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Geisinger Moves Towards Virtual Nursing in Post-Acute Care

Health Leaders | Nursing

"Early data has shown positive trends, particularly in nurse workload reduction and improved patient communication, with ongoing efforts to quantify broader ROI," Godino said. The biggest surprise so far, for Godino, has been how quickly both nurses and patients have adapted to the virtual nursing program.

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Virtual Nursing Programs Need to Balance Growth With Value

Health Leaders | Nursing

Ive found that building trust and understanding takes time, and thats been a valuable reminder of the importance of clear communication, collaboration, and involving frontline nurses early and often, she added. Its a journey, but one thats already showing great promise.

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Virtual Nursing's Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

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Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak

Health Leaders | Nursing

It's communication to older adults that sounds like baby talk," said Clarissa Shaw, a dementia care researcher at the University of Iowa College of Nursing and a co-author of a recent article that helps researchers document its use. "He wouldn't normally get too frosty with people," Smith said. Cultural differences also come into play.

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Virtual Nursing’s Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

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Let’s huddle up

American Nurse

A comprehensive ambulatory cancer center’s journey to implementing tiered huddles Takeaways: Tiered huddles are brief conversations that occur throughout levels of an organization or across health systems to improve patient safety, communication, situational awareness, care coordination, resource utilization, patient outcomes, and service.

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What is Pre-Acute Care and Why Do We Need it?

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In addition to improving health outcomes and quality of life, it can improve patientssatisfaction, engagement, and loyalty — along with provider satisfaction and retention.