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UTI revisited: Optimizing best practices

American Nurse

Expiration: 12/1/26 Sandra Long*, a 72-year-old woman, is admitted to the emergency department from a long-term care facility for fever, poor oral intake, new-onset confusion, foul-smelling urine, and incontinence. Sexual intercourse also may promote migration of genitourinary and bowel flora into the bladder.

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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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2023 Top Paying Nursing Jobs

Diversity Nursing

Chief Nurse Practitioner A Chief Nurse Practitioner is a Registered Nurse who has advanced training and experience in primary care. In addition to their clinical responsibilities, they play a role in leading and promoting best practices within their organizations. Average Annual Salary- $145,000 7.

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Severe Wound Care Is Shifting to Post-Acute Care

Relias

Since 2016, fewer patients with severe wounds have received care in long-term care hospitals, and more patients have gone to less costly facilities like inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. When staff is trained on wound best practices, the patients have better outcomes. Register here.

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Elevating the voice of nurses through advocacy

American Nurse

The association continues to engage with the Biden-Harris administration and key federal agencies on nursing priorities, including promoting and protecting the nursing workforce, removing practice barriers for advanced practice RNs (APRNs), and achieving payment parity for nurses.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. She’ll graduate with her doctorate in nursing practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in December 2023.

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Challenges of Working as an Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner

Every Nurse

CAREER PATHS The Challenges of Working as an Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Updated May 7, 2023 by EveryNurse Staff Writers As an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner (AGNP) , you are responsible for the care of elderly patients who may have complex health issues.