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Hospitals Are Looking for Hard ROI in Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

So MUSC pivoted, creating a platform designed not only to remotely monitor patients in their rooms but help with administrative tasks, from charting in the EMR to onboarding and discharges. That program will debut soon in four of the health system's rural hospitals, where the nursing ranks are especially strained. One is not enough.

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A staff nurse’s AI wish list

American Nurse

How about the staff nurses? Sure, bedside nurses use cutting edge technology in patient care, but there has been a lag in innovations that will make the day-to-day work of staff nurses easier or more efficient. This information could be used to stimulate conversation with the patient about exercise.

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The Pitfalls of Being the ‘Nice’ Patient: A Nurse’s Perspective

Amercan Journal of Nursing

Image Brent Keane/via Pexels I have often heard health care professionals in various environments say, “If you’re nice to the nurses and doctors who take care of you, you’ll get better care.” As a bedside nurse myself, I understand the sentiment. Putting ourselves in patients’ places.