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Nursing Leadership in the First State

American Nurse

Nurses are a group of extraordinary individuals who are well-suited to lead through elected office and influence policies that externally shape our practice and the well-being of our patients (Haney, 2022). A current study shows how union-sponsored, peer-led, self-care may benefit nurses, patients, and healthcare organizations.

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D.C. Registered Nurse First Assistant Expands Career with MSN – Family Nurse Practitioner Specialization

Post University

He took a travel nurse assignment at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore as a cardiovascular operating room nurse before joining a digital healthcare company as a care coordinator. In 2022, the timing was right for Damon to start the Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Specialization.

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2025 Commonwealth Fund Health Scorecard: What It Means for Nurses

Registered Nursing

Infant mortality increased in 20 states between 2018 and 2022. Transition & Post-Acute Care High-performing states had lower hospital readmission rates and better skilled nursing transitions—areas often led by RN care coordinators , case managers , and geriatric nurses. Mississippi's infant mortality rate reached 9.1

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Virtual Nursing's Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

Houston Methodist , which launched its virtual nursing program in 2022, is now using the platform to facilitate more than 500 admits and discharges a day across eight acute care campuses, says Steve Klahn , the health system's clinical director for virtual medicine.

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Virtual Nursing’s Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

Houston Methodist , which launched its virtual nursing program in 2022, is now using the platform to facilitate more than 500 admits and discharges a day across eight acute care campuses, says Steve Klahn , the health systems clinical director for virtual medicine.

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Nurse Practitioner Driven Home Based Primary Care Access and Immunization Intiative for Adults with Autism and/or Intellectual Disability

American Nurse

Research has shown that adults with ASD and/or ID experience barriers to primary care due to overstimulation of the clinical environment, especially those with the most severe impairment (Stein Duker & Goodman, 2022). link] Health Resources and Services Administration, (2022). What is telehealth? link] Maltais, J.,

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North Carolina Nurse Educator Finds Right Fit in DNP Educational Leadership Program

Post University

Planning for the Future Back in Charleston, Bobbi rejoined Trident Medical as a patient care coordinator and nurse on the telemetry/progressive care unit but was soon offered a role as the district nurse coordinator for the school district where she’d worked previously. “My She enrolled in June 2022.