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Virtual Job Opportunities for Nurses: Careers Beyond the Bedside

Diversity Nursing

Nurse Health Coach Health coaching is a growing field where Nurses help individuals achieve wellness goals. Virtual Nurse health coaches work with clients on weight management, chronic disease prevention, mental health, and lifestyle changes.

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From Bedside to Business: Exploring Opportunities for Nurses

Empowered Nurses

Whether its malpractice claims or personal injury cases, your insights as an LNC can make a powerful difference. Health and Wellness Coaching With your background in health promotion and patient education, becoming a health and wellness coach is a natural fit.

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Nurse Practitioner’s Prescription Results in Negligence Lawsuit

Nurse.com

The patient claimed that her allegations of negligent hiring and supervision were not governed by the state Medical Malpractice Act. The Medical Malpractice Act also stated that there’s a three-year limit on when malpractice actions can be filed unless there is “fraudulent concealment on the part of the defendant.”

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What Happens When Doctors Don’t Like Their Patients?

Scrubs

A study in the British Journal of Medicine found that patients who believed their doctor had compassion for their plight were more likely to take their medication, follow through with treatments, experience better outcomes, rate their physicians higher, and file fewer malpractice lawsuits, even when a mistake was made.

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Are You Eligible for Coverage Under FTCA?

Relias

For health centers, it is imperative to conduct risk management activities to prevent harm to patients and reduce medical malpractice claims. In the case of FQHCs, they have the opportunity to obtain medical malpractice coverage under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

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Developing a Regulatory Compliance Checklist for Ketamine-Assisted Therapy

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Ketamine-assisted therapy entails the administration of low doses of ketamine (usually intravenously, orally, or intranasally) in concert with psychotherapy sessions in order to treat mental health disorders like treatment resistant depression, PTSD, and anxiety (among others).

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33 Nursing Specialties in Demand in 2023

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) offers the PMHNP role specialty through its MSN and Post-Graduate Nursing Certificate programs. These cases include medical malpractice, personal injury and long-term care litigation. Look for MSN programs that offer the advanced nursing role specialty you are interested in. The University of St.