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Leadership in Healthcare: Essentials to Become a Healthcare Leader

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

One way to be an effective leader is to strengthen communication with colleagues and patients. Effective communication in nursing and other healthcare professions establishes trust between you and your patient, improves patient satisfaction and reduces medical errors. Sources Al-Rjoub, S. and Mrayyan, M., Sulosaari, V.

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Physical Therapist Skills: 12 Qualities to Career Success

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Working on a team with others is a great way to learn and grow the skills to be a physical therapist, and interprofessional collaboration improves patient satisfaction ratings and health outcomes. When patients feel like giving up, one of the most valuable traits of a physical therapist is to remain focused on the process.

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Geisinger Moves Towards Virtual Nursing in Post-Acute Care

Health Leaders | Nursing

New year, new goals In 2024, Geisinger had several goals for virtual nursing: to open up the workforce by creating a new role to consider, to improve care quality, and to boost nurse and patient engagement and experience. "By

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Virtual Nursing Shifts its Focus to the Patient Experience

Health Leaders | Nursing

Roughly one year ago, on April 1, 2024, Sharp launched its first virtual nursing program in two selected units, focusing primarily on handling admissions from the Emergency Department and discharges. She says nurses like the format because it gives them an opportunity to stay in the loop and learn more about their patients.

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Virtual Nursing's Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

"This pilot includes rotating bedside nurses through a local virtual operations center and supporting bedside nurses' care for their patients by increased remote documentation assistance, multi-disciplinary rounds participation and virtual consenting." As noted in a 2024 story on the program , Houston Methodist is in it for the long run.

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The Exec: D'Andre Carpenter Takes the Helm as Allina's New CNE

Health Leaders | Nursing

He was recently appointed senior vice president and chief nursing executive at Allina Health, where he will be developing strategies to improve retention rates and patient satisfaction. He also served as senior vice president and chief system nursing officer for UnityPoint Health in Iowa.

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Breaking the Cycle of Nurse Burnout: USAHS DNP Alum to Present at Creating Health Work Environments Conference

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Amarachi Eke-Okoro , DNP, FNP, is a visionary practitioner passionate about patient care and collaborating with teams to enhance nursing practice. As a registered nurse at Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas and a 2024 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduate from the University of St.