their staff with a few intentional behaviors.

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Relias

MAY 24, 2023

ECRI , a healthcare technology and safety company, reported staffing shortages as the top patient safety concern of 2022. ” Steps to improve nurse leader involvement Often, leaders can make a tremendous difference in the work of their staff with a few intentional behaviors.

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Chief Nursing Officer Promotion Leadership Patient Satisfaction 52

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

MARCH 20, 2023

The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) offers a Certified Revenue Cycle Representative (CRCR) certification to improve and document your skills. While you can take the certification exam directly through HFMA, the certification is also offered within a Master of Health Administration (MHA) course.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

Results from tests and diagnostic procedures could potentially have a major impact on a patient’s health outcome if not delivered expediently. Also recommended: Screen patients being treated for behavioral health conditions using a validated screening tool. Document risk levels and create mitigation plans for each patient.

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American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

The CMs documented all referrals as a problem, goal, and intervention (PGI) in the EHR and offered to assist with scheduling appointments. CM adherence The documentation of referrals in the EHR allowed the project manager to track nurse CM adherence with the referral process and determine the need for process changes.

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