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Keeping Your License Safe: Best Practices for Nurses When Passing Narcotics

Empowered Nurses

Final Thoughts: Keep It Tight, Keep It Safe Handling narcotics is one of the most legally vulnerable aspects of bedside nursing. Whats your best tip for safely passing narcotics? Drop it in the comments and help your fellow nurses stay safe, smart, and secure. You are accountable for every medication you pass.

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Exploring Non-Bedside Nursing Job Opportunities

Diversity Nursing

When people think of Nursing, the image that often comes to mind is that of a Nurse at the bedside, providing direct patient care. While bedside Nursing is a critical and rewarding part of the profession, it's not the only path available.

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What is PACU, and What Does a PACU Nurse Do? 

Daily Nurse

Discharge Instructions: Best Practices It is best to provide discharge instructions to patients during pre-op while awake and unaffected by anesthesia. I had just left my full-time position as an ICU nurse due to burnout and a primary care nursing role (which, trust me, wasn’t any better than acute care).

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Nursing Administrator vs. Healthcare Administrator: Understanding the Key Differences

Registered Nursing

Budget Management encompasses overseeing nursing department budgets, controlling labor costs, managing supply expenses, and justifying staffing needs to senior leadership. Policy Development involves creating and updating nursing policies and procedures to reflect current best practices and regulatory requirements.

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A Day in the Life: Magnet Program Manager

Daily Nurse

While some may see a clinical ladder encouraging nurses to seek professional development opportunities, it is a way to recognize and reward their commitment and dedication to professional development and improving nursing care for many staff. How do Shared Governance Councils and Unit-Level Committees formalize best practices?

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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: A quality improvement initiative

American Nurse

Erica Fonseca is a former bedside nurse at Childrens Hospital of San Antonio and North Central Baptist, in San Antonio, Texas; shes currently a neonatal nurse practitioner with the Pediatrix Medical Group in Houston, Texas. Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice.

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Precepting: Crucial to Retaining and Helping New Nurses Succeed

Nurse.com

One thing that can ease the transition and help retain new nurses is nurse precepting, said Solimar Figueroa, PhD, RN, MHA, P-PCA, a clinical collaborator for the American Academy for Preceptor Advancement (AAPA). Preceptorship and mentorship are two different things,” Figueroa said. Ambulatory Preceptor: The Preceptor Role.