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Pennsylvania Nurse Rounds Out Her Education and Experience with MSN Degree

Post University

Getting Her Start For seven years, Heather worked as an LPN in a dementia unit and in a long-term care center. She was promoted to interim clinical director of the Western region surgical sites. She became a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in 1993. With more education came more opportunities for Heather.

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Project ECHO and the geriatric healthcare workforce

American Nurse

In The Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity , the National Academy of Medicine promotes an interprofessional approach to education and training for nurses to help develop their leadership skills as well as their understanding of health equity, social determinants of health, and population health.

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Learning to Lead – Empowering Nursing Students as Peer Mentors

American Nurse

Nursing students in a midwestern university’s baccalaureate nursing program have a mere 45 hours focused on long-term care during their first semester. The transition to a hospital clinical setting from the laboratory and long-term care can be difficult and anxiety-ridden for first semester students.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

Ultimately, the organization adopted the project with the addition of direct CM telephonic transfers to a pharmacist for a medication review across all care management departments. Improve care, promote the profession Nurses play a key role in patient education, medication management, and prevention of negative health outcomes.

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Supporting the Competence of Dementia Care Teams

Relias

Staff turnover Turnover adds pressure to patients and their families and hinders providers from delivering optimal dementia care. A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society analyzed data from 13,631 nursing homes from October 2018 through September 2019.

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Mental Health Nursing Fast-Growing Field With Diverse Possibilities

Nurse.com

You can choose from a surprising array of care settings: inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, schools, long-term care centers, or even correctional facilities. You can care for pediatric patients, students, adults, or geriatric patients. Inpatient hospital units.

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Invest in Wound Care Education To Avoid Legal Risks

Relias

Aware of Wound Care Liability Risks. Wound care training for nurses and other staff can promote a culture attuned to the risks and best treatment protocols. Depending on the particular organization, that might mean arranging for specialized wound care training or analyzing the data to find ways to reduce variations in care.