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AI in Healthcare: How Is AI Used in Healthcare and Future Trends

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

This machine learning technology asks patients a series of questions about their symptoms and, based on their answers, informs them of appropriate next steps for seeking care. When patients are noncompliant and do not adjust their behaviors or take prescribed drugs as recommended, the care plan can be ineffective.

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7 Jobs You Can Do With a BSN Degree Besides Nursing

Every Nurse

You may be pleased to know there are plenty of ways to put a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) to use other than by providing bedside care. Check out these seven areas where you can put your hard-earned BSN degree to work without getting involved with traditional clinical care.

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Photo Essay: Support Services at Cleveland Clinic

Consult QD

Thanks to generous donor support, Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute is able to offer support services to help patients and their care partners throughout their cancer journey. These services provide comfort to patients and their care partners, offering a respite from cancer-directed therapies.

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Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care

American Nurse

Its current usage, which primarily refers to treatments, frequently pharmaceutical, that provide symptom relief through the mind-body connection rather than through the treatment’s direct effect on the disease, has been in use since the early 1800s. Empathy in patient care also could be seen as a way of willing the good of another.

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Nursing Education: Pipeline to the Future

Minority Nurse

As the true lifeblood of healthcare delivery, nurses are central to patient care, from long-term and public health to acute care and home health. In that regard, nursing education is a pipeline to the future. in 2022, the first decrease in 20 years.

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Nurses with Disabilities: A Skilled Workforce

Minority Nurse

What about my self-esteem, self-identity, self-worth, and self-confidence? She landed a job at a skilled nursing facility that restored some of her self-confidence lost in the job search process, and she eventually began working in hospice, a nursing specialty she loves. You think about, ‘ who am I now?

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2024 Professional Reading List

Nurses Advocates

They are: A Practical Guide to Acute Care Case Management: The Day to Day “How To Be An Acute Care Case Manager” Resource. This book is an excellent guide and reference for case managers entering the acute care practice setting. Step into this guided self-care journey and enjoy the support, positivity, and encouragement.