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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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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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Sustaining Excellence: Knowledge Transfer and Strategic Planning in Nursing Leadership

American Nurse

In 2021, Norton Children’s Hospital began an innovative hybrid program to develop strong leadership competencies, critical skills, and empowerment for bedside nurses (Kirk & Spell, 2024). The positive impact of mentoring on burnout: Organizational research and best practices. Nurse Leader , 22(5), 506-509.

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From ICU to Innovation: How Kim Gadiwalla is Rewiring Nursing Education—One Microlesson at a Time

Minority Nurse

I worked as both a bedside nurse and educator, and I saw the disconnect between what we teach and what nurses actually need in the moment,” she says. Building Smarter Tools for Smarter Nurses Enter Elemeno Health, where Gadiwalla’s current work hits the sweet spot between innovation and impact.

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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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Small Patients, Big Discoveries

Penn Nursing

Nutrition in Critically Ill Children When Sharon Irving, PhD, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN, FASPEN, GNu’93, Gr’11 was a pediatric bedside nurse, it never made sense to her that critically ill children would get intravenous (IV) fluids for days on end. “A Her published work is filled with best practices. It’s the caring. The advocacy.

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Nitrous oxide: Myths and misconceptions

American Nurse

The ideal member of the obstetrical care team to initiate N 2 O is the bedside nurse, as ordered by the patient’s midwife or physician. In addition, organizations have initiated bedside nurse-driven programs across the country, which have proven efficient and cost-saving. Follow the evidence Although more U.S.