Board Vitals - Nursing

JULY 14, 2022

What principles inspire nurses in their care of patients? For the 2022 BoardVitals Nursing School Scholarship , we asked current nursing students to answer the question: “What are your core principles, and how do they impact the contributions you aim to make as a nurse?” But each individual nurse brings a unique outlook to healthcare.

Self-Care

American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2023

From a healthcare perspective, the idea of taking pride in living authentic lives is closely tied with positive self-esteem and better self-care—for both the patient and the provider. The opposite also is true: Shame and social stigma can lead to negative, at times catastrophic, health outcomes. David Waldron.

Self-Care

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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.

Mental Health

Daily Nurse

JULY 6, 2023

As a disabilities advocate and activist, Dalzell represents not only disabled nurses and other healthcare professionals but also everyday citizens seeking avenues to living meaningful, dignified lives that go far beyond any self-definition centered on disability. Our disability and our nursing care matters.”

Promotion

Consult QD

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dr. Szugye and team launched the clinic in 2022 after observing a significant need to bolster breastfeeding services and resources for patients and providers across the health system. These care teams are really good at identifying when something is not going well: mom’s having pain or baby is losing weight, for example,” she says.

Resume

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Melnyk and colleagues (2021) recently conducted a national study that analyzed mental health, physical health, and depression in nurses across the nation. Waddoups (2022) outlines five strategies central to developing the skills for active nursing professional engagement leading to a hardy nurse. Health nurse, healthy nation.

Mental Health

Consult QD

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Rooted in quality and safety excellence, high-reliability cultures lead to better health outcomes and patient experiences, improved efficiency, increased job satisfaction and more. Integral to every aspect of the care continuum, nurses are the eyes and ears of patients. The campaign started in 2022 with health system leaders.

Chief Nursing Officer

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Trauma-informed pedagogy suggests that past experiences can negatively impact health outcomes and learning (Garfin D. Additionally, 35% of students were diagnosed with anxiety, and 29% had depression (American College Health Association, 2022). Traumatic experiences can cause anxiety and depression in some students.

Nurse Educator

American Nurse

JULY 10, 2023

Nursing is now realizing that it needs us [nurse leaders of color] at every level to really be successful with changing health disparities and to improve disproportionate, under-represented or poor health outcomes. I applied to be the care program manager. Black women experience more pressure.

Leadership

MAS Medical Staffing

MARCH 21, 2023

According to a 2022 systematic review published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research , patient teaching enhances adherence to treatment plans and may result in stronger patient outcomes. As such, if you are a nurse, you’re in a perfect position to prepare your patients for at-home self-management.

Education

American Nurse

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Innovative strategies are required to help improve Veterans Health Administration primary care workload and panel. This preventable illness demands innovative strategies to improve health outcomes. Current primary care panel sizes range from 700 to 1,400 veterans; some led by advance practice RNs (APRNs).

Health Literacy

American Nurse

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This aligns with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Quintuple Aim of better health outcomes, lower costs, improved patient satisfaction, enhanced provider well-being, and advanced health equity. December 13, 2022. Lancet Planet Health. October 2021. pdf Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Education

American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

Abstract In baccalaureate nursing education, comprehensive health assessments are fundamental in the care of patients, families, and communities. Comprehensive health assessments lead to further examination of the social determinants of health for the client as related to the overall outcomes of a client’s health.

Mental Health

Post University

MARCH 7, 2023

It is how healthcare professionals like nurse leaders can ensure people of all backgrounds and beliefs get the same quality care. So why are nurse leaders the power behind diversity in health care, and what is the importance of diversity in healthcare? Lack of it contributes to poorer health outcomes and higher mortality rates.

Promotion

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

At Hackensack University Medical Center, a large, academic acute care hospital, which has received multiple Magnet® designations from the American Nurses Credential Center, the Night Council plays an essential role in the shared decision-making structure. Establishing a meal pattern can aid energy regulation and normal health processes.

Self-Care

The Nurse Break

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Nurses innovate every day by improving processes and services directly related to patient care. Bloom Jobs has just been launched in October 2022. The idea for uPaged came from my experience working in a busy intensive care unit, and receiving agency nurses that I knew nothing about, and trying to allocate them safely to patients.

Nurse Entrepreneurs

Aussie Nurse

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

With primary care, community services are improving health outcomes & are better delivered in the persons own environment of their own homes. Life expectancy is longer with more chronic health backgrounds & complex social issues being presented to healthcare facilities.

Work-Life Balance

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

According to Deloitte, in addition to limiting self-actualization, these inequities generate unnecessary costs and financial waste—approximately $320 billion annually, which could increase to $1 trillion or more by 2040. Ensuring that nurses deliver equitable care is more than satisfying a mandatory education requirement. 2024; 19(2).

Medicaid

Relias

JULY 20, 2023

­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.

Medicaid

Consult QD

JULY 12, 2023

As I reflect on close to 30 years of patient care, I have seen many examples of this within my field of women’s health. A perceived lack of choice has led patients to seek alternative sources for care, some of which may be harmful owing to less evidence or regulation. Before this landmark trial, one in every five U.S.

Pharmaceutical