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

Empowered Nurses

If youre ever under review, clear and timely documentation is your best friend. Pharmacy, nursing management, and compliance teams regularly pull utilization reports. Stay aware of your usage patterns and keep communication open. Whats your best tip for safely passing narcotics?

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Engage with patients eye to eye

American Nurse

Focused efforts related to sitting with patients, nursing communication skills, nurse leader rounding, and transparent data sharing move nurse domain scores in the positive direction. For example, Commit to Sit, an evidence-based initiative, serves as a powerful communication tool for improving patient satisfaction.

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Games nurses play

American Nurse

The nurses’ worked to liberate Libby (a mannequin) by recognizing the lack of best practice and adherence to the ICU liberation bundle. Nurse feedback Informal feedback proved overwhelmingly positive. Gaming in the classroom can engage nurses, demonstrate skills, and improve competency across many practice areas.

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The evolving landscape of nursing leadership

American Nurse

DNP, leadership, and clinical practice The AACN’s Essentials report includes several key findings regarding DNP practice and nursing leadership, including the need for effective communication and collaborative skills to develop and implement practice models and guidelines, peer review, health policy, standards of care, and other scholarly products.

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CLABSI prevention in hospitalized patients receiving hemodialysis

American Nurse

Ultimately, the practice change incurred additional costs of $9,400 annually related to CVC supplies needed for more frequent dressing changes requested by nephrology RNs. To avoid conflict with catheter rounding, the nephrology RNs communicated directly with primary RNs about test and procedure scheduling. American Nurse Journal.

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How to Become a Pediatric Nurse: All You Need to Know

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Pediatric nurses provide comprehensive healthcare to infants, children and teens, monitoring their rate of development. 1 What is a pediatric nurse skilled at doing? They communicate with the child and family as they oversee their healthcare over time. What Do Pediatric Nurses Do?

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Reducing orthostatic hypotension

American Nurse

Effective prevention and management of OH supports early mobilization and improves patient outcomes. Nurses implemented orthostatic vital signs at 8:00 am and 12:00 pm on post-operative Day 1 only. In addition, nurses attended physical therapy huddles to provide education and gather ongoing feedback regarding the project.