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Foot Care Nurses: Saving Limbs, One Foot at a Time

Diversity Nursing

A critical component of their role involves addressing the impact of social determinants of health, defined by the World Health Organization as non-medical factors influencing health outcomes.

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Engage with patients eye to eye

American Nurse

QI project The national, standardized survey Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Pro­vide­rs and Systems (HCAHPS), endorsed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, measures patients’ views on their hospital experiences. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023;23(1):886.

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Dual Threats from Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers

Health Leaders | Nursing

Care for 6 in 10 residents is paid for by Medicaid , the state-federal health program for poor or disabled Americans. "We Medicare rates Goodwin House Alexandria as one of the best-staffed nursing homes in the country. In 2023 he moved into one of the skilled nursing small houses, where Conteh started caring for him. "I

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Pickleball Injuries Could Reach $500 Million in Medical Costs This Year

Scrubs

The authors of the report estimate that there will be 66,750 ER visits and 366,186 outpatient visits from pickleball in 2023. Lacerations or dislocations make up less than 10% of related injuries. “The heightened injury risk is especially true when considering that seniors’ activity levels were depressed for most of the pandemic.”

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Nursing is so Unique it Needs Two Unique Identifiers

American Nurse

Change this 100-year-old policy (2023) thefreelibrary.com – Nursing is the room rate (2012) HISTORY “Want to Fix the Nursing Shortage?” Medicare, Medicaid, and many private insurers require the use of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) which is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Nursing is so Unique it Needs Two Unique Identifiers

American Nurse

Change this 100-year-old policy (2023) thefreelibrary.com – Nursing is the room rate (2012) HISTORY “Want to Fix the Nursing Shortage?” Medicare, Medicaid, and many private insurers require the use of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) which is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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ANA’s Summary of $1.5 trillion Omnibus Includes Several Nursing Priorities

Capitol Beat

The survey found that these shortages exacerbated longstanding challenges in health care delivery, access to care, and health outcomes. The Committee requests a report within 180 days of enactment of this Act addressing the role of Medicare funding in supporting the training of nursing and allied health professionals.