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Leading Powerfully to Effect Positive Change: The Transformational Power of Nurses in Challenging Times

American Nurse

The Role of Nurses in Interprofessional Collaboration Effective interprofessional collaboration where healthcare providers across disciplines work together has been shown to reduce errors, improve patient satisfaction, and enhance health outcomes (Reeves et al., OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 16(2) , Manuscript 5.

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Discharge planning assessment tool

American Nurse

Shorten delays, improve safety, reduce costs Takeaways: Hospital discharge delays can result in patient safety issues, reduced patient satisfaction, and increased costs. An assessment tool that goes into effect at admission can help the patient and healthcare team prepare for discharge. Confirm the patient’s pharmacy.

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The Call for Greater Autonomy in Nursing

Nurse.com

With autonomy, a nurse can act on patient care matters without approval from other members of the healthcare team, including physicians. The nurses who received frequent patient experience reports and experienced quality improvement efforts as integrated into patient care did not report feeling burned out.

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The Demand for Bilingual Nurses and Their Impact

Nurse.com

Nurses who are fluent in at least two languages can help reduce health disparities, enhance patient outcomes, and bridge gaps in communication. Data from the 2020 American Community Survey, an analysis from the U.S. This growing language diversity is reflected in patient populations and has increased the demand for bilingual nurses.

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Magnet4Europe

American Nurse

Once established, this culture can help shape better patient and staff outcomes and improve the work environment, leading to improved RN satisfaction, recruitment, and retention and reduced vacancy and turnover rates. Patient satisfaction surveys also should be expanded.

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What You Need To Know About Value-Based Payment Models

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It was largely unsuccessful because it deprioritized quality and patient satisfaction. One of the biggest CMS programs, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), incentivizes providers to reduce overall spending while meeting clinical quality and patient satisfaction measures.

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Magnet4Europe: Taking the next steps

American Nurse

A partnership continues in support of patients and nurses. Takeaways: Magnet4Europe (M4E) is a 4-year European Union–funded project that began in January 2020 to improve the mental health and well-being of healthcare professionals in Europe. hospital and participating in learning collaboratives. Visit myamericannurse.com/?p=402897