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Future-Proofing Healthcare

Penn Nursing

Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, GRN’96, van Ameringen Chair in Nursing Excellence, on how health informatics can improve health care for at-risk adults. Elaine Sang, MSN, RN For her dissertation, Sang will explore the quality of patient education given to sepsis survivors. Some health insurance covers only part of the cost. “I

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Preventing nurse suicide: Nursing school and beyond

American Nurse

Strategies and support to improve mental health outcomes Suicide and mental illness have long been stigmatized, and although public awareness has grown recently, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals hesitate to acknowledge their own mental health struggles or seek help.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

They then provided telephonic education to those patients about polypharmacy, the benefits of a pharmacist-led medication review, and the AWC web application. 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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A Successful High-Risk Birth: The Baiera Family’s Story

Relias

Eventually he transitioned out of nursing and into education, where he taught at the college level, then moved into the business side of healthcare. Despite the hardship, Rocky and Leo Baiera were born healthy, weighing 3 pounds, 6 ounces each on January 27, 2022. Baiera is also a published author and entrepreneur who runs Step2Health.

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Medicare Care Compare: Publicly reported performance measures

American Nurse

With understanding of these reported measures, nurses can lead improvements in healthcare with evidence-based practice that improves patient outcomes and reduces healthcare costs. Medicare, the largest payer of medical expenses in the United States, provides primary health insurance for more than 60 million beneficiaries.

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Reducing Maternal Mortality: Will the ‘Birthing-Friendly’ Hospital Designation Help?

Relias

­The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in August 2022 to improve maternal health outcomes and advance health equity — two of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. Both clinical and behavioral factors contribute to maternal health outcomes. Sadly, U.S.