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Nurses Need to Be the Change!

The Nursing Site

The hospital, Vanderbilt University Hospital, neglected to report the Sentinel Event (death) to Medicare and consequently filed no Plan of Correction which led to a renewed focus on the event as possible Medicare fraud. Nurses Need to Be the Change! The post Nurses Need to Be the Change! Protocols were ignored.

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Should You Become a Nurse Practitioner?

Nurse.com

In fact, by last year there were more NPs licensed for primary care than there were primary care physicians, who now make up only about 30% of all MDs. It is no surprise, then, that NPs are in particular demand in rural America and, over 80% of NPs accept Medicare and Medicaid patients. Education to Become a Nurse Practitioner.

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New Year, New Congress and Administration, Same Mission.

Capitol Beat

Ensuring a robust nursing workforce requires new, well-trained nurses. We urge Congress to invest in nursing education to ensure that a new generation of nurses are ready to work in the changing health care landscape.

APRN 45
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ANA Makes Nurses’ Voices Heard on Equity and Efficiency

Capitol Beat

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled Make Your Voice Heard: Promoting Efficiency and Equity Within CMS Programs. We know that when APRNs are allowed to practice at the top of their license, more patients overcome barriers to receiving safe and cost-effective care.

APRN 52
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How to Become a Nurse Practitioner and Open Your Own Practice

Scrubs

Here is a guide to earning your nurse practitioner qualifications and launching the practice of your dreams. Become a Registered Nurse With a BSN There are many different types of nurses, from nurse assistants to licensed practical nurses to registered nurses with ADNs.

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Preventing hospital-acquired pressure injuries

American Nurse

GFH identified HAPI reduction as a priority because PIs staged at 2 or greater serve as nurse-sensitive indicators that affect a patient’s pain and suffering and outcomes and also impact payment for care. The existing HAPI prevention education included lengthy modules assigned to each nurse. worldwide. • Adv Skin Wound Care.

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Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Standards: A Good Start, But Not Quite There

Amercan Journal of Nursing

Jasmine Travers The pandemic shone a troubling spotlight on the unnecessary suffering resulting from substandard conditions in nursing homes. On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.